Southeastern Louisiana University Lions roar past Nicholls State to win outright Southland Conference title

 

 

                                       SLU junior Justin Church, a Fontainebleau High grad.

Lions' sophomore defensive back Josh Dakin, a Northshore High Panther graduate.

Lions' junior linebacker Drew Misita, from Amite.

Lions' junior quarterback Bryan Bennett, a transfer student  from Oregon.

Lions' senior kicker Seth Sebastian, a Lafayette High School grad.

Southeastern Louisiana University roared to a historical 52-27 victory last night over Nicholls State in the River Bell Classic at Strawberry Stadium giving the Lions the outright Southland Conference title.
The Lions, winners of nine straight, finish the regular season at 10-2 under second-year coach Ron Roberts.
Southeastern entered last night's game ranked No. 8 and 10 in the polls and now wait to see what their seeding is and who they will square off with. The playoff seeding will be announced Sunday morning.
QB Bryan Bennett rushed for 120 yards with a one-yard TD and tossed two touchdown passes
finishing with 273 yards, completing 16-of-25 passes. Bennett has rushed for 934 yards, averaging 6.1 yards per carry, with a team-high 14 touchdowns.
Lions' outstanding senior place kicker Seth Sebastian remained perfect on the season, booting field goals of 37, 27 and 46 yards, making him 14 for 14. Sebastian has also converted 61 extra points with just one miss on a blocked attempt and he leads the Lions with 103 points followed by Bennett with 84.
Defensively, the Lions' leading tackler Drew Misita, who has 72 tackles, posted eight stops including five solos with two plays for losses.
Fontainebleau High grad, junior Justin Church, who has played in all 12 games, recovered a fumble and contributed two assists with one stop resulting in a loss. Northshore High grad, sophomore defensive back, Josh Dakin, intercepted a pass and also broke up a pass for the Lions. Dakin has registered 25 tackles playing in all 12 games.