Top-ranked Sam Houston defeats Nicholls State, 38-21

Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 419 yards and three touchdowns and Davion Davis grabbed seven passes for 121 yards to lead Sam Houston State to a 38-21 win over Nicholls on Saturday.
Briscoe, who had a career-best 32 completions on 48 attempts with one interception, threw to 11 different receivers. Nathan Stewart caught six for 68 yards and Deon Hutchinson had three catches for just 13 yards, but he grabbed two touchdown passes. Remus Bulmer and Javin Webb scored a rushing touchdown apiece.
Briscoe, who leads the FCS with 29 touchdown passes this season, threw for over 400 yards for the third time in the last four games.
Sam Houston State (7-0, 6-0 Southland Conference), which continued to roll through the conference schedule, jumped out to a 24-0 lead at the break and was up 38-14 at the start of the fourth quarter.
Chase Fourcade led Nicholls (3-4, 3-2), throwing for 254 yards.
Locally, Stefano Guarisco rushed four times for 11 yards, and he returned three kicks for 57 yards.
Josh Singleton caught five passes for 40 yards.
Garret LeBlanc also saw playing time.
Guarisco, Singleton and LeBlanc are Central Catholic alumni