BATON ROUGE — Southern is finding its rhythm after a dominant 45-17 win over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday, improving to 5-5 on the season.

The Jaguars have now won back-to-back games for the first time in two years and will look to extend their winning streak to three when they face Alcorn State on Saturday.

Speaking at his Tuesday press conference, head coach Marshall Faulk praised his team's performance, saying the Jaguars are beginning to see their hard work pay off.

"Once we got out of our own way, we played complementary football," Faulk said. "In all three phases of the game, special teams, defense, and offense, us hitting on all cylinders, doing the things that's necessary in order to dominate the line of scrimmage and to put points up on the board."

A big part of Southern's recent success has been running back Trey Holly, who has rushed for more than 200 yards in each of the Jaguars' last two games. Faulk also praised Holly's growing leadership.

"He's learning how to lead," Faulk said. "He's a guy that's going to work his butt off, and he can lead in that way. But you got to be a vocal leader. You got to encourage guys. You got to let them know when they're doing something right, so when they do something wrong and you let them know, then they understand that you're out for the greater good, which is the team getting better."

Despite the convincing victory, Faulk said Southern still has plenty to clean up after committing 17 penalties against Bethune-Cookman.

"I had to show them the self-destructive manner in which, if we were in a close game, we beat ourselves, and that's just the facts," Faulk said.

Southern will host Alcorn State on Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will air on HBCU GO TV. 

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