HBU Huskies (2-4, 0-3 SLC) at Nicholls Colonels (0-5, 0-3 SLC)
Saturday, Oct. 17 – 3 p.m.
Guidry Stadium – Thibodaux, La.
All-Time Series: HBU leads, 1-0
 
Audio (Lonnie King/Alonzo Williams)
Live Stats
Game Notes
 
THIBODAUX, La. - HBU leaves the state of Texas for the only time this season when it travels to face Nicholls in Southland Conference football Saturday at 3 p.m. at Guidry Stadium. The Legacy Sports Network audio broadcast with Lonnie King and Alonzo Williams is available on HBUHuskies.com.
 
The Huskies (2-4, 0-3 SLC) are led by sophomore quarterback Max Staver, who has completed 54-of-110 passes for 718 yards, four touchdowns and six interceptions. Sophomore running back Terrance Peters has gained 351 yards, while sophomore running back B.J. Kelly has 203 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore receivers Ethan Fry, Wesley Lewis and D'Angelo Wallace each have 12 receptions to lead the team, while five different receivers have caught touchdown passes.
 
Sophomore linebacker Garrett Dolan anchors the HBU defense with 47 tackles, ranking third in the conference with 9.4 per game. Sophomore linebacker Cody Moncure has made 37 stops and sophomore linebacker Terrell Brown has made 31. Senior defensive end Josh Jones leads the Huskies with 2.0 sack and sophomore safety Jonathan Buffin has made an interception, forced and recovered a fumble. Sophomore punter Christian Guzman leads the Southland and is tied for eighth nationally with a 43.5-yard average.
 
Tuskani Figaro has completed 52-of-90 passes for 579 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions, while also rushing for 95 yards and a touchdown for Nicholls. Michael Henry has rushed for 280 yards and a touchdown, while Terry Lucas has 12 catches for 115 yards and Damion Jeanpiere has seven catches for 199 yards and a touchdown.
 
Hezekiah White leads the Colonels with 47 tacles and 1.5 sacks, while B.T. Sanders has 37 tackles, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. Geoffrey Hebert and Seth Keller have made 29 tackles each. The Nicholls defense has made two interceptions, forced eight fumbles and recovered five.
 
HBU leads the all-time series against Nicholls, 1-0, after recording a 31-21 victory over the Colonels on Oct. 25, 2014 in Houston. Kelly rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown in the Huskies' first conference victory.
 
The Huskies return home for back-to-back games against Southeastern Louisiana on Oct. 24 and Lamar on Oct. 31 at Husky Stadium.
 
 
HEAD COACH VIC SHEALY QUOTES
On Central Arkansas: "Coach (Steve) Campbell has those guys playing probably as well as anybody in the league. They're very, very talented, they run well and they're physical. We knew it would be a tough opportunity for us -- their front four creates such dysfunction and they had done it in previous games, so we knew we'd be tested there. I feel like we do have the ability to run the football, but I thought they made it really difficult. While I think there's still some bright points in the game that show our improvement, at the end of the day you've got to be able to compete and win and we're trying to get there as fast as we can."
 
On Nicholls: "Their kids are fundamentally sound, they're playing hard and Coach (Tim) Rebowe has done a great job in a short amount of time. It's a difficult place to play and I think they're getting better to where it will be a real challenge for our kids this week."
 
On QB Max Staver: "We think Max is coming along. I think at the beginning of the year we thought we had a guy with arm talent and the DNA you want to recruit into your program. He came to us a talented, but very inexperienced player, so we knew there would be challenges to kind of grow him up. He got banged up the second week, so he hadn't been healthy until this past week. He was back this week as healthy as he's probably been and I think it helped him to create some offense and do some things. This will be a year, being a sophomore, where there's going to be some bright spots, but we will still see challenges. I'm thankful we have him in our program, he's a good leader, football is important to him, he shows up everyday to practice, he's got a good, bright eye to him and he's very infectious. I just think he's certainly much of the forward-thinking, in terms of us offensively, being able to build around him. We're grateful to have him here."
 
On Running Game: "While we're trying to grow linemen, when kids play hard, even when they are somewhat outmanned, there is a fight to them that gives us a chance. I do think we are pretty good at running back. I think B.J. Kelly and Terrance Peters are two really talented players who make everyone look a little better when they're running the ball, because of their ability to break a tackle or get into the open field and really accelerate."