Wingate, N.C.----For the second straight week, the Wingate University defense kept the opposition off the scoreboard, forcing seven turnovers en route to a dominant 50-0 victory against Barton College in South Atlantic Conference football action at Irwin Belk Stadium. Wingate moves to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the SAC, while Barton falls to 2-4 overall and 1-3 in league play. Second time in program history the Bulldogs have had back-to-back shutouts and first time since the 2015 season. Wingate has outscored opponents 83-0 the last two weeks.

KEY STATS

- Wingate had 189 rushing yards and 156 passing yards for 345 yards of offense
- Barton had 81 passing yards and eight rushing yards, going for 89 total yards
- The 'Dogs have allowed just seven rushing yards the last two games
- Barton lost five fumbles and threw two interceptions
- Wingate held a 20-7 advantage in first downs
- WU went three-for-12 on third down; BC was two-for-13
- The 'Dogs held the ball for nearly 35 minutes
- Wingate went for 4.9 yards per play, compared to Barton's 1.7
- WU made 10 trips to the red zone, scoring on nine of them
- Barton failed to score on its lone trip inside the 20
- Wingate had three of the four sacks on the night

KEY BULLDOGS

- Brooks Bentley threw for 137 yards and a touchdown
- Matt Flanders had three receptions for 49 yards and a TD
- O'Brien Barnett had 43 rushing yards and a score
- Corey Siemer went for 38 yards and a TD, adding an 18-yard catch
- Ethan Wallace had 35 yards and a touchdown
- Xavier Pugh added 31 rushing yards and a score
- Noah Bell added 19 yards and a touchdown
- Jaylen Brown-Wallace had two receptions for 40 yards
- Brandon Perry had an interception, forced fumble, fumble recovery and pass break-up
- Dontorian Best added an interception, fumble recovery, break-up and five tackles
- Guy Taylor had a sack, forced fumble and recovery
- Kai Russell had four tackles and a forced fumble
- Brice Colter added a tackle for loss and forced fumble
- Ryan Green also recovered a fumble, adding two tackles and a breakup
- Marquise Fleming had five tackles, two TFLs and a sack
- Daniel Morrison broke up a pair of passes
- Caleb Bonesteel connected on three field goals and five PATs
- Rivers Teeter averaged 36 yards per punt on two punts, putting one inside the 20

FIRST QUARTER

- After forcing a three-and-out, Wingate went 71 yards on 11 plays to get on the board
- Jackson started it with an 18-yard catch; Barnett followed with runs of 10 and 13 yards
- Siemer's 18-yard catch got it to the BC 15
- Bonesteel nailed a 33-yard field goal to make it 3-0
- A Joseph Reddish 19-yard punt return set the 'Dogs up at the BC 31
- Bentley hit Evan McCray for 12 yards to get it to the red zone
- Siemer punched it in from a yard out to make it 10-0

SECOND QUARTER

- On third and eight from the Barton 10, Best picked off BC quarterback Trevor Nored
- The pick set the 'Dogs up at the Barton 15
- A 10-yard pass to Brown-Wallace got it inside the five
- Wallace scored from four yards out to put the 'Dogs on top 17-0
- Green recovered a fumble on the ensuing possession to set Wingate up at the Barton 23
- Barnett's 12-yard run got it to the 11
- Bell scored from one yard out to make it 24-0
- Russell forced a fumble on the next drive, recovered by Best at the Barton nine
- Bentley hit Flanders from three yards out to stretch the lead to 30
- Taylor had a strip sack and recovered the fumble, setting the 'Dogs up at the Barton 21
- Wingate could not capitalize on the field position, missing a 34-yard field goal
- The 'Dogs forced a three-and-out and got the ball back around midfield
- Bentley hit Brown-Wallace for 30 yards on the first play of the drive
- A 26-yard Wallace run got it inside the 10
- Bonesteel's 21-yard field goal put the 'Dogs on top 33-0 heading to the half

THIRD QUARTER

- Perry picked off Nored at the WU 23 and returned it 69 yards to the Barton eight
- Barnett scored from three yards out to make it 40-0
- Perry forced a fumble on the next drive and recovered it at the Barton 19
- Bonesteel's 30-yard field goal gave the 'Dogs a 43-point lead
- A Reddish 15-yard return set the 'Dogs up at their own 38
- Ratcliff had three straight four-yard runs, while Bell hit Trey Hedderly for 10 yards to get it to the BC 25
- Pugh scored from five yards out to make it 50-0

FOURTH QUARTER

- Barton moved the ball into WU territory late in the fourth quarter
- Colter forced a fumble in the backfield, which Jasiah Hill recovered at the WU 30
- The 'Dogs were able to run the clock out to complete their second straight shutout

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Saturday, traveling to Limestone for a 12 p.m. start