SE Louisiana Rallies past North Alabama 30-25
SE Louisiana was down 18-7 in the second quarter and finished the day with 23 straight points. It beat North Alabama 30-25, and two 50-plus-yard passes to the same receiver were the reason.
The home team scored first, Kyle Lowe hitting Dkhai Joseph for 53 yards in the first quarter. North Alabama then took over the half. Chris McMillian ran in from a yard out (and the two-point try was good), Xavier Johnson caught a 17-yard touchdown from Destin Wade, and Ian Vachon kicked a 39-yard field goal, and it was 18-7 with 4:05 left before halftime. Calvin Smith Jr. ran 9 yards at 1:34 to make it 18-14 at the break.
The third quarter belonged to SE Louisiana. Lowe found Joseph again, this time for 52 yards, at 11:45 to go ahead 21-18. Drew Talley added a 41-yard field goal, and Lawson Dixon caught a 6-yard touchdown at 3:08 (the two-point pass failed) for a 30-18 lead. SE Louisiana did not score in the fourth. It did not have to, because North Alabama's only points of the second half were Jalen Fletcher's 2-yard run with 2:46 left, and that left it five short.
North Alabama had the better yardage, 433 to 380, and ran 38 times for 168. Johnson caught 8 passes for 175 yards. But SE Louisiana had the plays that counted: Joseph's two long touchdowns were 105 of his 141 yards. North Alabama threw one interception, and SE Louisiana lost one fumble.
Both teams are 1-1. For fantasy, Lowe scored 34.5 points and Johnson (33.3) and Joseph (33.1) were right behind him, which is a very good place to be in a game that ended 30-25.