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| Lions' junior signal caller Bryan Bennett helps generate 545 yards of total offense in Southland Conference victory over Central Arkansas. |
SLU, 8-2, ranked 16/17 in the polls heading into the game, won its seventh consecutive game is still in first place in the Southland Conference race with a 5-0 mark. Lions' quarterback Bryan Bennett engineered his team to 545 yards of total offense. Bennett gained a season-high 142 yards rushing with two TDs, giving him 13 rushing scores, second best in school history.
Bennett also threw for two touchdowns, finding Jeremy Meyers and Marquis Fruge.
Xavier Roberson added 79 yards on 14 carries and Marquis Hayes tallied his first-career
touchdown.
Defensively, the Lions got the job done with Harlan Miller returning an interception for a
touchdown.
Junior Justin Church, a Fontainebleau High grad, made a key fumble recovery setting up a Lions'
score and he also recorded a sack.
Lions' head coach Ron Roberts, who signed a contract extension through the 2016 season last
week, said, "We were able to change the momentum with the big plays in the third quarter. We
can't enjoy this one for too long, because we have a great program in Sam Houston up next,Roberts added.
SLU closes out the regular season with two opponents at home. The Lions square off with No. 6/7 Sam Houston State, the two-time defending conference champion, in a 3 o'clock contest at Strawberry Stadium. The Lions finish up with Nicholls State.
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