Ballers Fall 17-13

BLACKSBURG (BP) -- The Ballers fell today to the Moorseville Anglers, 17-13 marking their 2nd loss in 3 games. The game was highlighted by a large aerial attack on the part of the Ballers which culminated in a total of 72 passes thrown by Ballers QB Khari Jones. Jones was harrassed during the entire game, despite no sack given up by the offensive line there were in total 5 hurries against Jones and 9 drops by Ballers receivers.

"We just came out against a very good team and were outplayed plain and simple," Jones said. "We just need to rebound from this loss and try to execute next week."

When asked about the high pass/run ratio Jones had this to say.

"It really makes no difference if we ran it 100 times or passed it 100 times instead. We were just outmanned and didn't play to our ability."

The Ballers only ran the ball 21 times during the game which may have had an affect on the way Mooresville played their team. The Anglers did not give the Ballers 8 man fronts the entire day, and therefore Jones was forced to pass in nickel and quarter situations.

Defensively the Ballers held their own. Despite 2 early TD's given up through the air, the Ballers buckled down and gave up only 3 points through the next 3 quarters.

"We did our job defensively and they did their job offensively," LB Aaron Wilson said who had 4 tackles and 2 tackles for loss. "It's difficult when we gave up those 2 early touchdowns because that really hurt us throughout the game. We played well, but our offense just had a hard time getting anything going."

The Ballers received many different looks from the Anglers on the ground. 4 RB's on Moorseville combined for 96 rush yards, and to Blacksburg's credit none of those 4 RB's went over 30 yards rushing.

Next week the Ballers will face their toughest opponent yet, the Yukon Gold Rush who come in 3rd in the Western Conference and have a 6-1 record. The Gold Rush have one of the best defenses in Canada AAA with the highest point total given up this season 13 points. They also face RB Benjamin Linus who last year was 2nd in the Canadian AA with 1,099 rushing yards and 1st in the Candian AA with 9 rushing touchdowns. The Balles will have to buckle down defensively to stop Linus and try to get something going offensively in order to break through the difficult Gold Rush defense.