The University Trojans will welcome the Ellison Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. University will be looking to keep their ten-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
University is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 50 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Brenham on Friday. They had to suffer through a 43-7 loss at the hands of the Cubs. The matchup marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Ellison was able to grind out a solid win over Rudder last Thursday, taking the game 54-41.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Sidney Holland Jr and Javyn Jessie. Holland Jr had a great game and threw for 370 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Jessie was balling out in the loss, throwing for 305 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 63 yards on only six carries.
Ellison has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 45.8 points per game. As for University, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
University was dealt a bruising 49-7 loss at the hands of Ellison in their previous matchup back in September of 2017. Thankfully for University, Breezion Spiller (who threw for 233 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 45 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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