JONESBORO — Arkansas State’s improved defense got some help for the first time this season Saturday night.
ASU, buoyed after a first-month slide by a suddenly effective defense, got the aid of an explosive offense in another rout of its nearest Sun Belt Conference rivals.
Justice Hansen threw four touchdown passes and ran for another, and Chad Voytik threw for a score as ASU beat Louisiana-Monroe 51-10 at Centennial Bank Stadium. It was ASU's seventh consecutive victory over the Warhawks (2-6, 1-3), and the fifth in a row by two touchdowns or more.
ASU (3-4, 3-0 Sun Belt) gained 434 yards of total offense, while scoring touchdowns on its first two drives, then on five in a row to build as much as a 48-3 lead early in the third quarter.