MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Western Michigan safety
Daeh McCullough picked off Central Michigan quarterback Jadyn Glasser on the final play of the game to secure the Victory Cannon Trophy's safe return to Kalamazoo after a 21-14 win over the Chippewas at Kelly/Shorts Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Jalen Buckley had 150 yards on 24 carries and two touchdowns to lead the Broncos (5-2, 3-0 MAC) on the day and
Lolo Mataele contributed 60 yards on 13 carries. WMU quarterback
Broc Lowry finished 5-fo-8 passing for 48 yards and one touchdown.
Justyce Betts led the Broncos with 12 tackles on the day.
Scoop Gardner Jr. had six tackles, 2.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss.
Western Michigan went up 7-0 with 3:08 left in the first quarter. Buckley ran it in from nine yards out for the score, capping off a 9-play, 63-yard drive. Buckley rushed for 58 yards on seven carries during the drive.
WMU went up 14-0 with 6:32 left in the second quarter on a touchdown pass from Lowry to
Nate Levicki. It was 4th and 2 from the CMU 10 and Lowry found Levicki wide open in the endzone on a play-action fake. The score capped off a 15-play, 89-yard drive that ate up 7:36 of the clock. The touchdown catch was Levicki's first as a Bronco.
Buckley put the Broncos up 21-0 on his second touchdown of the day, this time on a 7-yard run. The scoring drive took up the majority of the third quarter, going 14 plays for 86 yards and taking 7:39.
CMU got on the board with a 32-yard touchdown pass from Angel Flores to Jaden Allen with 13:52 left to play.
The Chippewas brought the game to one score with a 2-yard touchdown run by Jayden Glasser with 44 seconds to play. CMU recovered the ensuing on-side kick at the WMU 48.
Glasser completed a pass to Braylen Naves to get the ball to the WMU 36 but a holding penalty pushed it back. Glasner completed a short pass to Nick Woodford to get down to the WMU 41 with nine seconds to play. Kouri Crumb broke up a deep ball and then McCullough picked off his first career pass on the game's final play.
Western Michigan stays on the road, heading to Toledo to take on the Rockets on Saturday 12 p.m. The game can be watched live on CBS Sports Network and heard live on the Bronco Media Network.
