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Jones rushed for 199 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries during a 43-28 victory last Saturday at Seton Hill. The senior recorded his third consecutive and fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season. He moved into a tie with Gannon Hall of Famer Darmel Whitfield (2001-04) for second place all-time with his 14th career 100-yard rushing game despite only logging carries for the last two seasons and sits one 100-yard game shy of the school record held by Sterling Pierce (1996-99), Jones jumped Kevin Cloherty (1999-02) and Ron Bailey (2002-05) to move into Gannon's all-time top five in career rushing yards (2,620). He also passed Jeremy Ditzler (2007-10) and Brendan McNicholas (2003-06) on Gannon's all-time scoring list with Saturday's two touchdowns, ranking third all-time at Gannon with 192 career points. He sits 30 points shy of Jon Richardson's (2006-09) school record of 222. Jones wore Seton Hill down each half with big numbers during the second and fourth quarters. He rushed for 81 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries in the second quarter, including 51 of the 63 yards on a scoring drive that put Gannon in front 16-14 during the second quarter. The drive included a 19-yard touchdown run by Jones. He added 80 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries as Gannon out-scored Seton Hill 21-0 during the fourth quarter.