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It was a record pace, but the B.C. Lions just settled for recording the win.
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After jumping out to a 31-8 lead in the first half, with quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. looking like he’d join the 500-yard club, the Lions eased up on the gas and earned a methodical 44-28 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Sunday night at Tim Hortons Field.
Adams had 321 yards and four touchdowns after two quarters, but didn’t score again and had just 62 yards in the second half as the Lions (4-1) nursed their lead and prioritized burning the clock. His final line was 383 yards on 26-of-36 passing — leaving Ricky Ray as the last player to have 500 passing yards in a game (506, in 2017 with Toronto against Hamilton).
Justin McInnis had another massive game for B.C. with 144 yards and two touchdowns receiving, with CFL leading receiver Alex Hollins catching all six balls thrown his way for 116 yards and a 69-yard score.
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Running back William Stanback had 156 combined yards, catching one touchdown and his first rushing major of the year.
B.C. Lions running back William Stanback (31) is tackled by Hamilton Tiger Cats linebacker DQ Thomas (20) during first quarter in Hamilton on Sunday Photo by Peter Power /The Canadian Press
Kicker Sean Whyte extended his team record for consecutive field goals (31) by hitting all three attempts.
The Lions had played two winless teams previously in Edmonton and Winnipeg, but both those opponents looked like teams that were more competitive than their win-loss marks.
Hamilton did not. Now 0-5 to start the season for the first time since 2017, the Ticats were their own worst enemy. Penalties wiped out gains or big returns, Bo-Levi Mitchell could only muster 10 yards of total offence and a rouge in the first 20 minutes, while the defence gave up 228 yards and 21 points in the same span.
Mitchell’s numbers were inflated by the come-from-behind passing game, with 374 yards and three touchdowns, but he was misfiring on open players early on before settling down late when it didn’t matter. He was 32-of-48 overall.
B.C. had 482 yards of net offence, and Hamilton a respectable-seeming 396 total. But most of those were empty calories coming against a defence sitting back and limiting the gains.
The win sets up a massive first-place showdown in the West next week, with the Lions taking on the division-leading Saskatchewan Roughriders (4-0) on Saturday (4 p.m. TSN).
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