Lockhart accounts for four TDs as Jackson State tops MVSU

Jared Lockhart threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns and added a rushing score Saturday as Jackson State beat Mississippi Valley State 38-7 at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The Tigers improved to 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the SWAC, taking the East Division lead with two weeks left in the season. Mississippi Valley State fell to 3-7 and 2-4.

Lockhart opened the scoring with a 38-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Andrew Ivaniciuc added a 44-yard field goal to make it 10-0. The Delta Devils answered early in the second quarter when Dezmond Ray scored on a 5-yard run to cap a nine-play, 73-yard drive. Li’Darius Pryor’s 2-yard touchdown run gave Jackson State a 17-7 halftime lead.

Jackson State pulled away in the third quarter. Lockhart found Jency Riley Jr. for an 81-yard touchdown on the first play of a drive, then connected with Pryor for an 11-yard score. Lockhart added a 10-yard touchdown pass to Joanes Fortilien in the fourth.

Pryor led the Tigers with 63 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. He also caught a touchdown pass. Fortilien had five catches for 81 yards, while Riley finished with four receptions for 95 yards. Jackson State defensive back Jalen Foster intercepted two passes, and Carmello Jones led the team with six tackles and a sack.

Ray paced Mississippi Valley State with 65 rushing yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. The source listed Jackson State’s next game as a road matchup with Alabama State in Montgomery, Alabama, on ESPN+.

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