ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Brockton Brown scored three touchdowns in route to a 42-0 victory for Ouachita on Saturday night at Cliff Harris Stadium against the East Central Tigers.

For Ouachita they begin the season 4-0 in for the first time since the 2014 season, the win also gives Ouachita a sixth consecutive victory over East Central (1-3). The 42-point win is the largest in series history between the two schools and it was Ouachita's first shutout victory since week two of the 2012 season.

The Tigers offense dominated nearly every statistical category in the box score. Ouachita rushed for a season high 343 yards on 60 attempts. Ouachita also out threw East Central with 68 total yards through the air. The Ouachita offense ran 70 plays for 411 total yards and dominated the time of possession, holding the ball for 37 minutes of game action.

In two games at home this season, Ouachita is averaging 41.5 points per game and is averaging 336 rushing yards per game and 422 yards of total offense.
Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) had another efficient day under center. The redshirt freshman completed eight of his 10 passes for 68 yards. Brazeal also ran the ball for 31 yards and a touchdown.

Senior running back Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) led the offense in both rushing and receiving yards. Oliver averaged 12.7 yards a carry for 76 total yards and he hauled in a reception for 33 yards.

Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.), TJ Cole (Texarkana, Texas) and Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) each crossed the 60-yard rushing threshold in the game. All three players found the endzone as the Tigers scored six touchdowns on the ground.

First Quarter: Ouachita 7, East Central 0
The Ouachita defense set the tone early as middle linebacker Jon Johnson (Haskell, Ark.) intercepted Rayjohn Austin Ramsey on the third play of the game.

Ouachita took over with the ball on the East Central 39-yardline. Ouachita elected to go on fourth down from the East Central 24-yardline. Brazeal scrambled 17-yards down to the East Central seven. Two plays later Brown ran the ball in from six-yards out to give Ouachita the early lead.

The touchdown proved to be the only score of the quarter as both teams traded punts the rest of the way.

Second Quarter: Ouachita 28, East Central 0
Ouachita started first drive of the second quarter on their own 48-yardline. On what appeared to be another three-and-out looming for the Tigers, Brazeal found Oliver down the seam of the field for a 33-yard gain. Four plays later and Brazeal ran into the endzone from 17-yards out to give the Tigers a 14-0 advantage.

On Ouachita's second drive of the quarter the Tigers started on the East Central 38-yardline. Despite an errant snap going over Brown's head on first-and-goal, Brown was still able to rumble into the endzone two plays later.

Up 21-0, Ouachita gained possession of the ball with 3:41 to go in the first half. Oliver took the handoff and raced 29 yards into East Central territory. After an East Central timeout, Thomas broke a 22-yard run and was stopped on the one-yardline. One play later Thomas found the endzone for his only score of the night.

Ouachita defensive back Jonathan Harris (Pine Bluff, Ark.) capped off an aggressive opening half by the Ouachita defense, with an interception with eight seconds to go in the half.

Third Quarter: Ouachita 42, East Central 0
Ouachita received the second half kickoff and Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) returned the ball 37-yards to give the Tigers great field position. Five plays later and Brown found the endzone for the third time in the game, this time it was a 35-yard touchdown run by the junior.

Ouachita and East Central traded punts for the majority of the quarter. With 1:25, left in the quarter the Tigers had the ball at the East Central 47. Three rushes by Cole later
and the Tigers had scored their sixth rushing touchdown of the night. The score was also the first career touchdown for Cole.

Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 42, East Central 0
Neither team put points on the board in the final quarter of play. Both teams gave younger players game reps as the two teams took turns running out the clock.  

Next week Ouachita will face their first opponent from the Natural State in Arkansas Tech. Ouachita and Arkansas Tech will kick-off Homecoming festivities with a noon start at Cliff Harris Stadium next Saturday.

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