Lumberjacks throttle UC Davis, take over Big Sky lead
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Cory Young and Joe Logan each ran for two touchdowns and Northern Arizona took over the top spot in the Big Sky Conference with a 45-31 win over UC Davis Saturday night.
The Lumberjacks (5-2, 4-0 Big Sky) are the only team without a conference loss following Eastern Washington's 46-28 loss at Southern Utah.
NAU took control in the second quarter with four unanswered touchdowns. Young scored on runs of 43 and 4 yards for a 14-7 lead and Case Cookus added touchdown passes to Elijah Marks and Hunter Burton.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It was 35 unanswered points and that was huge," NAU coach Jerome Souers said. "It didn't put the game out of reach but it forced them to have to take a lot of chances."
Logan scored from a yard out to push the NAU lead to 35-7 early in the second half before the Aggies got a 100-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Namane Modise to kickstart a 17-point third quarter comeback to cut their deficit to 11, 35-24.
Logan scored from the 2 to make it 45-24 in the fourth quarter.