MONTGOMERY, Alabama - In some ways, Saturday night’s home opener by Alabama State resembled the Hornets’ season opener with Bethune-Cookman a week earlier.
The Hornets jumped out to a three-touchdown lead in the first quarter while their opponent struggled to keep up on defense with Alabama State’s fast-paced offense and couldn’t get in synch offensively against the Hornet defense. That’s where the similarities ended.
Alabama State got sloppy at times in the last three quarters of Saturday’s game, just as they did in the MEAC-SWAC Challenge, but Mississippi Valley wasn’t up to the challenge of making the Hornets pay in the Hornets’ 29-7 win over the Delta Devils at Cramton Bowl.
“It was kind of like déjà vu,” ASU quarterback Greg Jenkins said. “We started fast, then we had some struggles in the second half. We just have to go back to the drawing board and learn how to finish.”
Jenkins and Isaiah Crowell each scored twice and the Hornet defense survived a second-half rushing challenge to win the conference opener.
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