Postgame Notes: Indiana vs. Wake Forest
9/24/2016 8:45:00 PM | Football
Game Notes
Wake Forest vs. Indiana
September 24, 2016
• Ricky Jones recorded the sixth 200-yard receiving game in school history with a career-high in yards (208) and receptions (8). The fifth-year senior's 208 yards is good for fifth on Indiana's all-time list.
• Sophomore Nick Westbrook recorded the second 100-yard game of his career and in succession with 129 yards on six receptions. He also reached the end zone twice, 75- and 10-yarders, for the second straight game.
• Richard Lagow became the IU record holder for passing yards in a game with 496. He set the mark on a 49-yard touchdown pass to Donavan Hale. The junior connected on 28-of-47 for three touchdowns (75, 49 and 10), his second three-TD game.
• Lagow connected on a 75-yard touchdown to Westbrook on the Hoosiers first play from scrimmage. The last time Indiana scored a TD on the game's first play from scrimmage was Oct. 24, 2009, at Northwestern, a 70-yard run by Darius Willis.
• Fifth-year senior Mitchell Paige reeled in seven receptions for 64 yards.
• Hale set a career mark with 49 yards receiving on his touchdown grab. It marked the first score of his career.
• Junior Devine Redding rushed 16 times for 68 yards (4.2 average). His streak of five straight 100-yard games, which was tied for the longest streak in the country, came to an end. The junior added three catches for a career-high 24 yards.
• The Hoosiers had 611 yards of offense to go along with the school record 496 passing yards, marking the 18th time in school history that Indiana has surpassed the 600-yard mark (10th under head coach Kevin Wilson).
• True freshman running back Tyler Natee collected the first touchdown of his career in his first career game. The Euless, Texas, native scored from one yard out with :39 remaining in the third quarter.
• Tegray Scales finished with a career-high 13 tackles, a career-high-tying two sacks and a career-high three tackles for loss. The junior linebacker now has two double-digit tackle games and two multi-sack games (both against Wake Forest) in his career. Scales has seven career sacks and 14.5 career TFLs.
• True freshman husky Marcelino Ball set a career-high with nine tackles. He also had one pass breakup.
• Redshirt junior linebacker Marcus Oliver finished the day with a season-best nine tackles.
• Sophomore safety Jonathan Crawford provided seven tackles and one pass breakup.
• The Hoosiers defense limited Wake Forest to 352 total yards and six three-and-outs.
• Indiana streak of eight consecutive regular season non-conference victories came to an end.
• Fifth-year senior Ricky Jones (2nd time in 2016), redshirt junior Marcus Oliver (3rd time), junior Devine Redding (1st time) and sophomore Jonathan Crawford (1st time) served as this afternoon's game captains.
• Wake Forest won the coin toss and deferred until the second half. The Hoosiers received the ball first for the first time this season.
Wake Forest vs. Indiana
September 24, 2016
• Ricky Jones recorded the sixth 200-yard receiving game in school history with a career-high in yards (208) and receptions (8). The fifth-year senior's 208 yards is good for fifth on Indiana's all-time list.
• Sophomore Nick Westbrook recorded the second 100-yard game of his career and in succession with 129 yards on six receptions. He also reached the end zone twice, 75- and 10-yarders, for the second straight game.
• Richard Lagow became the IU record holder for passing yards in a game with 496. He set the mark on a 49-yard touchdown pass to Donavan Hale. The junior connected on 28-of-47 for three touchdowns (75, 49 and 10), his second three-TD game.
• Lagow connected on a 75-yard touchdown to Westbrook on the Hoosiers first play from scrimmage. The last time Indiana scored a TD on the game's first play from scrimmage was Oct. 24, 2009, at Northwestern, a 70-yard run by Darius Willis.
• Fifth-year senior Mitchell Paige reeled in seven receptions for 64 yards.
• Hale set a career mark with 49 yards receiving on his touchdown grab. It marked the first score of his career.
• Junior Devine Redding rushed 16 times for 68 yards (4.2 average). His streak of five straight 100-yard games, which was tied for the longest streak in the country, came to an end. The junior added three catches for a career-high 24 yards.
• The Hoosiers had 611 yards of offense to go along with the school record 496 passing yards, marking the 18th time in school history that Indiana has surpassed the 600-yard mark (10th under head coach Kevin Wilson).
• True freshman running back Tyler Natee collected the first touchdown of his career in his first career game. The Euless, Texas, native scored from one yard out with :39 remaining in the third quarter.
• Tegray Scales finished with a career-high 13 tackles, a career-high-tying two sacks and a career-high three tackles for loss. The junior linebacker now has two double-digit tackle games and two multi-sack games (both against Wake Forest) in his career. Scales has seven career sacks and 14.5 career TFLs.
• True freshman husky Marcelino Ball set a career-high with nine tackles. He also had one pass breakup.
• Redshirt junior linebacker Marcus Oliver finished the day with a season-best nine tackles.
• Sophomore safety Jonathan Crawford provided seven tackles and one pass breakup.
• The Hoosiers defense limited Wake Forest to 352 total yards and six three-and-outs.
• Indiana streak of eight consecutive regular season non-conference victories came to an end.
• Fifth-year senior Ricky Jones (2nd time in 2016), redshirt junior Marcus Oliver (3rd time), junior Devine Redding (1st time) and sophomore Jonathan Crawford (1st time) served as this afternoon's game captains.
• Wake Forest won the coin toss and deferred until the second half. The Hoosiers received the ball first for the first time this season.
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