{"id":1971,"date":"2015-11-01T06:41:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2015-11-01T06:41:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T14:41:09","slug":"braxton-leads-wolf-pack-to-victory-against-simon-frasier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/braxton-leads-wolf-pack-to-victory-against-simon-frasier\/","title":{"rendered":"Braxton leads Wolf Pack to victory against Simon Frasier"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Jamal Smith Sports Editor<\/pre>\n<p>In a clash north of the border, the Wolfpack headed to Canada on Saturday, Oct. 24, defeating Simon Frasier University (SFU) 37-26.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolves were led by freshman Malik Braxton (RB) who had a record-setting game, and was awarded the GNAC Football Offensive Player of the Week.  Braxton finished the game with 199 yards of all-purpose yards: including 179-yards rushing, two rushing touchdowns and a touchdown pass.<\/p>\n<p>Redshirt sophomore Phillip Fenumiai (QB) got the start for the Wolves and would show his dual threat abilities on Western\u2019s first possession, rushing on third down for a 45-yard first down.  Fenumiai tallied 81-yards rushing for the game, adding another 55-yards through the air.  <\/p>\n<p>Braxton would finish out the first drive with a bit of trickery, throwing a touchdown pass to sophomore Paul Revis (WR) which evened the score at 7-7.  Revis finished the game with five receptions for 105 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>On the next drive, Braxton would break away for a ridiculous 75-yard touchdown run which would give the Wolves a 14-7 lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the second quarter, SFU would outscore the Wolves 10-3 and take a 20-17 lead going into half time.<\/p>\n<p>Midway through the third quarter, senior Trey Shimabukuro (QB) made his return to the field after a three week absence due to injury.  On his second drive, Shimabukuro would throw a 56-yard touchdown strike to Revis which gave Western a 24-20 lead, and would be the only points scored by either team in the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Just seconds into the fourth quarter, and on the first play of the drive, Shimabukuro would connect with redshirt sophomore Katakana Apelu (WR) for a 50-yard touchdown pass which increased the Wolves\u2019 lead to 31-20.<\/p>\n<p>SFU answered the Wolves\u2019 touchdown on their ensuing possession with a seven play, 73-yard touchdown drive to bring the score to 31-26.<\/p>\n<p>With 8:05 remaining in the game, the Wolves started their drive from the one yard line.<br \/>\nOn the first play, Braxton broke through and raced past the SFU\u2019s defense, running for a 99-yard touchdown, which set a GNAC record for the longest rushing touchdown and sealed the victory for the Wolves. <\/p>\n<p>The impressive win improves the Wolves\u2019 overall record to 5-3 and 3-1 in GNAC conference play. This is Western\u2019s fourth consecutive victory.<\/p>\n<p>Western\u2019s next game is at home on Saturday, Oct. 31, against GNAC opponent Azusa Pacific University at 1:00 p.m. at McArthur Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a clash north of the border, the Wolfpack headed to Canada on Saturday, Oct. 24, defeating Simon Frasier University (SFU) 37-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}