Sprague, Ouellette lead OH past Ball State 48-31

OH had 607 yards overall. Ouellette with 2:10 left in the first quarter.

Junior wide receiver KeVonn Mabon recorded a career-high 312 all-purpose yards, while freshman quarterback Riley Neal threw for 247 yards to surpass the 2,000-yard mark for the season. He later pounded it in from 1-yard out to cut the OH lead to 28-10 at halftime. Darian Green led the team with 13 carries for 74 yards and a late touchdown run.

Ball State passing defense- The passing defense was putrid versus WMU two weeks ago.

OH shut out Kent State last week while Ball State struggled offensively against Western MI in their last game.

Both Ball State and OH enter Tuesday’s game with a turnover margin of +5.

– The Bobcats rushed for 332 yards and passed for 275. But Ohio’s Devin Jones ripped the ball away at the end of the play and the Bobcats recovered. He needs 177 receiving yards to move into Ball State’s career top-10 list.

Two average offenses meet up in MAC play tonight as OH hosts Ball State at 7PM ET.

Four plays later, Sprague hit Reid for a 60-yard score on the first play of the second quarter.

– After gaining 47 yards on the ground and another 15 on a pass interference penalty on the Cardinals, Reid hauled in his second touchdown of the game on a slant over the middle. He’s completed over 63 percent of his passes and has thrown for 180 yards-per-game. 11 rushes for 46 yards. OH is one of the most flagged teams in college football getting nailed 7.6 times per game for over 75 yards, while the Cardinals are only getting hit 3.8 times per game for 37 yards. And our thing, since we don’t normally run a two-back offense, you’ve got to rely on your quarterback to be a runner also.

“[Neal] got off to a little bit of a sluggish start, but he settled down nicely”, Lembo said.

“This is what we’ve been working on through spring practice, through summer and it’s finally coming to play”.