King’s (11-1) at Salisbury (10-0)
When: Saturday, Noon
At stake: A berth in the third round of the NCAA national playoffs
How they got here: King’s won the Middle Atlantic Conference championship and defeated Ursinus, 32-29, in the opening round. Salisbury won the New Jersey Athletic Conference and received an opening round bye.
Up next: The winner advances to play either Randolph-Macon or Washington & Jefferson
Scouting King’s: The Monarchs are on an 11-game winning streak after dropping their season opener to Wilkes. …King’s is in the national playoffs for the second time in program history with the first coming in 2002. That season the Monarchs defeated Salisbury, 28-0, in the first round. The following week they were eliminated by Bridgeport. …King’s coach Mike Cebrosky is in his first season as the head coach. …King’s is averaging 32.4 points per game and allowing 20.4. The run game is averaging 227.5 yards per game and 6.0 per carry. Opponents have run for 131.5 per game and 3.9 per carry. …The defense allows 204.8 yards passing per game while King’s averages 175.9. …The Monarchs are 55 of 124 on third down and 8 of 17 on fourth down. Opponents are 54 for 145 and 13 of 34. …The offense is 35 of 43 in the redzone, all touchdowns, while opponents are 25 for 37 with 20 touchdowns. …Brennan Robinson has rushed for 818 yards and three touchdowns. Quarterback Russell Minor-Shaw has 789 yards and 12 touchdowns and Jayon Hailey has 744 yards and seven touchdowns. Minor-Shaw is 141 of 215 for 1,913 yards and 29 touchdowns. …King’s has players with double digits in receptions. Mike DiGregorio leads the team with 42 catches for 581 yards and five touchdowns. Kival Clarke has 14 catches for 319 yards and a team-best six touchdowns. EJ Schreiner and tight end Ryan McCombs each have five touchdown receptions. McCombs is second on the team in catches with 21. Hailey has caught 18 passes out of the backfield, two of them touchdowns. Clarke is averaging a team-best 22.7 yards per catch.
Scouting Salisbury: The Sea Gulls are in the national playoffs for the 14th time in program history. …Salisbury joined the NJAC in 2015 and has won 65 games in the conference, the most among active team in the conference. The Sea Gulls have won six conference championships. …Salisbury’s defense has created 21 turnovers on the season and the offense has converted 59% of its third down chances. Inside the red zone the offense has scored 48 times. …The Sea Gulls are averaging 51.8 points per game and allowing 23.4. The run game averages 7.4 yards per carry while the defense allows 3.1. Salisbury averages 349.3 yards per game on the ground and gives up 89.5. …Ronald Clark leads the team in rushing with 808 yards and nine touchdowns. Dario Belizaire has 576 yards and six touchdowns while averaging 13.1 yards per carry. Jaden Davis has 390 yards and four touchdowns. Gage Katzenell-Hall has thrown for 785 yards and seven touchdowns in four games. SyRus McGowan has thrown for 740 yards and nine touchdowns in nine games. Micah Brubaker leads the team in catches with 24 for 642 yars and six touchdowns. Daniel Clark has 13 catches for 338 yards and three touchdowns while Belizaire has 11 catches, seven of them for touchdowns.
