Southeastern Louisiana Lions (3-3, 2-2 SLC) at HBU Huskies (2-5, 0-4 SLC)
Saturday, Oct. 24 – 2 p.m.
Husky Stadium – Houston, Texas
All-Time Series: SLU leads, 1-0
Audio (Lonnie King/Alonzo Williams)
TV (Delay): Root Sports – Sunday at 8:30 p.m. (DirecTV 674, Xfinity 639, AT&T U-Verse 1758)
Live StatsGame Notes Tickets - First responders and their families receive free admission by calling 281.649.3143
Gameday Information HOUSTON - HBU returns for back-to-back home games, beginning with Southeastern Louisiana in Southland Conference football Saturday at 2 p.m. at Husky Stadium. The Legacy Sports Network audio broadcast and live video stream with Lonnie King is available on HBUHuskies.com and the delayed television broadcast will be shown on Root Sports Sunday at 8:30 p.m.
The Huskies (2-5, 0-4 SLC) are led by sophomore quarterback
Max Staver, who has completed 62-of-131 passes for 843 yards and four touchdowns. Sophomore running back
Terrance Peters has rushed for 360 yards and a touchdown, while sophomore running back
B.J. Kelly has rushed for 212 yards and a team-leading five touchdowns. Sophomore wide receiver
D'Angelo Wallace leads HBU with 18 catches for 238 yards and a touchdown. Wallace set a new program record for receptions with nine against Central Arkansas, then followed with the program's first 100-yard receiving performance with 129 yards at Nicholls last week.
HBU defense is anchored by sophomore linebacker
Garrett Dolan, who has registered 56 tackles, ranking third in the Southland and among the top 40 nationally with 9.3 tackles per game. Sophomore linebacker
Cody Moncure has made 46 tackles and 2.5 sacks, sophomore linebacker
Terrell Brown has made 37 tackles and 1.5 sacks, and sophomore safety
La'Travien Gee has made 31 stops, including a career-high 12 at Nicholls. Senior defensive end
Josh Jones leads the Huskies with 3.0 sacks.
Quarterback D'Shaie Landor has completed 39-of-83 passes for 670 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 162 yards and three touchdowns for SLU (3-3, 2-2). The Lions have three running backs with at least 225 yards in Xavier Roberson, Kody Sutton and Julius Maracalin. Jeff Smiley is the team's leading receiver with 16 catches for 213 yards and two touchdowns.
Jordan Batiste leads SLU with 38 tackles, 4.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception, while Hebert Harris has made 29 tackles and an interception. Harlan Miller has made three interceptions, and Aaron Price has four sacks.
The Huskies play three of their last four games at home, hosting Lamar Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. at Husky Stadium. They will have a week off before traveling to face Stephen F. Austin Nov. 14, then host Incarnate Word for the season finale Nov. 21.
HEAD COACH VIC SHEALY QUOTES
On Nicholls: "I felt like, going into the ball game, if we played well we could find a way to win. I came away impressed on the job Coach Rebowe has done there and his kids played well. They outplayed us and they did a great job. When you have a game like that, where you make some mistakes early on in the first quarter, fumbling on our 9-yard line, did some things to not be productive on offense in the first quarter. To be down 21-0 at the end of the first quarter, it's just a hard way back, but Nicholls played well and we're just trying to build confidence in our program. That certainly didn't help us in terms of where we are, but you keep playing and you keep growing as a program."
On Southeastern Louisiana: "Southeastern is certainly a tough challenge, both athletically and the job they do coaching their kids. In this league, you don't expect it to be easy any week, and I think our staff, a long time ago, came to appreciate what it takes to exist in this league and Southeastern has been one of the very top here under Coach Roberts and I know it's a great challenge."
On getting off to a good start: "That's one of the things I've been proud of many of our weeks is we've come out and have played really well the first half, then the third quarter has been one of our challenges. I feel like to be down 21-0, it's hard on the road, because you don't have as much there to fight back, other than internally, to emotionally build on. How you start off does dictate the confidenceand some of the things that give you a chance to compete. With that being said, Southeastern is capable of exploding with their skill kids. I'm a huge fan of D'Shaie Landor and what he does with the ball in his hands is pretty amazing, those 10 seniors on defense and how they swarm, tackle and run to the ball. You can look at those guys on the back end in Harlan Miller and Jordan Batiste -- they are some of the very best defensive players in our league, but you get beyond them and there's just so many good players, you know in order for your team to build confidence, they've got to have something good happen to them. How we come out and play in the first quarter will speak volumes."
