LU Lions score 21 points in fourth to win.

After three quarters, it looked like the Glenville State Pioneers would beat the LU Lions handily.
However, down 24-7 entering the fourth quarter, the Lions turned to senior running back Denodus O’Bryant and senior wide-receiver Andrew Helmick to help them get back in the game.
O’Bryant scored a two yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Then with six minutes left he scored another touchdown.
LU was down 24-21.
Then it was Helmick’s turn. In 32 seconds, he caught two passes for 53 yards. The second one was a 19 yard game winning touchdown to give LU a 28-24 win.
“It was perfect blocking all around and I was able to get it,” Helmick said. “Coach told me before the game if they call it and I don't score, I am in trouble.”
After being shut out in the first half, the Lions scored 28 points in the second half. Twenty one of them came in the fourth quarter. “We didn’t run enough plays in the first half. We only ran 20 plays,” head coach Patrick Ross said.
Glenville (1-2 record, West Virginia, West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) started out well by scoring 10 points in the first quarter. The Pioneers scored another touchdown in the second quarter to take a 17-0 lead into the second half.
Everything that well for the Pioneers in the first half, went wrong in the second half.
One of their running backs got injured in the second quarter and did not come back. LU junior quarterback Ben Gomez had two fumbles and an interception in the first half, but none in the second.
“There were some things he could have done better,” Ross said.
LU struggled because it was facing a defense it had never seen.
The last time the Lions got shut out in the first half was against Missouri S & T last year. The Lions had the ball for seven minutes in the the first half.
O’Bryant finished with 16 carries, 72 rushing yards and three touchdowns. O’Bryant now has scored a touchdown in eight straight games and ties his career high for most touchdowns in a game.
Helmick had eight catches, 114 passing yards and a 19 yard rushing touchdown. Gomez completed 21 of 37 passes for 287 yards and no touchdowns. He got sacked three times.
Gomez now has 13 turnovers in four games.
The Lions are 3-1 and they finish the four game homestand when they face the University of Nebraska-Kearney on Sept. 29, 1:30 p.m. in Hunter Stadium.