Lions roar to a 38-18 victory over the Alouettes in Montreal
Posted August 4, 2016 7:12 pm.
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MONTREAL (NEWS 1130) – The main message and Lions practice all week was about holding on to the lead. This evening they did just that in a convincing 38-18 victory over the Montreal Alouettes at the Percival-Molson Memorial Stadium.
Quarterback Jonathon Jennings promised a bounce back game and he delivered with a great performance going 27/32, throwing for 331-yards and a touchdown pass.
The Lions rushing game also looked much improved with Jeremiah Johnson taking the majority of the handoff’s. His 4-yard touchdown run was his first TD with the Leos and gave BC a 9-1 first quarter lead.
Montreal’s Kevin Glenn would find BJ Cunningham on a 15-yard touchdown pass with 10-seconds to go in the opening quarter on a big 2-and-6, to cut the lead to 9-7.
Late in the opening half, Jennings found Manny Arceneaux for a nine-yard touchdown to give the Lions a 16-10 lead.
Richie Leone his one of his five field goals on the night and BC entered the locker room at half time with a 19-10 advantage.
In the second half, the Lions defence continued to cause headaches for the Alouettes. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Ronnie Yell forced Corbin Louks to fumble after an 11-yard catch. Loucheiz Purifoy was there to scoop it up and take it 47-yards for a touchdown. The spectacular play put BC up 29-18 and the Leos never looked back.
The win improved the Lions to 4-2 on the season and proved they are a team to be reckoned with on the road, earning their third victory of the year away from BC Place.
Montreal falls to 2-4 and remains in the basement of the Eastern Division.
BC will now an enjoy a 9-day break before returning home to face the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday, August 13th.
