WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – In a game filled with big plays from both teams, unbeaten Frostburg State had six touchdowns covering 50 yards or more here Saturday in pulling away to a 57-23 victory over West Liberty on Hall of Fame Day at West Family Stadium. Frostburg QB Myles Fulton passed for 350 yards and 5 TDs while guiding an FSU attack that racked up more than 500 yards of total offense for the Bobcats. Hilltopper TB Hunter Patterson ran for 144 yards and 2 TDs while catching 4 passes for 90 yards and another score to lead the Black and Gold.

    The West Liberty University athletic department held its 43rd annual Hall of Fame induction on Saturday morning inside the ASRC. The newest members of the WLU Hall of Fame – Don Clegg, Michael Frazier, Cedric Harris, Jim Monnot, Andy Schumacher, and David Shuler – were presented with their commemorative plaques at halftime.

QUICK DETAILS

    Final Score: Frostburg State 57, West Liberty 23

    Team Records: Frostburg State 2-0, 1-0, West Liberty 0-3, 0-1

    Attendance: 1,000

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Frostburg State wasted little time lighting the fuse on a wild opening quarter when Myles Fulton found Trashaun Timmons behind the WLU secondary for a 65-yard touchdown on the Bobcats' first offensive snap
• Frostburg made it 8-0 on a 2-point conversion but the Hilltoppers flashed their own quick-strike capability when Trevor Lagarde flipped a short pass over the middle to Hunter Patterson and the speedy TB split two defenders to break into the clear and sprinted 81 yards to paydirt
• Fulton answered for FSU with another 65-yard scoring bomb, this time firing a strike to Amari N'namdi-Hall  to make it 15-6 Bobcats
• Following an exchange of punts, Patterson took a quick handoff up the middle and once again outraced the FSU secondary for an 80-yard touchdown run, cutting the lead to 15-13
• Frostburg came up with another big play in the passing game as Timmons once more got open deep, hauling in a Fulton rainbow for a 58-yard score and a 22-13 Bobcat lead
• An exchange of punts gave WLU a short field and Patterson delivered his third TD of the first quarter on a 17-yard run, making it 22-20 Frostburg State with just 34 seconds left in the opening frame
• Fulton wasn't finished, however. On the second snap following the kickoff, Fulton heaved a 77-yard scoring strike to N'namdi-Hall for a 29-20 FSU lead. Fulton had 293 passing yards and 4 passing TDs in the first quarter alone
• The Bobcats pushed West Liberty off the scoring see-saw on the ensuing possession when Jaylen Boyd pulled down a deflected Lagarde pass deep in his own territory and ran it back for an 80-yard touchdown and a 36-20 Frostburg State lead
• The teams then traded possessions for the next few minutes before Myles fired his fifth TD pass of the opening half, hitting Jeremiah Gibson from 35 yards out for a 43-20 advantage with 4:48 left in the second quarter
• West Liberty cut the gap to 43-23 with a 26-yard Tyler Waddell field goal in the final minute of the first half but could come no closer
• Bobcat TB Sean Aaron made his presence felt midway through the third quarter with a 64-yard touchdown run for a 50-23 FSU lead
• Frostburg State RB Andre Smith closed out the scoring with a 47-yard touchdown run at 7:03 of the fourth quarter, producing the 57-23 final tally

WEST LIBERTY STATISTICAL LEADERS

    Alex Dunlevy: 10 pass completions, 19 attempts, 51 yards

    Hunter Patterson: 10 rushing attempts, 144 rushing yards, 2 rushing TDs

    Hunter Patterson: 4 pass receptions, 90 yards, 1 TD

    Trent Crawford: 8 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass break-up

UP NEXT

    - The Hilltoppers hit the road for the first time next Saturday when they head south to take on West Virginia State. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. in Institute, W.Va. Frostburg State returns home to host Concord in a 1 p.m. kickoff at Bobcat Stadium