The home opener in Hammond was the first meeting between the Lions and the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. The timing couldn’t have been better for the Wildcats as they left Daytona Beach, FL as hurricane Irma is set to go through the entire state of Florida. As far as football, the Wildcats came out strong scoring touchdowns on their first two drives of the game and putting the Lions in a quick 14-3 hole at the end of the first.
Bethune-Cookman allowed the Lions to try and get back into the game in the second quarter, but the Lions were only able to get two field goals.
It was a sloppy game on both sides with the two teams combining for 24 penalties on 349 yards. On the first play of the second quarter, Wildcats QB fumbled and it was recovered by Southeastern at the Wildcats’ 9-yard line. That resulted in the first of two, second quarter field goals. Wildcats’ QB Larry Brihm had a good 1st half, except for the fumble, going 14-21 for 241 yards and a TD. Lions QB Donovan Isom struggled in the first half going 8-15 with 2 INT’s.
“Yea, I know they had a ton of penalties. And we had what 10? 10 for 85. And a lot of them came at some inopportune times that really assisted some drives and kept some drives alive for them,” said Coach Roberts. “You’re supposed to get off the field and we don’t. So its just not clean football and its not real smart football. I would like to watch the film before I say too much, but that’s not what I expected this Saturday.”
Midway through the fourth quarter, BCU scored on a 2-yard TD pass from Larry Brihm to Jawill Davis, to take a 21-16 lead. On the ensuing kickoff the Lions’ Juwann Petit-Frere took it 92-yards to the house to give the Lions a 23-21 lead in the fourth quarter.
But the Wildcats would not be denied and on the drive after the kickoff return for a TD, the wildcats engineered an 11-play, 72-yard TD drive to take the lead for good. Wildcats QB Larry Brihim led the way going 25-39, 2 TD, 1 INT and 2 fumbles. WR J. Davis had 7 receptions for 138 yards and WR K. Mitchell had 6 receptions for 125 yards for the wildcats.
The Lion’s offense struggled only gaining 291 total yards but did run the ball well rushing for 198 yards. QB Donovan Isom passed for 93 yards on 11-23 attempts and through three interceptions. Coach Roberts talked about the turnovers after the game.
“Its hard to win when you turn the ball over. When you lose the turnover battle its tough and it’s not an easy thing to overcome. We have to do a better job and take care of the ball,” said Coach Roberts.
It was a tough day for the Lions and puts them with a 0-2 record to start the season. Coach Roberts was not so much worried about the loss, but more about his team’s effort tonight.
“Obviously a disappointing loss. Not the win or loss but disappointed in the way we played. Too many mistakes, too many missed opportunities and we did not make the jump in consistency that I was hoping from week one to week two. We had opportunities in the second half to put it away and we just couldn’t finish it.
Southeastern will look to bounce back next week when they travel to face Central Arkansas.
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