Football
UCA beats West Georgia 35-14 after scoring 28 straight points
Down 14-7 in the second quarter, the Bears scored every point afterward as Donovyn Omolo threw and ran for scores.
CONWAY, Ark. — West Georgia went 70 yards on a fake punt early in the second quarter Saturday to take a 14-7 lead, and that was the last time it scored.
Central Arkansas got the next 28 points and beat West Georgia 35-14.
UCA improved to 3-7 and 1-4 in league play. West Georgia fell to 1-9 and 0-5.
Donovyn Omolo was 24-for-34 passing for 250 yards and a touchdown.
He also ran 11 times for 90 yards and scored on a 28-yard run in the third quarter.
Jalen Washington had 100 yards on 21 carries. He scored a touchdown and ran in a two-point conversion.
Dakarai Anderson finished with 10 catches for 113 yards.
West Georgia couldn’t stay on the field
The Bears’ defense kept getting off the field on third down.
The visitors were 1-for-13 there, and the one time they got inside the 20 they didn’t come away with points.
Jakobe Shell had three tackles and two sacks and forced a fumble.
The biggest swing of the first half came with 1:40 left, when Kyle Vocque forced a fumble at the 1 and Tae Bulock recovered it.
UCA started that next drive at its own 1 and went 90 yards, with Omolo and Jalen Washington doing most of the work.
Caleb Jones made a 32-yard field goal on the last play of the half, and the home team went in up 18-14.
In the fourth quarter, Bryson Adamoh tackled a West Georgia runner for a 2-yard loss on fourth-and-1 at the 31.
Central Arkansas Bears coach Nathan Brown during game against West Georgia at Estes Stadium in Conway, Ark. | Ted McClenning-allBEARS+ Images
How the scoring went
The Bears were down 7-0 before they got going.
They faced fourth-and-9 at the West Georgia 36 late in the first quarter and went for it. Omolo threw a 36-yard touchdown to Tyrell Pollard with 2:00 left, and Jones’ extra point tied it.
UCA answered the fake punt with a 10-play, 78-yard drive.
Jalen Washington scored from the 1 and then ran in the two-point try, which put the home team up 15-14. It never trailed again.
Joseph Washington gave the defense a touchdown at 10:46 of the third quarter by falling on a West Georgia fumble in the end zone.
Omolo’s 28-yard run came later in the quarter and made it 32-14.
Jones added a 22-yard field goal at 14:17 of the fourth for the final points.
Up next at Eastern Kentucky
The Bears had the ball for 37:07 and picked up 29 first downs to West Georgia’s 13.
They ran for 262 yards and threw for 250.
Later in the fourth, a 12-play, 56-yard drive used up more than seven minutes and left West Georgia little time to come back.
UCA plays at Eastern Kentucky in Richmond, Ky., at 1 p.m. Nov. 14.
