Aggressive Giants play big, fall short | IndyStar.com
Penn 15, Ben Davis 7, OT
By Jeff Carroll
Star correspondent
MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- Already down two marquee players and facing his biggest decision at Ben Davis, first-year Giants coach Mike Kirschner sent a resounding message Friday about the kind of coach he will be.
One who goes for it.
The aggressiveness doesn't always work out.
The Class 5A No. 3-ranked Giants fell 15-7 to No. 5 Penn in overtime, Ben Davis' first loss in six games at Penn's Freed Field. The Giants fell short on a key fourth-down conversion attempt late in the fourth quarter to set up the overtime, one of several Ben Davis drives that stalled deep in Penn territory.
"We did everything we had to do," Kirschner said. "We just didn't score the points we needed to to win the game."
The key play for the Giants (1-1) came not in the overtime period, when backup quarterback Greg Rice's last-chance pass was broken up in the end zone, but minutes earlier. With the score tied 7-7, Ben Davis had driven deep into Penn territory, mostly on the strength of quarterback MarQueis Gray's legs.
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