WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Down by 21 points late in the second quarter, the Lycoming College football team ripped off 31 straight points, gaining 213 yards of total offense in the second half to upend Keystone College in a 31-28 Landmark Conference win on Saturday, Oct. 26, at David Person Field.
 
Sophomore Terrence Oliver (Sharon Hill, Pa./Academy Park) proved the catalyst of the comeback, as he rushed 34 times for a career-high 199 yards and two touchdowns. Junior Dawson Debebe (Schwnksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) caught four passes for 93 yards and a score, as he became the 25^th receiver in program history to reach 1,000 yards in a career. Sophomore Jay Huber (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) finished 13-of-32 for 179 yards and he rushed one-yard for the go-ahead touchdown in his first win as a starting quarterback for the Warriors (3-4 overall, 1-2 Landmark). He was intercepted twice.
 
Sophomore Stephen Goodman (Wilmington, Del./St. Elizabeth) had nine tackles, two for a loss, to lead the defense. Sophomore Tyler Marshall (Trappe, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) had seven stops, sophomore Zannder White (Lanham, Md./Frederick Douglass) had four tackles, 2.5 for loss and a forced fumble. Junior Matt Trolinger (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) added an interception.
 
Keystone (1-7 overall, 0-3 Landmark) took the lead on a 86-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on the opening kick from Nami, adding a score on its second drive and a third on a 89-yard touchdown reception from Nami with 4:45 left in the second quarter.
 
The Warriors' first eight drives yielded just 70 yards in 32 plays and it took a fortuitous bounce to get Lycoming on the board before halftime, as two Giants converged on a pass that slipped past them and was tipped by Debebe. The ball spun end to end and Debebe grabbed it near midfield with nothing but daylight between him and the endzone, making it 21-7 at the break.
 
On Lycoming's first drive of the second half, after rushing for just 28 yards in the first half, Oliver broke loose on a 51-yard run for a touchdown. Lycoming's next drive ended  with a missed field goal early in the fourth quarter, but Trolinger intercepted a pass and returned it to the nine-yard line just two plays later. Oliver rushed all 24 yards into the end zone over five plays, scoring on a one-yard run with 10:27 left, tying the game at 21.
 
Keystone's next drive yielded just nine plays and ended on an attempted fake punt when the quarterback's knee hit the turf thanks to a low snap, putting the Warriors just 43 yards from the lead. Oliver gained 33 yards in one fell swoop and three plays later, Huber busted in on a sneak with 6:36 left.
 
Keystone got a first down on their next drive, but it stalled at their own 38-yard line and then another bad snap led to the punter having to fall on it at the 25. Oliver rushed for a first down and the Warriors brought the clock down to 2:35 before first-year Kyle Flack (Southampton, Pa./William Tennant) hit a 24-yard field goal.
 
Keystone scored on a 74-yard drive with 37 seconds left, but sophomore Mason Hoppes (Unityville, Pa./Hughesville) made a leaping grab off a high bounce on an onside kick to thwart the Giants' comeback.
 
Donald Leach finished 21-of-39 for 282 yards and three touchdowns for the Giants. He rushed 12 times for 64 yards as well and was intercepted once. Jayson Nami caught five passes for 140 yards and a score and Mujaheed Muhammad rushed 15 times for 68 yards. Quentin Tibbs had 11 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Malcolm Ray had two interceptions and three pass breakups to go with five tackles.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Saturday, Nov. 2, when they head to Juniata College for a 1 p.m. Landmark Conference game.