Prairie View KOs Alcorn; JSU nips Valley

Published 11:05 pm Saturday, October 20, 2012

De’Auntre Smiley threw four touchdown passes Saturday to lead Prairie View A&M to a 52-37 victory over Alcorn State.

Fred Anderson ran for 103 yards and a TD for the Panthers (2-5, 2-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference), who built a 38-10 lead. Smiley had scoring passes of 37 yards to Jacoby Anderson, 46 yards to Greg Thurmond, 50 yards to Deandre Cooper and 5 yards to Olantunde Idowu. He was 16-of-20 for 251 yards and was not intercepted. Panthers receiver Spencer Nelson ran for a touchdown and threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Anderson.

John Gibbs threw for 282 yards and a touchdown for Alcorn State (3-5, 3-3). Terrance Lewis led the Braves with 73 receiving yards and returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.

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