ITTA BENA (AP) – Willie Quinn had punt and kickoff returns for touchdowns and threw for another score in Southern University’s 50-13 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Thursday night.

Quinn’s 39-yard punt return gave Southern a 20-0 lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, he took a reverse and tossed a pass to a wide-open Randall Menard for an 89-yard score to make it 33-0. After Mississippi Valley State pulled to 33-13 early in the third, Quinn returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards.

Lenard Tillery had 85 yards rushing and two touchdowns for Southern (1-1, 1-0 Southwestern Athletic). Quinn also caught three passes for 32 yards.

Tillery capped Southern’s 12-play, 64-yard opening drive with an untouched touchdown run of 10 yards. Mississippi Valley State punted on its fourth play from scrimmage and Tillery capitalized on a short field with a 13-yard TD run.

Dontrinell Scott was 12 of 20 for 163 yards and had two touchdown passes to Terrence Barron for Mississippi Valley State (0-2, 0-1)