HICKORY, N.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne crushed Catawba in the 100th all-time meeting between the two teams in matchup history. In the victory, freshman RB Dwayne McGee set the single-season program record for most rushing yards. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 56, Catawba 3
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (8-2, 6-2 SAC), Catawba (5-4, 2-4 SAC)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Moretz Stadium

STATS OF THE GAME:
•   LR wasted no time and jumped on Catawba with an 8-play, 75-yard drive that was capped by a Kelin Parsons 23-yard touchdown grab.
•   Eric Jackson forced a fumble on Catawba's first drive and Deondre Lester punched in a 13-yard touchdown run to make it 14-0 just 5:02 in.
•   The scoring barrage would continue with a Jordan Payne 22-yard TD catch with 6:14 left in the first quarter.
•   Catawba's lone score of the day would come on a field goal on the first play of the second quarter.
•   Rushing touchdowns from Grayson Willingham, McGee and DT Dan Louba, the latter on a 1-yard plunge on his first career offensive touch, gave LR a 42-3 lead at the break.
•   McGee would add another touchdown in the second half and Malakei Sumner recorded his first career TD catch to finish off the 8-TD day for the offense.
•   Preston Joseph had an interception for LR and Louba added 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble. 
•   McGee finished with 206 yards rushing on 26 carries and broke the single-season record for rushing yards which stood since 1994 when Leonard Davis had 1,559. With today's outburst, McGee finishes the regular season with 1,594 yards.
•   Willingham went 20-for-29 for 246 yards and three touchdown passes.
•   LR had 31 first downs, compared to just 12 from Catawba.
•   The Bears outgained Catawba 567-252 on the afternoon. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
•   Louba recorded a sack in the second quarter to extend LR's program-record streak of consecutive games with a sack to 53 straight.
•   Willingham set the single-season mark for most yards of total offense and is set to break the single-season mark for completion percentage.
•   The Bears have won six in a row and have outscored opponents 247-32 over the past five.
•   LR has now won three straight over Catawba but trails the all-time series 49-47 with four games ending in a tie.
•   The LR defense has given up just 25 points in the past five games as one TD in that stretch was on special teams.
•   The Bears haven't lost a home regular-season game since Nov. 4, 2017.
•   With eight more extra points, Chase Allbaugh has run his NCAA DII-record streak to 160 straight made extra points.

UP NEXT: LR will find out its postseason fate on Sunday night at 5 p.m. when the NCAA Playoff field is announced. The selection show will be streamed on NCAA.com.