MINOT, N.D. -- Minot State fell 68-10 to Minnesota State at home Saturday night.

The Mavericks improved to 3-1 on the year, while the Beavers fell to 0-4 overall.

Ali Mohamed led all Beavers rushers with 139 yards and one touchdown in the contest, picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Nathan Young hauled in five catches for 39 yards.

Kyle VanBerkom led the defense with eight tackles, Ivan Avalos and Knylen Miller-Levi added six tackles each, and DJ Schneibel recorded a sack for Minot State

After Minnesota State opened a 14-0 lead, Minot State got on the board with 4:27 left in the first quarter on a 43-yard field goal by Dillon Fedor to narrow the margin to 14-3. Minnesota State extended its lead to 61-3, but the Beavers responded with a 69-yard touchdown run by Mohamed to cut the lead to 61-10.

"That's the fight we're talking about," Minot State coach Mike Aldrich said of Mohamed's second 69-yard touchdown play this season. "Here's our No. 1 running back showing he wants to keep playing, he wants to keep going and he's also trying to show everybody else this is what it's like to keep fighting."

Minot State didn't score again in the game and Minnesota State tacked on seven more points to finish off the scoring.

Coach Mike Aldrich's comments

"The biggest messages is keep fighting. Mankato's a very good football team so they're not going to feel sorry for us, and I think that we did a great job of coming out after halftime and fighitng, we did some really good things.

"Early in the game I think we battled with them and they took advantage of some of our mistakes, and a good football team's goign to make you pay for it."
 

» Kyle VanBerkom led the Beavers with eight tackles.
» Justin Cash punted 10 times for the Beavers with an average of 46.1 yards per punt while pinning the Mavericks inside their own 20 once.
» JD Ekowa led the Mavericks passing attack, completing eight of his nine attempts for 140 yards and one touchdown.
» Charles Coleman led the Minnesota State rushing attack with 103 yards and one touchdown.

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