CCU football notebook: Grand Strand well represented in win at Presbyterian

Myrtle Beach High grad Tyler Keane and Conway High grad Jah’Maine Martin may have been the headlining acts in Coastal Carolina’s 48-17 win over Presbyterian, but they received plenty of help in supporting roles from other former Grand Strand high school standouts.

The Chanticleers may have received the greatest contribution in a single game by players from the Strand in program history.

Martin, a freshman, gained a game-high 120 yards and scored two touchdowns on 12 carries in his second game of the season. He scored on a 3-yard run up the middle in the first quarter during which he first had his momentum stopped at the line, then bounced off a tackle and scored standing up. Martin added a tough 2-yard TD run in the third quarter.

Keane, a fourth-year junior, completed his first seven passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns and finished 9 of 16 for 122 yards.

“I love the Horry County backfield out there,” Keane said.

Freshman Max Kjosa from Socastee High recorded the first points of his college career, catching a two-point conversion from Keane on the game’s first touchdown.

With senior Richie Sampson out for the game, sophomore Michael Billings of Georgetown High got his second start of the season at safety and was credited with two tackles in a defensive backfield that intercepted three passes.

Sophomore Delano Walters of Socastee High contributed on special teams, recording a pair of solo tackles on the kickoff coverage team.

Mapp moving up

Senior wide receiver Bruce Mapp’s two catches for 31 yards Saturday were enough to move him past Jerome Simpson into second place on the Chants’ all-time receptions list.

Mapp now has 162 receptions to Simpson’s 161, and trails program leader Matt Hazel by 21 with four games remaining in his final season.

He has a chance to move up to at least second on the career receiving yards list as well, now trailing Hazel in second by 165 yards with 2,388 yards. Simpson is first with 2,720 yards.

The catch that passed Simpson was 27 yards and came on freshman Ryan Lee’s first pass of the season. Lee has run the ball 16 times and thrown it twice as a quarterback.

Two for 100

Both Martin and Kenneth Daniels rushed for more than 100 yards each, marking the fourth time in CCU history two players have each eclipsed the century mark rushing in a game.

The other players who achieved the feat were Patrick Hall (195 yards) and quarterback Ren McKinnon (116) in 2004 against Charleston Southern, Lorenzo Taliaferro (139) and De’Angelo Henderson (117) in 2013 versus Charlotte, and quarterback Alex Ross (123) and Taliaferro (104) in a 2013 playoff win at Montana.

The duo is making the most of their opportunity to receive additional touches behind a strong offensive line because of a shoulder injury to Henderson, who may return to action next week.

Multiple contributions

Though the Chants played without standout seniors Sampson and Henderson, they got some stability on the offensive line with the return of senior right tackle Chase Tidwell from an ankle injury. Tidwell had missed nearly two full games.

He helped CCU rush for 322 yards, the team’s most over the past two seasons.

CCU’s lopsided win also allowed coach Joe Moglia to empty the bench, giving redshirt freshman quarterback Austin Bradley his first action in four games, and College World Series champion Tyler Chadwick his first action of the season.

Chadwick was a second baseman on CCU’s 2016 national champion baseball team and had been an intern coach for the Chants football team before being asked to suit up because of the rash of quarterback injuries. The former high school QB graduated in August but has one year of athletic eligibility remaining, and was credited with one rush for a loss of two yards Saturday.

This story was originally published October 29, 2016 at 8:44 PM with the headline "CCU football notebook: Grand Strand well represented in win at Presbyterian."