Wise, Va. – For the third time in the last three years, UVa-Wise made enough mistakes to allow 12th-ranked University of the Cumberlands to prevail on the gridiron and capture the Mid-South East title on Saturday afternoon.

Leading 14-7, the Highland Cavaliers (5-5/4-2 M-S East) muffed a punt and the Patriots (9-1/5-1 M-S E) took over at the home 21-yardline. Three plays later, Frederick Bayer ran in from eight yards to tie the game, 14-14, at 4:47 in the second. On the ensuing possession, UVa-Wise quarterback Brad Robbins (Big Stone Gap, Va.) was picked off on the second play at the home 41-yardline. UCumberlands moved the ball 35 yards on seven plays to see Justin Dryer boot a 23-yard field to take the lead, 17-14, with 36 seconds in the first half and would never trail the rest of the way.

Robbins completed 24 of 45 passes for 267 yards but was picked off two times for the Cavs. Jason Lovett (Spotsylvania, Va.) pulled in six balls for 65 yards and rushed for 15 yards on four carries. Brad Ricker (Bristol, Va.) pulled down six passes for 38 yards while both Matt Barbour (Naruna, Va.) and Aric Evans (Cincinnati, Ohio) added four catches apiece for 77 and 54 yards.

Amondre Johnson (Roanoke, Va.) led the UVa-Wise defense with 12 tackles, a tackle for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup. Marcus Bratton chipped in nine stops with seven tackles from Danny Hinkle. Josh Weaver (Alexandria, Va.) had a good game with six tackles, a sack and forced a fumble that he recovered.

The Patriots Bayer ran 27 times for 195 yards and four scores. Quarterback Jay Bright scampered for 97 yards on 14 rushes. UCumberlands outgained UVa-Wise 348-275 on the day with 333 of its yards on the ground.

On the first Patriots possession, Bright was picked off by the Cavs’ Jamal Potter who returned the interception 56 yards for the game’s first points, 7-0, at 11:32 in the first quarter.

After a Patriots fumble forced by the Cavs’ Weaver, the home team took over on the UVa-Wise 40 yardline. On the second play, Robbins hit Barbour for 33 yards over the middle to the visitor 25-yardline. Five plays later, Johnson plunged in from a yard out to take a 14-7 advantage at 14:26 in the second quarter.

The UCumberlands came out of the half and scored on its first two drives of the third quarter to open a 31-14 lead. Barclay ran in from a yard for UVa-Wise with 11:46 left in the game to cap a 73-yard drive to make it 31-21. The Cavs intercepted Bright for the second time on the second play of the next drive at the midfield stripe.

The home team could not capitalize as Robbins was picked off in the endzone and did not score again until the eventual 38-21 final score for the UCumberlands.

UVa-Wise will travel to Montgomery, Alabama to complete its 2009 season for a 2:30 p.m. kick-off at Faulkner University next Saturday, November 14th.

Box Score (Final)
#12 U. of Cumberlands vs UVa-Wise (Nov 07, 2009 at Wise, Va.)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
U. of Cumberlands... 7 10 14 7 - 38 Record: (9-1,5-1)
UVa-Wise............ 7 7 0 7 - 21 Record: (5-5,4-2)

Scoring Summary:
1st 11:32 WISE - Jahmal Potter 56 yd interception return (Lance Ayers kick), , UC 0 - WISE 7
08:07 UC - Frederick Bayer 1 yd run (Justin Dryer kick), 7-36 3:16, UC 7 - WISE 7
2nd 14:26 WISE - Amondre Johnson 1 yd run (Lance Ayers kick), 7-63 2:41, UC 7 - WISE 14
04:47 UC - Frederick Bayer 8 yd run (Justin Dryer kick), 3-21 0:54, UC 14 - WISE 14
00:36 UC - Justin Dryer 23 yd field goal, 7-35 3:16, UC 17 - WISE 14
3rd 12:27 UC - Frederick Bayer 8 yd run (Justin Dryer kick), 6-60 2:28, UC 24 - WISE 14
08:04 UC - Tyler Paschal 3 yd run (Justin Dryer kick), 8-25 3:49, UC 31 - WISE 14
4th 11:46 WISE - Jyron Barclay 1 yd run (Lance Ayers kick), 11-73 4:04, UC 31 - WISE 21
03:14 UC - Frederick Bayer 1 yd run (Justin Dryer kick), 11-80 6:39, UC 38 - WISE 21

