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Bucknell Football Drops Home Opener to Stony Brook, 48-20

A.J. Kizekai Compiles 251 All-Purpose Yards

Sept. 8, 2007

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LEWISBURG, Pa. - Conte Cuttino returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown and ran for a 20-yard score to help Stony Brook erase an early seven-point deficit, and the Seawolves pulled away with three late scores to outlast Bucknell 48-20 Saturday night in a non-league game at muggy Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. Josh Dudash completed 21 of 30 passes for 233 yards and two touchdowns to lift Stony Brook to 2-0 and help spoil the home opener for the Bison, who fell to 1-1.

A.J. Kizekai had his second straight big game for Bucknell, collecting 251 all-purpose yards. He totaled 167 on six kickoff returns, caught two passes for 40 yards and ran for 44 yards on seven carries. Freshman fullback Ryan Smith ran for a team-high 46 yards and scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 3-yard run just 19 seconds before halftime.

That score brought Bucknell within 27-17, and Will Carney's 19-yard field goal on the opening possession of the second half made it a one-possession game at 27-20.

Stony Brook quickly answered with a 6-play, 55-yard drive, capped by a 15-yard pass from Dudash to Dwayne Eley with 6:14 left in the third quarter. Moments later, Donald Lee smothered a Bucknell punt, and Andre Jean-Pierre ran it back 24 yards to put the game out of reach at 41-20. Eley added a second score on a 1-yard run with 9:21 to play.

Kevin Mullen's 1-yard run gave the Bison a 7-0 first-quarter lead, but Cuttino ran the ensuing kickoff back 95 yards to even the game at 7-7. After punting on each of its first three possessions, Stony Brook cashed in on its fourth when Cuttino capped a 13-play, 88-yard drive to make it 14-7 at the 11:22 mark of the second quarter.

A halfback option pass from Steve Austin to Lynell Suggs resulted in a 23-yard touchdown and gave the Seawolves a 21-7 lead. Suggs was the game's top receiver with six catches for 102 yards. Brandon Mason rushed 15 times for 95 yards to lead all ground gainers.

Stony Brook outgained Bucknell 429-279 and recorded 23 first downs to Bucknell's 13. Bucknell picked up 205 of its yards on the ground.

The Bison are back in action at Cornell next Saturday at 7 p.m., while Stony Brook visits Youngstown State at 4 p.m.