FOREST GROVE, Ore.—For the second time in three weeks, Lewis & Clark College football used a huge second half and a complete team effort to spot a conference foe's Homecoming and end a long losing streak to a Northwest Conference opponent. 
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark College 51, Pacific University 35
(Lewis & Clark 3-2, NWC 2-1)
(Pacific 1-4, NWC 1-2) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Pioneers offense scored on five of their six second-half drives and racked up 533 yards (7.7 per play) to snap a 10-game losing steak against Pacific that dated back to 2012. The defense recovered a fumble and forced a turnover on downs in the second half to help Lewis & Clark earn their second huge road win in three weeks. 
 
Senior Trey Morris put together a career game in his second collegiate start. Morris finished 16-29 with a career-high 306 passing yards and four passing touchdowns. He tacked on a rushing touchdown as part of a five-touchdown day. 
 
As good as Morris was, the Pioneers rushing game might have been better. Running behind the quintet of Donovan le Fevre, Iggy Marquez, Ty Sheffler, Nathan Lien and Mike Lloyd, the Pioneers carried the ball 40 times for 227 yards (5.68 yards per carry) and three touchdowns. Senior Elijah Washington carried the ball 25 times for a career-high 160 yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 6.4 yards per carry and did not have a rush for negative yards at any point. Jordan Lahusky added six rushes for 44 yards and Elijah McGee tacked on four rushes for 26 yards. 
 
McGee led the Pioneers in receiving yards. He only caught three passes but turned that into 102 yards and a touchdown. Fellow senior Devon Guest added six catches for 92 yards and two scores and senior Ben Burnham tacked on three catches for 67 yards and a touchdown. 
 
The Pioneers defense recovered a season-high two fumbles and added a season-high seven tackles-for-loss, to go along with two sacks and four pass breakups. 
 
Senior linebacker Justin Hope led the way with a huge game. Hope posted a career-high 18 tackles, nine more than anyone on either side, and added a fumble recovery and a pass breakup. His eight solo tackles were more tackles than anyone else's total tackles on the team and he chipped in a tackle-for-loss.
 
Sophomore Andrew Baum tacked on seven tackles (one solo) and sophomore Jack Warren racked up six tackles, one sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. Senior Ward Anderson led the defense with two tackles-for-loss and freshman Rylen Kahahawai picked up his first fumble recovery and returned it for 23 yards.
 
The contest didn't get off to a great start for the Pioneers. Pacific went 73 yards on their opening drive for a touchdown and Lewis & Clark's first drive stalled out inside the 10 and ended with freshman Thien Hoang kicking a 26-yard field goal. 
 
After a Pacific punt, the Pioneers went on an 11-play, 88-yard drive that capped off with Morris finding Guest in the end zone for a five-yard touchdown on the opening play of the second quarter. 
 
Pacific would answer back with a touchdown of their own to take a 14-10 lead with 10:38 to go before halftime. 
 
Lewis & Clark responded two drives later thanks to a pair of big plays. Morris found McGee for a 38-yard catch and Washington rushed for 34-yards on the next play to put the Pioneers inside the five-yard line. Washington finished the job himself to give Lewis & Clark a 17-14 edge. 
 
Pacific had a pair of excellent chances to grab the lead before half. On the next play after the touchdown, the Boxers returned the ball 94 yards on the kickoff but the play was called back for a hold. Pacific brought the ball into the red zone on that drive but they fumbled inside the 10 and Kahahawai picked up the fumble and raced out to the 28-yard line. 
 
Lewis & Clark would extend their lead to start the second half and never let the Boxers back into the game. 
 
On the opening play of the second half, McGee ran the kickoff back 61 yards to the Pacific 27. Seven plays later, including five rushes, Lewis & Clark was in the end zone on a Washington six-yard rush to make it 24-14. 
 
The defense came up big on the next drive forcing a punt. After one first down, Pacific's momentum was stopped when Mase Hilberg and Andrew Baum combined for a 10-yard sack on third and four. 
 
McGee added his second huge play of the second half to make it 31-14. Facing a second and nine from their own 45, Morris found McGee for a 55-yard touchdown catch to make it a three-score game. 
 
Pacific would answer with a touchdown, but on the next drive Morris found Burnham for a 44-yard touchdown grab to extend the lead back to 37-21. 
 
After a turnover on downs for Pacific to start the fourth, the Pioneers essentially put the game away with a fourth-consecutive touchdown. On third and eight from the Pacific 24, Morris connected with Guest for a 24-yard grab to give the Pioneers a season-high 44 points (44-21). 
 
Hope recovered a fumble just outside the Pioneers red zone on the next drive but Lewis & Clark gave the ball back with a fumble of their own. 
 
After a Boxers touchdown cut the deficit to 44-29, Morris followed his offensive line into the end zone on fourth and one for a rushing touchdown with 1:32 to play. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The Pioneers 40 rushes, 227 yards and three touchdown runs were all season-highs. 
• Hope's 18 tackles are the most by a Pioneer since November 14, 2015 – when Retzlaff Stein posted 18 of his own against Whitworth University. 
• Lewis & Clark's 51 points scored and 16-point win margin are both the most since they last beat Pacific in 2011. That season, Lewis & Clark routed the Boxers 61-35. 
• The Pioneers have snapped their second and fourth-longest active conference losing streaks (George Fox) within two weeks. 
• Freshman Keegan Zaso made his collegiate punting debut and booted a 56-yard punt that pinned Pacific inside their own-20. 
• Lewis & Clark's 51 points are tied for 20^th-most in program history. It's the most points against a conference foe since 2010, when Lewis & Clark defeated the University of Puget Sound 68-64.
• In two conference wins this year, Morris has thrown for 491 yards, seven passing touchdowns and thrown only one interception. 
• McGee posted 204 all-purpose yards and Washington tacked on 175.  

WHO'S NEXT 
 
The Pioneers will continue their two-game road trip, when they travel to Tacoma to take on Pacific Lutheran University (2-1 NWC) on Saturday at 1 p.m.