SE Louisiana Holds Off Lamar 34-31 After Late Rally
One carry, 60 yards, touchdown. That was Kyree Paul's whole day on the ground for SE Louisiana, and it flipped a 6-0 Lamar lead into a 7-6 one at 1:08 of the first quarter. SE Louisiana never gave the lead back.
Kyle Lowe did the rest of the heavy lifting on the ground, scoring from 25 yards and from one yard, and Calvin Smith Jr. added a 2-yard run, so SE Louisiana led 21-6 at 7:30 of the second. It ran 37 times for 227 yards and threw for only 81. Lamar had the opposite problem. Aiden McCown threw for 297 yards and Lamar put up 424 total to 308, and they were still behind 28-13 after the third quarter's first score. Blake Thomas pulled in a 26-yard touchdown at 2:29 of the third to make it 28-20, and field goals from Andres Sandoval (36 yards) and Drew Talley (37 and 39 yards) traded off in the fourth.
Lamar made it close at the end. Thomas caught a 20-yard touchdown from McCown at 0:56, and on the two-point conversion Thomas threw to McCown, which made it 34-31. That is as close as it got. SE Louisiana's final three points came from Talley's 39-yard field goal at 3:17, and those three are the whole margin. Take that kick off the board and the same last Lamar score ties it.
SE Louisiana is 3-2 and Lamar is 5-1. Each team lost one fumble. For fantasy, Thomas was the best of the day with 31.9 points, McCown had 27.3, and Lowe had 23.2 in a winning cause.