Brickhandler scores two touchdowns, Houston Christian holds off Indiana State late for a 24-27 win

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Eli Brickhandler threw a touchdown and ran for a second and Dillon Fedor kicked two field goals to lift Houston Christian to a 27-24 victory over Indiana State on Saturday.

The Huskies (2-3) took a 17-0 lead after one quarter, but the Sycamores (1-3) scored two touchdowns in the second quarter to come within a field goal before Calvin Hill made it 3-3. 0 ended with a nine-play, 78-yard drive that made it 24:14. Houston Christian had a 24-17 halftime lead.

Fedor kicked a 21-yard field goal in the third quarter, but Indiana State’s Elijah Owens scored from the 4 midway through the fourth quarter to bring the Sycamores within 3 yards. Indiana State stopped Houston Christian on downs at the Sycamores’ 36-yard line with 2:44 left the ball in play and kicked 53 yards to set up a field goal that would tie the game and force overtime, but Jake Andjelic missed in the last minute from 29 yards.

Brickhandler completed 12 of his 18 pass attempts for 101 yards and a 3-yard touchdown to Drake Martinez, carried 12 balls for 70 yards and darted from the 1 for a score. Hill finished the game with 11 carries for 64 yards.

Owens was 22 of 30 passing for 131 yards and an interception and carried 13 balls for 47 yards and a touchdown. Plez Lawrence carried 17 carries for 160 yards and a touchdown and Shen Butler-Lawson added a dozen carries for 48 yards and a score.

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