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Miller provides Mavs’ spark Quarterback’s 338-yard, 5-TD effort too much for Lions Adam Hinspeter, who hit 17 of 18 passes for 135 yards and became the MIAA’s career completions leader, found Mark Henderson with a 21-yard pass to the 2. After three plays gained zero yards, Hinspeter and Henderson hooked up again on fourth down for the touchdown, pulling the Lions within 10-7 with 4:56 left in the first half.
But in almost no time, the Mavericks broke away. Keith Eloi returned the ensuing kickoff 39 yards to midfield, and on first down, Miller, stepping up in the pocket to avoid the rush, found wide receiver Nesbit down the middle for a touchdown with 4:40 left in the half. Less than three minutes later, on third-and-2 from the 35, Miller cut upfield quickly on a keeper off the left side and scored on a 65-yard burst, breaking away from a would-be tackler at the 25. Then the backbreaker for the Lions came in the last minute of the half. Starting at the 14 with 41 seconds left, the Mavericks covered 86 yards in just four plays and 30 seconds and scored on Miller’s 16-yard quarterback draw for a 30-7 halftime lead. “They didn’t do anything that surprised us,” Tatum said. “Just a better football team. We were completely outclassed.” A fired-up Lions team began the second half with a special teams takeaway as Josh Woodard forced a fumble that Ismael Underdown recovered at the UNO 33. Renard Johnson had runs of 12 and 11 yards — surpassing the Lions’ first-half total of 16 yards rushing — to help move the ball to the 1, and Hinspeter jumped over the line for a touchdown. Two minutes later linebacker Jared Brawner, who led the Lions with 11 tackles, forced a McNeill fumble and Skyler Vandiver recovered at the 42. Toderick Hunt had 10- and 21-yard runs during the 10-play, 58-yard march capped by Henderson’s five-yard reverse. “We had some short fields. They were on their heels a little bit,” Tatum said. “But we were much more effective running the ball the second half.” After an exchange of punts, the Mavericks widened their lead on Greg Zuerlein’s 42-yard field goal and Miller’s 30-yard strike to Nesbit. 
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