Aiken, Gather lift Gardner-Webb past Presbyterian in 2OT

Published Mar. 6, 2021 5:30 p.m. ET

Associated Press

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Carlton Aiken threw for 296 yards and pair of scores and his 6-yard TD toss to Naril Gaither sent Gardner-Webb past Presbyterian 31-24 in double overtime on Saturday.

Gaither ran for 154 yards on 18 carries and set a Gardner-Webb (2-0) record with a 96-yard romp late in the first quarter for the game's first score.

Presbyterian's last lead of the day came at the end of an 11-play, 82-yard drive with 70 seconds left in regulation when Tyler Huff's intended receiver could not haul in a pass which ricocheted into the hands of running back Delvecchio Powell II who ran it in from 20 yards for a 24-21 Blue Hose advantage (0-1).

On the ensuing drive, Aiken marched the Bulldogs from their own 28 to Presbyterian's 20 to set up Kurt Everett's 37-yard field goal as time expired.

Huff threw for 307 yards and two scores and was intercepted twice.

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