COLUMBIA, S.C. – Fresh off a strong victory in their season opener against Livingstone College last week, the Benedict College Tigers face their first road test on Saturday against Limestone College in Gaffney.

The Tigers (1-0) face the Saints (0-1) at The Reservation at Gaffney High School (149 Twin Lakes Road, Gaffney, S.C.) with kickoff at 7 p.m. The game will air on WXLC Kiss 103.1 with Jason James providing the play-by-play and Daryld Scott adding color commentary. Limestone will have a video stream available for $6.95.

The Tigers will be looking to continue their strong running game against the Saints. Benedict rushed for 248 yards in last week's win over Livingstone in the Palmetto Capital City Classic. Junior Trini Charlton, a transfer from Florida A&M, led the Tigers with 126 yards en route to Classic MVP honors.

"I hope our offense can keep the momentum going forward," said Benedict College head football coach Mike White. "We need to be able to throw the ball a lot better than we did last week. It would be great to see the run game get started early and make some big plays there and get our passing game going."

White was pleased with the performance of Charlton, who stepped into the role of the big-play running back of last year's record-setting running back, George Myers Jr.

"When he's been healthy and been on the field, he's showed that he has that spark," White said of Charlton. "He reminds you of George a little bit, that if you gave him a little daylight he could make a big play out of it. We hope to continue that and hope our other backs kind of pitch in and give us a hand."

Quarterback Dominique Harris completed 10-of-25 passes for 117 yards in his debut, playing in his first college game since 2012.

"I thought he managed the game well. I thought he got a little jumpy in the pocket a couple times and probably took off a little too quickly and didn't let a couple of reads happen and threw a couple of passes he probably should not have thrown," White said. "But overall, it was a pretty good performance considering he hadn't played in a few years. I thought it wasn't bad at all."

The Saints are coming off a 31-10 loss to East Tennessee State University, a Division I member. The Saints rushed for 193 yards.

"We know we have our hands full with a good football team," White said. "On both sides of the ball they're pretty tough. We've got to be able to run the ball and stop them from running and stop them from making big plays."

White said he was impressed with the way the Saints played against ETSU.

"They looked pretty good. They played pretty well and just a mistake here and there kind of cost them and got the game one-sided a little bit, but they showed up pretty good. We've just got to play a sound game with them for four quarters. Last year was a close game. I expect this year will be similar."

Limestone took a 19-13 victory over the Tigers last year in Columbia. Limestone quarterback Ivan Corbin threw for 232 yards against Benedict last year.

"They're pretty tough. They make you guard the entire field. They stretch you out on the perimeter," White said. "They do a great job throwing the ball and they have a scrambling quarterback, so for us defensively, we've got to keep that quarterback in the pocket and see if we can pass rush in our lanes and see if we can stop him from making those nice throws. Last year he hurt us with his arm."

In last week's loss to ETSU, Corbin completed just 7-of-19 passes for 29 yards and an interception, but did rush for 61 yards. Freshman running back Jerko'ya Patton led the team rushing with 86 yards on 13 carries (6.6 yards per rush).

Limestone is an affiliate member of the South Atlantic Conference in football. The Saints were picked to finish in a tie for seventh place in the tough football league. Corbin was selected as a first-team All-Conference quarterback, as well as senior cornerback Joshua Simmons. Limestone has a five-game losing streak dating back to last season.

After Saturday, Benedict returns home to take on Lane College on Sept. 16 in Charlie W. Johnson Stadium.