B.C. Lions take a big bite out of winless Hamilton Tiger-Cats

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are limping into their first bye week of nan Canadian Football League play aft getting dominated 44-28 by nan B.C. Lions connected Sunday night.

The nonaccomplishment dropped nan Ticats to a league-worst 0-5 grounds successful beforehand of 20,210 fans astatine Tim Hortons Field.

QB Vernon Adams Jr. and receiver Justin McInnis were a two-man wrecking unit for nan Lions, who improved to 4-1. Adams threw for 383 yards and 4 touchdowns while McInnis made a game-high 10 receptions for 144 yards and 2 scores.

The Lions opened nan scoring conscionable complete 2 minutes into nan title pinch a four-play, 77-yard thrust that ended pinch QB Vernon Adams Jr. lofting a 45-yard explosive to a wide unfastened William Stanback.

After nan Ticats went two-and-out connected their first violative bid of nan game, Adams went backmost to activity by engineering a six-play, 70-yard thrust that culminated pinch a five-yard TD to receiver Justin McInnis.

Adams and McInnis mixed connected a 7-yard TD early successful nan 2nd 4th and Sean Whyte booted a 39-yard section to agelong BC’s lead to 24-1.

Hamilton yet sewage into nan endzone pinch conscionable complete 9 minutes to play successful nan first half erstwhile QB Bo Levi Mitchell and moving backmost James Butler hooked up connected a 32-yard touchdown. Mitchell completed 32 of his 48 walk attempts for 374 yards and 3 TDs.

But immoderate momentum nan Cats enjoyed quickly evaporated erstwhile Adams heaved a 69-yard touchdown to Alexander Hollins connected B.C. very adjacent violative play. It was 1 of Hollins’ six receptions for 116 yards.

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Hamilton kicker Marc Liegghio and B.C.’s Whyte traded section goals early successful nan 3rd 4th earlier Mitchell threw a four-yard touchdown to receiver Luther Hakunavanhu, his first arsenic a Ticat.

B.C. answered backmost pinch a three-yard people by Stanback pinch little than 2 minutes to play successful nan game. Stanback vanished nan crippled pinch 14 carries for 82 rushing yards.

The Cats rounded retired nan scoring pinch nary clip near erstwhile Mitchell threw a four-yard touchdown to receiver Kiondre Smith. Butler was constricted to 27 rushing yards connected 9 carries but hauled successful 9 catches for a team-best 108 yards.

Penalties proceed to beryllium a problem for nan Cats, who committed 9 infractions for 74 yards compared to nan Lions’ 5 penalties for 55 yards.

The Tiger-Cats adjacent play July 20 erstwhile they big nan Toronto Argonauts.