Albany comes on late to defeat St. Francis 20-9

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 4:52 p.m. ET

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Dione Alston and Jordan Crockett scored fourth-quarter touchdowns and Albany rallied to defeat St. Francis 20-9 - scoring all its points after halftime - while improving to 4-0 on Saturday night.

Albany's Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks entered the game ranked second in FCS rushing yards (465) and had a rough first half, held to 23 yards on seven carries. Ibitokun-Hanks broke free in the second half, finishing with 22 carries for 90 yards.

St. Francis led 9-0 at halftime on Lance Geesey field goals of 21, 50 and 33 yards.

The Red Flash piled up 415 yards total offense to 251 for Albany, but the Great Danes forced four turnovers, adding to their nation-leading 12.

Zack Drayer completed 20 of 34 passes for 270 yards for St. Francis, but was picked off twice by Albany, which now has nine interceptions. The Great Danes came into the game with an FCS-leading seven.