Hurts leads Texas Southern over Mississippi Valley St. 49-21

ITTA BENA, Miss. -- Averion Hurts threw six touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead Texas Southern to a 49-21 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Saturday. Hurts was 19 of 24 for 311 yards passing. He threw three scoring strikes to Derrick Griffin , and two touchdown passes to Larry Clark III . Hurts also ran for 68 yards on 14 carries with a 5-yard touchdown run. Griffin caught seven passes for 178 yards, and Clark had four catches for 61 yards. Ruban Thurston Jr . threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Keenan Daniels to pull Mississippi Valley State (0-7, 0-5 Southwestern Athletic Conference) to 28-21 early in the third quarter. Hurts answered with touchdown passes of 36 and 22 yards to Griffin, and a 10-yarder to Clark to seal it for the Tigers (3-3, 2-3).