HAMMOND - Southeastern's Martin Hankins completed 30 of 49 passes for 368 yards and a pair of touchdown passes as the Lions overcame a 10-point halftime deficit and defeated Mississippi Valley State, 33-17, Saturday night before an announced crowd of 9,021 at Strawberry Stadium.

Felton Huggins caught eight passes - all in the second half - for 131 yards and Jeffrey Howard had seven catches for 62 yards and a touchdown as Southeastern (3-2) snapped a two-game losing streak.

After completing 9 of 20 passes for 70 yards in a sluggish first half, Hankins was 17-for-20 for 234 yards and fired touchdown passes of 35 yards to Hutch Gonzales and 24 yards to Howard as the Lions erased a 17-7 halftime deficit and built a 30-17 lead.

Ray Perkins added a pair of touchdowns for the Lions, including a 94-yard kickoff return that gave Southeastern a 7-3 lead with 10:44 remaining in the first half. Perkins, who accumulated 154 all-purpose yards, rushed for 57 yards in the game and scored on a 5-yard run on the Lions' first drive of the third quarter that cut the MVSU lead to 17-14.

MVSU (0-5) took a 3-0 lead on its opening possession as John Zdonek booted a 29-yard field goal. The Delta Devils reclaimed the lead at 10-7 with 7:16 left in the first quarter when John Pierre Marshall blocked a Jim Hall punt at the Southeastern 38 and Jermayel Brown recovered in the end zone.

Curtis Kemp added a 1-yard touchdown for MVSU, which gained 389 yards total offense, including 218 on the ground. Marcus April led the Delta Devils with 102 yards while Aries Nelson completed 16-of-28 passes for 141 yards.

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Mississippi Valley State.. 10 7 0 0 - 17
Southeastern Louisiana..... 7 0 23 3 - 33

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
10:59 MVSU - FG Zdonek 29
10:44 SLU - Perkins 94 kickoff return (Hall kick)
7:16 MVSU - Brown 38 blocked punt return (Zdonek kick)

2nd Quarter
9:34 MVSU - Kemp 1 run (Zdonek kick)

3rd Quarter
12:55 SLU - Perkins 5 run (Hall kick)
11:00 SLU - Gonzales 35 pass from Hankins (Hall kick)
2:52 SLU - Howard 24 pass from Hankins (kick blocked)
:48 SLU - FG Hall 45

4th Quarter
6:16 SLU - FG Hall 38

A - 9,021

MVSU SLU
FIRST DOWNS................... 20 21
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 42-218 23-71
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 171 368
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 38-19-0 50-30-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 80-389 73-439
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-38 3-9
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 3-47 4-146
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 8-40.2 4-31.5
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards............... 9-94 7-67
Possession Time............... 34:15 25:45

RUSHING
MVSU - April 18-102; Nelson 6-49; Owens 11-40; Kemp 6-15; Butts 1-12. SLU - Perkins 15-57; Hankins 6-16; Robinson 1-2; Davis 1-minus 4.

PASSING
MVSU - Nelson 16-28-0-141; Kemp 3-10-0-30. SLU - Hankins 30-49-0-368; Holbrook 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING
MVSU - Wade 5-83; Moore 5-35; Carter 3-25; Hornesberger 3-6; April 2-11; Lewis 1-11. SLU - Huggins 8-131; Howard 7-62; Taylor 3-68; Gonzales 3-43; Perkins 3-3; Francis 2-25; Wilson 2-15; Scates 1-15; Gilbert 1-6.