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EAST STROUDSBURG - Qmac Quiteh ran for 168 yards and two touchdowns and Bloomsburg rallied from an early third-quarter deficit for a 38-28 win over East Stroudsburg University in PSAC East football on Saturday at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

Quiteh (24 carries) and Alex Gooden (19 carries, 108 yards) led a Bloomsburg offense that ran for 300 yards, threw for 155 and overcame a 28-10 margin as the Huskies (6-2, 4-1) scored the game's final 28 points after posting a 20-19 win at West Chester to move into a four-way tie for first in the PSAC East last weekend.

Redshirt senior quarterback Tim DiGiorgio was 13-for-20 for 202 yards and three touchdowns in the first half for ESU, which led 21-10 at intermission. Senior wide receiver Tim Wilson had eight catches for 144 yards  and a touchdown, and redshirt freshman tailback Devante Robinson had six catches for 103 yards and a TD for the Warriors.

Redshirt sophomore safety Justin Johnson led an ESU defense that forced three turnovers in the first half, and had a 25-yard fumble return for a TD by freshman linebacker Rich Melito just under two minutes into the third quarter that gave the Warriors their 18-point lead.

Johnson had nine tackles, including three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. He has set ESU's single-season forced fumbles record (6) with three games left in the season. His three forced fumbles vs. Bloomsburg are one short from tying an NCAA Division II single-game record.

Redshirt senior linebacker Sekou Jones had 12 tackles, and redshirt senior linebacker Mike Wiand and redshirt junior free safety Billy Inge III had seven each. Sophomore cornerback Andre' Gray had an interception, his second of the season and the third of his career.

Bloomsburg scored the game's first points, with Quiteh carrying for 64 yards on an 80-yard drive and scoring from 14 yards out, to give the Huskies a 7-0 lead with 8:36 left in the first quarter.

The Warriors tied it at 7-all 16 seconds later, as DiGiorgio hit Wilson for a 77-yard TD down the left sideline for the first of 21 straight points for ESU.

Johnson had a pair of forced fumbles and recoveries in the game's first 20 minutes, with the second setting up a four-play, 56-yard drive capped by a 42-yard TD by Robinson on a screen pass for his first career score.

The defense pushed Bloomsburg back 10 yards on its next possession, forcing a punt, and the offense went 52 yards in seven plays. DiGiorgio converted a third-and-seven with a 14-yard pass to Wilson, and found junior wide receiver Jylil Reeder for a seven-yard TD and his first career score for a 21-7 lead with 5:45 left in the second quarter.

Bloomsburg's Ryan Abbott made a 29-yard field goal to make it 21-10 at halftime.

Melito recovered a fumble by Bloomsburg QB Chris Palubinsky (13-23, 155 yards, TD, Int.) on the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter for a 28-10 lead, but the rest of the contest went to the Huskies.

Bloomsburg had an eight-minute, 42-second drive (15 plays, 66 yards) with Quiteh scoring from one yard to get BU within 28-17 with 5:02 left in the third quarter.

DiGiorgio left due to an injury suffered late in the second quarter, and after ESU went three-and-out, BU traversed 87 yards on 10 plays to close within 28-23 in the second minute of the fourth quarter. Palubinsky scored on a one-yard QB sneak, but the ensuing two-point conversion was no good.

A sack and forced fumble set up BU's next possession at the 24-yard line, and the Huskies took the lead two plays later as Palubinsky found Michael Allen (4 catches, 51 yards) for a 23-yard TD. Gooden converted the two-point play for a 31-28 score.

Both teams exchanged punts, with ESU's defense stopping the Huskies after they moved inside the 40-yard line, but a sack, forced fumble and 15-yard return for a TD by Bloomsburg safety Eric Schwartz made it 38-28 with 4:46 remaining.

ESU converted three third downs on its final offensive series, with redshirt freshman Ben Moser finding Wilson for a pair of first downs and hitting Robinson for 23 yards, but the Warriors missed a 32-yard field goal that turned the ball over to BU with 1:42 remaining.

Bloomsburg's defense had six sacks, including three by Jake Klinger. Nate Monroe, Marquez Norford and Chris Gary all had sacks and forced fumbles.