FB: Big Defensive Effort Leads HCU Past Nicholls, 16-2

Follow @HCUFootball HOUSTON – HCU football took a 9-0 lead into halftime and took advantage of a second half pick-six by Javon Bejarano en route to a 16-2 Southland Conference victory over the Nicholls Colonels in a Southland Conference matchup at Husky Field on Saturday night. HCU (3-3, 2-1 SLC) received the opening kickoff, converting a pair of third down tries and moved down to the Nicholls (2-4, 1-2 SLC) 25-yard line where they stalled but Lukasz Smolen booted a 43-yard field through the uprights for an early 3-0 lead. The Huskies forced a Nicholls punt after five plays, taking…