<p>NATCHITOCHES, La. — Cody Orgeron completed 17 of 22 passes for a season-high 306 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions to help McNeese State end a three-game slide with a 21-7 win over Northwestern State on Saturday.</p>
<p>Coach Frank Wilson earned his first Southland Conference with the Cowboys (2-3, 1-3).</p>
<p>Trevor Begue caught eight passes for 165 yards, including a 75-yard TD reception in the third quarter for McNeese State.</p>
<p>The Demons (0-3, 0-3) opened the scoring on Kaleb Fletcher’s 13-yard TD pass to Kendrick Price. The Cowboys leveled it before the end of the first quarter on Orgeron’s 2-yard pass to Jamal Pettigrew and Walker Wood’s 1-yard TD run capped the scoring in the middle of the third.</p>
<p>Javon Antonio had six catches for 103 yards for Northwestern State.</p>
<p>LSU coach Ed Orgeron took advantage of the downtime in the FBS schedule during the FCS spring season for a unique opportunity to be in person to see his son Cody play against his alma mater. The Tigers coach played defensive lineman for the Demons (1980-83) after his freshman season at LSU.</p>
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