UC WISE
FIRST DOWNS................... 19 18
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 59-333 23-8
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 15 267
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 7-1-2 46-24-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 66-348 69-275
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-1 1--3
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 4-127 7-120
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-4 2-55
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 2-41.5 3-15.7
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-2 2-2
Penalties-Yards............... 2-10 5-34
Possession Time............... 34:00 26:00
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 10 5 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 3 of 3 2 of 5
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 6-6 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 7-30 1-7

RUSHING: U. of Cumberlands-Frederick Bayer 27-195; Jay Bright 14-97; Tyler
Paschal 8-20; Julius Moore 2-18; Shawn Bryant 4-8; Marvin Danby 1-6; TEAM 1-0;
J. Pritchett 2-minus 11. UVa-Wise-Jason Lovett 4-15; Jyron Barclay 6-5; Amondre
Johnson 2-1; Brad Robbins 11-minus 13.

PASSING: U. of Cumberlands-Jay Bright 1-7-2-15. UVa-Wise-Brad Robbins
24-45-2-267; Jason Lovett 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: U. of Cumberlands-Allen Cutshall 1-15. UVa-Wise-Jason Lovett 6-65;
Brad Ricker 6-38; Matt Barbour 4-77; Aric Evans 4-54; Jyron Barclay 4-33.

INTERCEPTIONS: U. of Cumberlands-Jordan Allen 1-4; Brian Abshire 1-0.
UVa-Wise-Jahmal Potter 1-56; Keith McBride 1-minus 1.

FUMBLES: U. of Cumberlands-J. Pritchett 1-0; Shawn Bryant 1-1; Jay Bright 1-1.
UVa-Wise-Marcus Bratton 1-1; Jason Lovett 1-1.

Stadium: Carl Smith Attendance: 4356
Kickoff time: 1:30 End of Game: 4:10 Total elapsed time: 2:40
Officials: Referee: Carl Klusman; Umpire: Jon Dawson; Linesman: Paul Heavrin;
Line judge: Mark Shumate; Back judge: Jay Blackwood; Field judge: Tommy Duvall;
Side judge: Jim Gutterman;

Temperature: 63 Wind: 16 sw Weather: Sunny & Clear

#12 U. of Cumberlands vs UVa-Wise (Nov 07, 2009 at Wise, Va.)

SACKS (UA-A): U. of Cumberlands-Corey Maddox 1-1; Desrick Jones 1-0; Jordan
Allen 1-0; Daniel Mock 1-0; Astin Roberson 1-0; Alex Wright 0-1; J. Thompson
1-0. UVa-Wise-Josh Weaver 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): U. of Cumberlands-Jordan Allen 4-4; Brian Abshire 3-5; Eric
Tisdol 3-3; Desrick Jones 1-5; P.J. Hughes 1-4; Corey Maddox 3-1; Daniel Cotter
2-1; Anthony Woods 1-2; Alex Wright 1-2; Karlos Scott 1-2; Astin Roberson 1-2;
Keddron West 2-0; J. Thompson 2-0; Donte Manning 1-1; Cameron Brooks 1-1; Warren
Robert 1-1; Brandon Kelly 1-0; Daniel Mock 1-0; Jacob Begley 0-1; Cameron Burris
0-1; Ken Tyson 0-1; Jeremy Jones 0-1. UVa-Wise-Amondre Johnson 4-8; Marcus
Bratton 7-2; Danny Hinkle 0-7; Josh Weaver 4-2; Luke Spurlock 2-4; Jahmal Potter
5-0; Matt Gular 3-2; John Mathis 1-3; Neal Smith 1-3; Keith McBride 1-2; James
Haley 1-2; Josh Spurlock 0-3; B. Poindexter 1-1; Jeremy DeValle 1-1; Jamara Gray
0-2; Chad Hooker 0-2; Nick DiDonato 0-2; Matt Davis 1-0; Lonell Parker 1-0; D.
Simmons 1-0; Brad Ricker 1-0; Chris Thomas 0-1; Landon Blizzard 0-1.