Southern Miss quarterback Jack Abraham (Oxford, Miss.) earned the Conference USA Player of the Week honors for his role in a 31-13 victory over UTEP last Saturday to being league play.
The redshirt junior threw for a season-high 351 yards passing and three touchdowns passes on 19-of-28 attempts, including a 74-yard scoring strike to De'Michael Harris. He added touchdown passes of 22 and 6 yards.
He orchestrated a Southern Miss offense that collected 519 total offensive yards.
It was the second 300-plus passing game for Abraham this season and the fifth time in his 14th career game. It was also the third time he has thrown at least three touchdown passes in a game in his career and has thrown at least one TD pass in each of the last seven contests.
— school reports
BRADLEY SCORES FOR CAJUNS
Former Choctaw County High School standout Ja’Marcus Bradley caught two passes, including a 1-yard touchdown reception, to help lead the University of Louisiana-Lafayette to a 37-24 win over Georgia Southern last Saturday.
Bradley and the Ragin’ Cajuns are se to play host to Appalachian State on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.
— Austin Bishop
THE SEC ON TV
The two major television football attractions for the Southeastern Conference this Saturday are the CBS game at 2:30 p.m. between Florida and visiting Auburn and the t6 p.m. ESPN contest between Georgia and homestanding Tennessee.
Auburn is ranked No. 7 and Florida No. 10, while Georgia is currently No. 3. While the UGA-Tennessee game may night be competitive, it will be interesting as to how the Vols adjust as their schedule gets tougher.
The three SEC Network games have Ole Miss hosting Vanderbilt at 6:30 p.m.; No. 5-ranked LSU entertaining Utah State at 11 a.m. and Missouri entertaining Troy at 3 p.m. Mississippi State is open this week.
— Austin Bishop
ECCC STAR WINS AL BATTING TITLE
Former East Central Community College baseball standout and current Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson finished the Major League Baseball season on Sunday with a 335 batting average, making him tops in the American League. The shortstop also ripped 18 homers, recorded 17 stolen bases, scored 81 runs, and drove in 56.
As a sophomore at East Central Anderson led all fo the NJCAA in hitting with a .495 average. The Whit Sox drafted Anderson in the first round. He had gone undrafted after his freshman season at ECCC, where he hit .360.
Anderson, now 26, played his high school baseball at Hillcrest in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He had a huge turnaround in 2019. He raised his average nearly .100 points, after hitting .250 in 2018 and .257 in 2017.
— Austin Bishop
MISSISSIPPIAN LEADS NATION
Former Laurel High School standout Omar Bayless is leading the NCAA in receiving at Arkansas State University. Bayless caught 10 passes for 213 yards including a 92-yard touchdown in a 50-43 win over Troy last week. On the year, he has 36 catches for 689 yards and seven touchdowns.
— Dale McKee
