{"id":2342,"date":"2013-09-12T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T21:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2013-09-12T21:38:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T21:38:58","slug":"tigers-turn-up-the-notch-at-w-c-gordon-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2013\/09\/12\/tigers-turn-up-the-notch-at-w-c-gordon-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers \u201cTurn Up\u201d the notch at W.C. Gordon Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash2025\/files\/2013\/09\/Pendleton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash2025\/files\/2013\/09\/Pendleton-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2343\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Perrymon Wright<br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Jackson State University Tiger\u2019s struggled to slow down Alabama State University\u2019s star running back Isaiah Crowell in the W.C. Gordon Classic held on Sept. 7 at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.<br \/>\nInspite of a career-long 83-yard touchdown by Crowell in the first quarter of the game, the Tigers went on to defeat ASU in a hard fought victory.<br \/>\nThe Tiger offense was shinning as red hot QB Clayton Moore hit senior wide out Zachery Pendleton for a 53 yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to give the Tigers the momentum they needed to finish the game strong.<br \/>\nBoth Moore and Pendleton played exceptionally well in this game. Moore scored on a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter and Pendleton had two TD catches and finished with a career high 177 yards.<br \/>\nCoach Rick Comegy was very excited about his rising superstar receiver.<br \/>\n\u201cHe\u2019s our go-to man,\u201d said Comegy of Pendletons. \u201cWe already have him in that kind of [leadership] position. He knows we need him for big plays, and he stepped up.\u201d<br \/>\nSenior running back Tommy Gooden also scored on a 2-yard red zone run in the first quarter of the game. Other key players who didn\u2019t score but had a major impact on the game were senior running back Rakeem Sims, who had 16 carries for 92 yards; junior wide-out Tobias Singleton, who had 6 catches for 98 yards; and two-time All-American cornerback Qua Cox, who had a major pass deflection when it mattered most in the fourth quarter to prevent a potential Alabama State touchdown.<br \/>\nThe Tigers took home the win in this match-up 30-23 and improve to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the SWAC.<br \/>\nThe Tigers take their talents to Memphis, Tennessee as they face the Tigers of Tennessee State University in the Southern Heritage Classic, on Sept. 14 at 6 p.m.<br \/>\nThis is sure to be a battle of the Big Cats.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perrymon Wright Staff Writer The Jackson State University Tiger\u2019s struggled to slow down Alabama State University\u2019s star running back Isaiah Crowell in the W.C. Gordon Classic held on Sept. 7 at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. Inspite of a career-long 83-yard touchdown by Crowell in the first quarter of the game, the Tigers went on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}