HBU Huskies (2-7, 0-6 SLC) at Stephen F. Austin (3-6, 3-4 SLC)
Saturday, Nov. 14 – 3 p.m.
Homer Bryce Stadium – Nacogdoches, Texas
All-Time Series: SFA leads, 1-0
 
Audio (Lonnie King/Alonzo Williams)
TV: ESPN3 / ESPN College Extra (DirecTV 790/AT&T Uverse 616)
Live Stats
Game Notes
 
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - HBU will hit the road for the final time this season when it faces Stephen F. Austin in Southland Conference football Saturday at 3 p.m. at Homer Bryce Stadium. The Legacy Sports Network broadcast is available on HBUHuskies.com and the game will be shown on ESPN3 and ESPN College Extra (DirecTV 790, AT&T Uverse 616).
 
The Huskies (2-7, 0-6 SLC) are led sophomore running backs Terrance Peters and B.J. Kelly, with Peters rushing for 540 yards (6.1 yards per carry) and Kelly leading the team with five touchdowns. Sophomore quarterback Max Staver has completed 68-of-147 passes for 875 yards and four touchdowns, and sophomore wide receiver D'Angelo Wallace has a team-best 21 catches and 259 yards.
 
Sophomore linebackers Garrett Dolan and Cody Moncure rank third and fourth, respetively, in the Southland Conference in tackles per game. Dolan leads HBU with 79 tackles (9.9 per game), while Moncure has 72 stops (9.0 per game) and has recorded double-digit tackles in each of the last three games. Senior defensive end Josh Jones has 3.0 sacks, and the Huskies' defense has three interceptions and recovered all six fumbles it has forced.
 
SFA quarterback Zach Conque has completed 148-of-247 passes for 1,495 yards and 12 touchdowns, while also rushing for 453 yards and eight TDs. Loren Easley has rushed for 616 yards and four touchdowns, and Joshawa West has rushed for 484 yards and a score. Aaron Piper has made 37 catches for 322 yards and three touchdowns, and Robe Sylvester has 36 catches for 334 yards and a TD.
 
Justin Owens leads the Lumberjacks with 77 tackles and Patrick Martin has 44 tackles and forced three fumbles. Kedri Harrison and John Franklin have registered 4.0 sacks apiece, while Tarri Mitchell and Marlon Wells each have made a pair of interceptions.
 
SFA leads the all-time series against HBU, 1-0, after posting a 59-27 victory over the Huskies Oct. 18, 2014, in Houston.
 
Next week, the Huskies close out the regular season by hosting Incarnate Word on Senior Day Saturday at 2 p.m. at Husky Stadium.
 
HEAD COACH VIC SHEALY QUOTES
On bye week: "Having a bye week in November is kind of an unusual thing -- the first one I've ever dealt with -- so it's kind of different from having one early in the year where you can still work on the fundamental part. We spent most of the week trying to get healthy -- we feel like we've got most of the guys back more healthy or completely healthy, so hopefully we can go into this week a little more on top of our ability to play well. I think psychologically we hit a little skid there and probably played our weakest game of the year against Lamar, so coming off that bye week I think it got us back a little bit psychologically also."
 
On Stephen F. Austin: "Coach Conque and the job he's done to pull their season back, I think early on their schedule was tough and playing on the road early on in the conference. When you look at how he's brought that team back and you see a lot of plays they're making against good people, it certainly reminds you they are still one of the teams in this league you better be able to find a way to beat them if you're going to be competitive. I'm sure the game they had last week against Central Arkansas didn't go the way they wanted, but you look at them and see the balance on offense, just how physical they are and the plays they're making on defense and you come away really impressed. It's an opportunity for us to play a team that will challenge us in ways we need to be challenged to improve and grow and get to a point where we can line up and feel confident in winning."
 
On linebackers: "From a health standpoint, we get a little help on the back end. Both of our safeties have been out and will get one or perhaps both of them back this week, so we're capable of playing two-deep at that position. At linebacker we had gotten kind of beat up, where we were playing, but not really playing healthy. By the time you get to October, rarely does a linebacker play healthy, but I think it helped us. Garrett Dolan is such a good leader and he's good at the point of attack and I think we've seen a lot of improvement in Dorrin Turner and Cody Moncure -- we've seen consistent growth at that position. We have great hope in the future at that position."