Arkansas State Falls to South Alabama 56-49

South Alabama defeated Arkansas State 56-49 Thursday night, holding off a late Red Wolves rally to remain unbeaten in Sun Belt play. Arkansas State piled up 516 yards, led by quarterback Trey Owens’ 418 passing yards and five total touchdowns, and Hunter Summers’ nine catches for 145 yards and two scores. But South Alabama capitalized on three turnovers for 21 points, while Keenan Phillips delivered a 100-yard kickoff-return touchdown and the Jaguars used a late drive to run out the clock. The loss dropped Arkansas State to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in conference play; South Alabama improved to 4-2 and 2-0.