GREENVILLE, S.C. — Despite a two-game hiatus due to an injury, redshirt freshman quarterback Lee Chapple picked up right where he left off at Furman on Saturday.

Chapple, who gave Georgia Southern the spark it needed for a tremendous come-from-behind win at Western Carolina on Oct. 25, left that game early in the fourth quarter with a high ankle sprain. He completed 10 of 14 passes for 140 yards with two interceptions and a touchdown before leaving the game. Chapple sat out the subsequent two games as he recuperated.

Saturday, Chapple started against Furman and went 39 of 56 for 323 yards and two touchdowns. In so doing, he set the school record for pass attempts and completion records in a game. The Eagles only attempted to run the ball 19 times Saturday, six of which were quarterback keepers.

"He's a really good player," coach Chris Hatcher said of Chapple. "He knows the offense really well, having been here. I really think that he kind of proved himself versus Western until he got hurt and unfortunately, he just was able to come back and play this week. It was a good change-up for us. We ran them out of their base defense. Their defense's kind of geared around stopping the run and we kind of ran them out of that early in the game."

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Maxwell injury

Georgia Southern freshman tackle William Maxwell was carted off the field in an air cast on his right leg. Following the game, Hatcher said he had not yet heard the extent of the injury.

Around the SoCon

Appalachian State defeated Elon 24-16 on Saturday in Boone, clinching at least a share of the Southern Conference title. App State (9-2, 7-0 SoCon) was led by junior quarterback Armanti Edwards, who was 12-of-14 passing for 147 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 104 yards on 12 carries. Elon fell to 8-3 and 6-2.

Chattanooga (1-10, 0-7) just missed getting its first conference win on Saturday as the Mocs were edged 24-21 by The Citadel (4-7, 2-6). The Mocs led 21-17 entering the fourth quarter, but Citadel scored a late touchdown on an Andre Roberts 43-yard punt return with 1:46 remaining in the game.

Wofford (8-2, 6-1) defeated Samford (5-5, 3-4) Saturday in Birmingham, Ala., 28-7.

Et Cetera

Wide receiver Steve Cundari surpassed his previous career receiving yards record with one reception Saturday. Cundari, who finished with 45 yards on three catches with two touchdowns, caught a 32-yard pass for a touchdown in the first quarter. Prior to Saturday, Cundari, a sophomore, had 28 total career receiving yards. … Saturday's attendance at Paladin Stadium was 10,496.

Natalie Sayewich can be reached at (912) 489-9413.