TROY, Ala. - The Nicholls State University football team held the advantage over Troy after three quarters, but the Trojans rallied for four touchdowns in the final period to hand the Colonels a 38-20 setback Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Nicholls (1-1) went up for the final time when Gabriel Showalter connected on his second field goal of the night, making the score 20-17 with 10 minutes remaining. But Troy (0-1) quickly answered with a touchdown pass for their first lead of the game, then following an interception, scored on a Tae Meadows 47-yard run.

Troy tacked on one more touchdown with two minutes to go to make the final. 

Miequle Brock Jr. accounted for both touchdowns for the Colonels, scoring once on the ground and on a long catch-and-run. His first rushing TD of the season came after Showalter started the scoring with a 45-yard field goal. Brock scored from three yards out for a 10-0 advantage with 2:14 left in the first.

Neither team scored in the second until Troy struck for a 27-yard touchdown pass by Goose Crowder with a minute until halftime.

After the break, Brock caught a short pass and raced 58 yards for a touchdown as Nicholls led 17-7. Brock finished the night with 87 yards receiving on six catches and added another 34 yards on the ground. 

Troy looked to respond right away but Nicholls stopped them in the red zone, holding them to a 24-yard field goal. It was one of two big stops for the defense with the first coming on a fourth-down try in the second quarter.

Early in the fourth, the Trojans tied the game at 17-17 when Crowder rushed for a touchdown. On the ensuing possession, Tamaj Hoffman started the Colonel drive with a 31-yard carry and Brock ran for 20 to put the ball at the 6, but Nicholls had to settle for Showalter's second field goal.

For the final 10 minutes, Troy pieced together three touchdown drives and went on to win for the fifth straight time in the all-time series. 

Ethan Lee paced the defense with 12 tackles and Hayden Shaheen had 11. Rasheed Lovelace had the lone sack for the Colonels and totaled five tackles.

Deuce Hogan completed 21 of 27 passes for 184 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Hoffman led the way with 52 yards on nine carries.

Meadows fueled the Trojan offense with 186 yards on 23 carries. 

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Nicholls will play at home for the last time until late October, hosting West Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 6. Kickoff at John L. Guidry Stadium is scheduled for 6 p.m.