The Slippery Rock Rockets have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Hickory Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Slippery Rock's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Titusville on Friday. They took a blow against the Rockets, falling 42-0. The shutout was out of character for Slippery Rock seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hickory). They blew past Grove City 69-6 at home on Friday. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 26 points or more this season.
Kelvin Morrison and Zander Telesz were among the main playmakers for Hickory as the former rushed for 152 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries and the latter threw for 85 yards and three touchdowns on only six passes. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 53 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hickory was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 198 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
Slippery Rock has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-6 record this season. As for Hickory, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Slippery Rock was dealt a bruising 48-14 loss at the hands of Hickory in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Morrison, who rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Now that Slippery Rock knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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