Box Score The Knight Hawks fell to the Bay Area Panthers, 44-31, on Saturday night at Lee's Family Forum.
KEY STATS OF THE GAME
#0
Maurice Jackson: 1 blocked kick
#2
Ja'Rome Johnson: 2 touchdown runs, 1 passing touchdown
#4
Quentin Randolph: 1 rushing touchdown
#7
CJ Windham Jr.: 1 receiving touchdown
#11
Lorenzo Hernandez: 1 sack
#12
James Ceasar: 1 PAT returned for 2-points
#99
Mayan Ahanotu: 1 blocked kick
NOTES
Bay Area scored the only points of the opening frame 11 minutes into the game, but a blocked PAT held the score at 6-0.
90 seconds into the second quarter Bay Area doubled their lead to 12-0.
The following 13 minutes were fraught with offensive miscues and missed and blocked kicks from both sides. It wasn't until there was only five seconds remaining in the half that Bay Area broke the stalemate by converting a field goal attempt to raise their lead to 15-0.
Ja'Rome Johnson came in at quarterback to begin the second half and took Vegas down the field for their first points of the night, cutting into the Panther lead 15-6.
Bay Area answered quickly with a touchdown of their own bumping their lead to 22-6 with seven minutes left in the third quarter. They tacked on two more points with a deuce on the proceeding kickoff.
The teams then traded touchdown drives. However, Bay Area's PAT was blocked for the third time and
James Ceasar ran it back for two points. This made the score at the end of the third 30-15.
Vegas and Bay Area continued to go blow-for-blow by answering each other's touchdowns. The score minute mark of the fourth was 44-23 Bay Area.
Johnson found
CJ Windham Jr. with less than 30 seconds remaining to cut the deficit down to 44-31.
Bay Area drained the remainder of the clock to lock-in a 44-31 final.
NEXT TIME OUT
Next Saturday the Vegas Knight Hawks will be back at home to take on the Iowa Barnstormers on Saturday, June 21. Kickoff is set for 6. p.m. PT.
TICKETS
Tickets are still available for Vegas' next home game on Saturday, June 21 against the Iowa Barnstormers. The Knight Hawks will be celebrating College Knight presented by Fox 5 and the first 3,000 fans will receive VKH sunglasses.
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