ITTA BENA, Miss. — Jason Gabriel ran for 97 yards and a landing in Southern’s 34-29 win over Mississippi Valley State on Saturday in a Southwestern Athletic Convention opener at Rice-Totten Stadium.
Gabriel’s 25-yard scoring run with 8:35 left within the fourth quarter gave Southern (1-1, 1-0 SWAC) a 12-point cushion. The Delta Devils (0-1, 0-1) minimize it to 34-29 with 1:45 remaining on Joshua Brown’s 21-yard landing cross to Christian White, however the Jaguars recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock.
Cam’Ron McCoy accounted for 2 scores for Southern, throwing a 35-yard landing cross to Darren Morris and including a 9-yard dashing rating. Trey Holly added a 3-yard landing run. Kicker Nathan Zimmer made two subject objectives, together with a 32-yarder early within the fourth quarter.
Brown handed for 146 yards and two touchdowns for Mississippi Valley State, together with a 53-yarder to Caleb Brownlow within the second quarter. Backup Brandon Nunez added 72 passing yards, highlighted by a 73-yard strike to Mekhi Norris that arrange a subject objective. Valley’s protection additionally scored when Jamari Stokes returned a fumble 38 yards within the third quarter.
Southern completed with 364 complete yards, together with 212 on the bottom, whereas Valley managed 296. The Jaguars transformed 6 of 16 third downs and three of 4 fourth downs, in contrast with the Delta Devils’ 2 of 14 on third down.
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