Henderson State picked up its 500^th win in program history as the Reddies beat East Central 34-7, Saturday in Ada, Okla.

With the win, the ninth-ranked Reddies also extended its road winning streak to a nation leading 23 games.

The Reddies, 2-0 on the year took advantage of four Tigers fumbles and an interception in the first half to build a 27-0 lead at the break.

Henderson forced the first ECU miscue early in the game as Henry Davis recovered the loose ball on the Tiger 38.

On the seventh play of the drive, freshman Robert Thomas recorded his first career touchdown with a 1-yard score.

The Reddie defense again forced another turnover as Jordan Dominguez recovered another fumble deep in Tiger territory at the 23.

It took six plays to add more points to the board as Andrew Black scored on a 1-yard trot.

Late in the quarter, Tavares Garner picked up a Tre'von Jackson fumble on the Tiger 8 and again it was Black scoring two plays later from three yards out.

The Reddies put together a 9-play, 73-yard drive midway through the second quarter with Jaquan Cole scoring on a 6-yard drive with 9:57 left in the half.

Davis would get his second fumble recovery of the game on ECU's next drive, while Dondre Wright recorded an interception before the half ended but the Reddies failed to capitalize.

East Central put on a furious charge in the second half cutting the deficit to 27-7 following a 15-yard touchdown pass from Brooks Holder to Seth Handley to begin the fourth quarter.

The Tigers had an opportunity to draw closer after forcing a fumbled punt by the Reddies and recovering at the Henderson 22.

However, Sheldon Watson picked off Holder in the end zone as the Tigers committed its sixth turnover in the game.

The Reddies took advantage of the gift as the offense, which had been quiet in the second half, went to work putting together a 7-play, 80-yard drive capped off by a 32-yard touchdown run by Cole with 6:33 to play.

Jeremy Wilson sparked the drive with runs of 12 and 20 yards to jumpstart the offense.

The Reddie offense totaled 323 yards including 256 yards rushing.

Black totaled 104 yards rushing on 13 carries. The sophomore from Tyler, Texas became the first Reddie quarterback to go over 100 yards rushing since Blake Christenson in 2004.

Cole totaled 74 yards on 18 attempts, while Wilson added 66 yards on 10 carries.

Meanwhile, the Henderson defense was impressive recording six turnovers while limiting ECU to 334 yards offensively, including just 40 yards on the ground.

Cameron Sonnier led the defensive unit with eight tackles, with Sam Johnson having stops including four sacks and a forced fumble. Davis had four tackles to go along with his two fumble recoveries.

Henderson returns home next week to entertain Northwestern Oklahoma with kickoff set for 2 p.m. at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium.