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HAMMOND, Louisiana (AP) — Harlan Dixon ran nine times for 92 yards and two touchdowns, Eli Sawyer threw two TD passes and Southeastern Louisiana defeated Eastern Washington 28-24 on Saturday night.

Antonio Martin Jr., who redshirted at Georgia Tech in 2022 and ran for 603 yards and five touchdowns last season at Blinn College, added 149 rushing yards on 28 carries for Southeastern Louisiana (1-2).

Dixon, who scored a 35-yard touchdown in the second quarter to make it 14-14, ripped off a 23-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter to give the Lions a 28-24 lead.

Kekoa Visperas connected with Efton Chism for a 23-yard gain that gave Eastern Washington (1-2) a first-and-10 from the Lions’ 20. The Eagles failed to convert a fourth-and-8 with about five minutes left, however, and Martin ran nine times for 54 yards on the final drive as Southeastern Louisiana played down the rest of the time.

Malik Dotson opened the scoring with a 7-yard run about 5 minutes into the game, and his TD run from the 1-yard line gave the Eagles a 14-7 lead with about 9 minutes left in the first half.

Sawyer scored on a 17-yard touchdown from Brandon Hayes that gave the Lions a 21-14 lead with 1:40 left in the second quarter, but Visperas responded with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Noah Cronquist that made the score 21-14 at halftime.

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