September 29, 2004

The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys will try to remain unbeaten as they travel into Carrollton, Ga., on Saturday to take on the West Georgia Braves.

Game time at Grisham Stadium has been set for 6 p.m.

Tech (4-0) is the only overall undefeated team left in the Gulf South Conference after a 42-28 win over West Alabama last week. But the Wonder Boys, ranked No. 21 on the national poll this week, find themselves in a three-way deadlock for first place in the league standings with Delta State and Valdosta State, all with 3-0 records
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West Georgia will go into Saturday night's game still looking for its first win of the season. The Braves have lost their first three games, including back-to-back conference outings to Harding and Arkansas-Monticello.

In their 14-point spread over West Alabama, the Wonder Boys rushed for 163 yards --- getting a 78-yard effort and two touchdowns from freshman R.J. Vanhook --- and passed for another 292 yards --- with junior Jason Campbell throwing for 277 yards and a pair of scores.

Junior Michael Crooks led all receivers from both teams with 8 catches for 131 yards, including a 66-yard touchdown catch for the Wonder Boys.

Tech jumped ahead 14-0 early in the first period went on to lead 28-14 at halftime over the Tigers.

West Georgia outrushed UAM 113-70, but couldn't keep up with Boll Weevil quarterback Cory Allred, who riddled the Braves' secondary for 433 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 31-27 victory in Monticello.

Against UAM, West Georgia got 98 rushing yards from Michael Alexis,
141 passing yards from Brent Owens, 5 pass receptions from Jessie Marinko and a 47.3 punting average from Jeff Carpenter ---- placing four of his seven punts inside the 20-yard line.

West Georgia had taken a 27-24 lead over the Weevils early in the fourth period before Allred brought UAM back for the winning score with 6:47 left to be played.

This will be the seventh meeting between Tech and West Georgia, with the Wonder Boys holding a 4-2 lead in a series that originated in 1998. Tech has won the last three get-togethers, including a 38-9 victory last year.

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