STORYLINES: SETTING THE SCENE
Henderson State aims to win its sixth straight meeting with the Crimson Storm. The Reddies narrowly escaped SNU Football Stadium with 42-41 overtime victory in their last trip to Bethany.

Southern Nazarene seeks its first win of the 2024 season as well as its first triumph over HSU since 2017. The Crimson Storm has never defeated the Reddies at home.

REDDIES REPORT: OFFENSE
Quarterback Andrew Edwards earned his second GAC Offensive Player of the Week Award this season by completing 15 of his 21 passes for 242 yards and a career-high six passing touchdowns against Oklahoma Baptist. He also led the Reddies with 73 rushing yards on seven carries. This is Edwards' eight career weekly award from the GAC.

Edwards has completed passes to 14 different teammates through five games this season. Half of those 14 players have caught five or passes, with four having recorded more than 130 receiving yards each.

Timieone Jackson paces the Great American Conference with 30 receptions through five games. His 252 yards are the fourth most of any player in the league.

Despite having only six catches on the year, tight end Cayden Davis is 11th in the conference with 189 receiving yards. He hauled in a 52-yard scoring strike against the Bison last week - his second touchdown catch of 50 or more yards this year.

Freshman Dylan Jones led all Reddie running backs with 69 yards on 12 touches (5.8 yards per carry) last week.

HSU currently finds itself amongst the top five teams on the GAC leaderboards for rushing offense (162.4 yards per game), passing offense (221 yards per game), and total offense (383.4 yards per game).

REDDIES REPORT: DEFENSE
Gary Lewis continued his dominance at defensive end by recording seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack, and a forced fumble against Oklahoma Baptist. The reigning Second Team AFCA All-American is third in the GAC for tackles for loss (9.5). He also appears in the league's top 12 for sacks (three) and total tackles (35).

Cameron Thomas picked up his team-leading third interception of the season last week. The senior from Shreveport, Louisiana, is currently tied for second in the league in picks.

Leo Morris and Jamarion Citizen both set new career highs with six tackles each against the Bison.

In addition to Thomas' interception, the Reddie defense tallied a combined five quarterback hurries and four pass breakups in week five's game.

REDDIES REPORT: SPECIAL TEAMS
Jody Easter earned GAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career after returning the opening kickoff against OKBU for a 93-yard touchdown.

Kolby King went seven-for-seven on PATs and made a field goal from 23 yards out last week.

THE OPPONENT: SOUTHERN NAZARENE
Southern Nazarene has not defeated a GAC team from Arkansas at home since October 12, 2019: a 41-24 victory over Arkansas Tech.

Linebacker Carter Brock is tied for second in the conference with 49 total tackles.

Five different Crimson Storm players have recorded at least three tackles for loss through five games this season. Emmanuel Obinna leads the pack with eight tackles for loss. David Omoshigo accounts for two of the team's four sacks in 2024.

SNU has recovered six fumbles this year as a team - tied for the second-most of any GAC team. Aaron Randle tops the team leaderboard with two recoveries.

Quarterbacks Bryson Evans and Rasheed Noel have attempted more than 40 passes apiece. The duo has gone a combined 47-for-100 through the air for 610 yards, one touchdown, and five interceptions.

Evans has a team-best 112 yards and two touchdowns on the ground in 2024. Noel has two rushing touchdowns of his own. The only other Southern Nazarene player with a rushing touchdown is Carlos Zepeda, who has rushed 84 yards and one score on 31 carries.

Kolbe Branch leads the Crimson Storm's receiving corps with 112 yards on nine catches. Braxton Burd and Dalen Smith are each averaging more than 20 yards per catch through limited samples (five receptions or less apiece). Burd recorded SNU's only receiving touchdown of the year thus far on an 83-yard scoring strike during last week's game against Southern Arkansas.

Adam Atwell has punted 27 times for a combined 1,083 yards up to this point in the season. His seven punts of 50 or more yards have contributed significantly to a 40.11 yard per punt average, which is ranked seventh in the GAC.

Kicker Kameron Van Prooyen is three-for-five on field goal attempts and a perfect six-for-six on PATs heading into this week's matchup. In week two, he made a season-best 48-yard field goal against Arkansas Tech.

THE COACHING MATCHUP
Greg Holsworth heads to Bethany for the first time as a head coach. The Reddies have only played SNU on the road twice since Holsworth joined HSU's coaching staff in 2017, with the result being two victories by a combined margin of 15 points.

Dustin Hada looks for his first career win over the Reddies after falling short in three previous meetings. Hada led the Crimson Storm to six wins in 2023: their most since joining NCAA Division II and the Great American Conference in 2012.

THE LAST MEETING
SNU quarterback and eventual Harlon Hill Award finalist Gage Porter totaled 391 total yards and three touchdowns in a losing effort.

Jeremiah Davis (144) and Frederick O'Donald (108) rushed for more than 100 yards apiece in a 42-28 victory.

Chris Hatzis hauled in four catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns. He accounted for nearly 75 percent of the Reddies' receiving yards during the game. SNU's Dalen Smith led the Crimson Storm's receiving corps with 101 yards and two scores on just four receptions.

Carter Brock led both teams with 12 total tackles and nine solo stops. The Southern Nazarene lineback also recorded an interception and half of a tackle for loss.

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