September 24, 2005 – ATLANTA – The Maroon Tigers fell behind early and never recovered in a 31-22 loss to Kentucky State.

The visiting Thorobreds scored on their first two possessions and built a 31-9 halftime lead that they never relinquished, in handing the Maroon Tigers their third loss of the season. Kentucky State upped its record to 3-2.

Wide receiver Raymond Johnson caught two touchdown passes of 20 and 34 yards and running back Eddie Rowe rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a high-powered Kentucky State offense.

Kentucky State out-gained Morehouse by 113 yards and shut down the Maroon Tiger offense, forcing and recovering a fumble and picking off three interceptions.

Freshman wide receiver Tyderick Williams had his best game as a Maroon Tiger, catching two passes for 26 yards and returning two kicks for 54 yards.

At the midway point in the season:

Morehouse is 2-3 (1-3 SIAC).

Running back John David Washington leads the conference in rushing, with a 123-yards-per-game average.

Eddie Rowe is the SIAC’s ninth leading rusher, averaging 60 yards per game.

Kicker Adam Williams is second in the conference with a 40.3 yards-per-kick average.

Wide receiver Raymond Johnson is the SIAC’s fourth best receiver with 4 receptions per game and a 15.2 yards-per-catch average. Johnson leads all receivers with six touchdown catches and is second in receiving yardage with 61 yards per game.

As a team, Morehouse is second in the SIAC in rushing offense, averaging 215.2 yards per game, and second in total offense, averaging 356.5 yards per game.

But on the other side of the ball is where the Maroon Tigers suffer most. The team is ninth in scoring defense, giving up an average of 313 yards and 26 points per game.

Morehouse has an open date on Saturday and returns to action against Tuskegee, (4-0), on Oct. 8, in the 70th Annual Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic in Columbus at 2:30 p.m.