Junior quarterback Drew Carter equaled his school record with four touchdown passes in less than three quarters of play. Carter finished the day 18-for-26 for 301 yards with no interceptions.

The LaGrange defense limited the Highlanders to 215 yards of offense, with 90 coming in the fourth quarter against reserves. Junior defensive tackle Drew McAdams had two sacks, while linebackers Josh Britt and Justin Strickland had six total tackles each.

The Panthers stopped themselves on their first two drives. Mario Wallace fumbled into the end zone on a pass play where it was recovered in the end zone by the Highlanders' Russell Rambert. On the second drive, Dustin Canon fumbled at the Highlanders' 1 and the ball was again recovered in the end zone for a touchback.

The Panthers got it rolling in the second quarter with five touchdowns. Carter hit Nick Langley in the back corner of the end zone on a 4-yard pass on fourth down for the first score to make it 7-0. The touchdown capped a 10-play 86-yard drive.

The Panthers scored on their next four possessions to blow the game open. The four drives took a tick under 2 minutes and a total of only 7 plays.

Carter threw touchdown passes of 43 and 46 yards to Stephen Tuck to finish two drives. In between, Mario Wallace broke a 37-yard touchdown run on a one play drive. Carter finished the scoring blitz with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Colt Shope to make it 34-0 with 2:41 left in the half.

Tuck finished the day with three catches for 97 yards, while Shope had 91 yards on three catches also. Langley and Devin Billings led the team with four catches each.

The Panthers closed out their scoring with two third quarter touchdowns. Canon scored his first collegiate touchdown, plowing in from the 2 to finish an 11-play 71 yard drive. The freshman led the Panthers with 73 yards in 13 carries.

Backup quarterback Michael May threw a short 2-yard pass to Billings on the last play of the third quarter to make it 48-0. May's touchdown pass set a team record of five in a game.

The Highlanders avoided the shutout in the fourth quarter. Giovanni Martin fielded a punt at his own 3, broke free of pack of would-be tacklers and went 97 yards down the home sideline for the touchdown. It was the first punt return for a touchdown by an opponent surrendered by the Panthers.

The Panthers are on the road next Saturday at Eureka College in Eureka, Ill.