SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Roland Dempster ran for 103 yards and scored one of his two touchdowns in overtime and Stony Brook never trailed in a 31-30 victory over Bryant on Saturday.
Stony Brook’s Tyler Knoop completed a 40-yard touchdown pass to Jayce Freeman to give the 20th-ranked FCS Seawolves (7-2, 4-1 Coastal Athletic Association) a 24-10 lead with 9:16 left in the third quarter.
The Bulldogs (2-7, 0-5) came right back when Markiel Cockrell exploded up the middle on the first play of the scrimmage on their ensuing drive and raced 75 yards for a touchdown to cut the deficit to 24-17.
Early in the fourth, Brennan Myer threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Tristen Riley to tie the score at 24 with 13:32 left in regulation. Dempster’s 2-yard touchdown made it 31-24 in the extra session.
Myer threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Landon Ruggieri to make it 31-3, but the point-after try couldn’t end the game. Stony Brook – which went 0-11 last year – won for the seventh time in its last eight games.
Myer threw for 338 yards and three touchdowns for Bryant.
Stony Brook leads the all-time series 5-1.
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