CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The Malden Green Wave claimed their third straight conference title with a 54-22 road win over Charleston Friday night.
Malden jumped out to a 40-6 first half lead, helped by three first quarter touchdown passes from quarterback Mason Brown. The junior signal caller connected with Cordell Kilgore for 34-yard and 16-yard touchdown passes and hit Case McCormick with a 32-yard strike.
Tray Stevenson added 2-yard and 22-yard scoring runs in the second quarter, to take a 40-0 lead. Charleston's Jakeith Browning intercepted a Malden pass and returned it 55 yards for the Bluejays' first score.
Malden increased their lead to 54-6 after three quarters with Brown scoring on a 4-yard run and Stevenson added a 9-yard run.
Brown rushed for 92 yards and threw for 123 yards on 5 of 8 passing while Stevenson rushed for 72 yards.
Charleston added a 24-yard scoring run from Q'naries Anderson in the fourth quarter and quarterback Kavion Thompson hit DJ Moore for a touchdown pass to close out the scoring.
Anderson gained a team-high 20 yards rushing while Thompson completed 11 of 13 passes for 124 yards.
Malden improves to 7-0 and finishes the SEMO East play with a 3-0 record. Charleston falls to 2-5 and 1-1 in SEMO East play.
Malden 24 16 14 0 -- 54
Charleston 0 6 0 16 -- 22
First Quarter
MAL -- Cordell Kilgore 34 pass from Mason Brown (Kilgore pass from Brown), 7:01.
MAL -- Case McCormick 32 pass from Brown (Tray Stevenson run), 6:33.
MAL -- Kilgore 16 pass from Brown (Stevenson run), 2:33.
Second Quarter
MAL -- Stevenson 2 run (Broddric Annesser pass from Brown), 7:56.
MAL -- Stevenson 21 run (Brown run), 3:33.
CHA -- Jakeith Browning 55 interception return (run failed), 0:18.
Third Quarter
MAL -- Brown 4 run (run failed), 8:33.
MAL -- Stevenson 9 run (Brown run), 1:11.
Fourth Quarter
CHA -- Q'naires Anderson 24 run (Moore pass from Thompson), 9:00.
CHA -- DJ Moore pass from Kavion Thompson (Moore pass from Thompson), 1:06.
MAL CHA
First downs 10 6
Total yards 567 343
Rushes-yards 31-361 25-27
Passing yards 123 124
Punt returns 4-0 0-0
Kickoff returns 3-55 8-137
Defensive returns 1-16 1-55
Comp-Att-Int 5-8-1 11-16-1
Sacked-yds. lost 2-19 3-28
Punts-avg. 0-0 4-32.6
Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-yards 3-15 1-5
RUSHING: Malden, Mason Brown 11-92. Tray Stevenson 11-72. Tye Miller 3-62. Jamilyn Criglar 2-58. Bryce Nelson 2-42. Broddric Annesser 1-20. Brandon Heck 1-10. Charleston, Q'naries Anderson 5-20. Tyrce Tate 8-15. Jakeith Browning 5-15. Kavion Thompson 6-(-24).
PASSING: Malden, Mason Brown 5-8-1 123. Charleston, Kavion Thompson 11-13-1 124. Lee Thomas Moody 0-3-0 0.
RECEIVING: Malden, Cordell Kilgore 3-91. Case McCormick 1-32. Jamilyn Criglar 1-0. Charleston, DJ Moore 2-52. Larry Estes 5-41. Jeremy Tucker 4-31.