B.J. Knight accounts for 4 TDs, but Shaw falls to Americus-Sumter

AMERICUS, Ga. -- Americus-Sumter scored 21 points in both the first and fourth quarters and beat Shaw 65-49 on Friday night at Finklea-Robinson Stadium.

Shaw quarterback B.J. Knight accounted for four touchdowns, two on the ground and two in the air.

He threw touchdown passes to Nick Beason and R. Clark.

Beason also scored on a 3-yard run.

Americus-Sumter quarterback Mekall Yancie rushed for 161 yards and three touchdowns for the Panthers. he also passed for 140 and four touchdowns.

Shaw fell to 1-2 with the second straight loss, while Americus-Sumter improved to 1-2.

The Raiders have allowed 104 points in their two losses.

Friday at Americus

Shaw 6 21 14 8--49

Ashs 21 16 7 21--65

First quarter

Mekall Yancie 2 yard run TD (Tony Vargas PAT good) 7-0

Shaw. BJ Knight 28-yard run( Gio Galvin PAT no good) 7-6

Ashs. Sage Finch reception (Vargas PAT good) 14-6

ASHS. AJ Payne reception (vargas PAT good) 21-6

Second Quarter

Shaw. BJ Knight 14-yard run ((Galvin PaT no good) 21-12

ASHS. Mekall Yancie 2 yard run (Vargas PAT no good) 27-12

Shaw. Nick Beason 75-yard kickoff return (Elijah Phillips 2 point conversion run) 27-20

Shaw. Nick Beason 4 yard run (Gio Galvin PAT good) 27-27

Ashs. 30 yard field goal by Tony Vargas 30-27

Ashs. Darion Tyson 30 yard reception (Vargas PAT good) 37-27

Third Quarter

Shaw. Nick Beason 35 yard run (Galvan PAT good) 37-34

Ashs. 16 yard interception to Daveon Johndon (Vargas PAT good) 44-34

Shaw. Cameron Paulding 30-yard reception (Galvin PAT good) 44-41

Fourth Quarter

Ashs. Yancie one yard run (Vargas PAT good) 51-41

Ashs. Daveon Johnson 19 yard reception (Vargas PAT good) 58-41

Shaw Rodney Clark 45 yard reception (Nick Beason 2 point conversion run good) 58-49

Ashs. Mekall Yancie 3 yard run (Vargas PAT good) 65-49

Records: Shaw 1-2. Americus-Sumter 1-2. Next: Shaw, at Northeast-Macon, Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m.

This story was originally published September 4, 2015 at 11:47 PM with the headline "B.J. Knight accounts for 4 TDs, but Shaw falls to Americus-Sumter ."