STONY BROOK, N.Y. (Interstat) — Quinn Boyd delivered a surgical performance, completing 37 of 48 passes for 380 yards and three touchdowns, to power the Stony Brook Seawolves to a dominant 38-12 victory over the North Carolina A&T Aggies on Saturday at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

The Seawolves evened their season record at 5-5, while the Aggies fell to 2-8.

Stony Brook’s offense was in rhythm from the outset, scoring on its first two possessions to seize control. After North Carolina A&T opened the game with a methodical 12-play drive that culminated in a 45-yard Andrew Brown field goal, the Seawolves responded immediately. Boyd needed just five plays to cover 61 yards, finishing the drive with a 33-yard touchdown strike to Jayce Freeman down the middle of the field.

The Seawolves’ defense then forced a quick punt, and the offense went right back to work. A 35-yard connection from Boyd to Roland Dempster set up a 5-yard touchdown scramble by Boyd himself, giving Stony Brook a 14-3 lead with just over four minutes remaining in the opening quarter.

The second quarter was more of the same, as the Seawolves poured on 17 points to break the game open. Michael Mannino connected on a 34-yard field goal early in the period. On Stony Brook’s next drive, Boyd found Freeman again, this time for a 65-yard catch-and-run touchdown where Freeman broke free down the right sideline to extend the lead to 24-3.

Boyd’s third touchdown pass of the half came with 3:40 on the clock, a 25-yard connection with Dez Williams that capped a 13-play, 80-yard march and sent the Seawolves into the locker room with a commanding 31-6 advantage. The Aggies managed a 22-yard Brown field goal as time expired in the half for their only other points of the first two quarters.

North Carolina A&T showed a brief spark in the third quarter. Aggies quarterback Kevin White, who finished 15 of 24 for 180 yards, engineered a drive deep into Stony Brook territory, culminating in a 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Antoine Bell. The two-point conversion attempt failed, leaving the score at 31-12.

That was as close as the Aggies would get. The Stony Brook defense, which intercepted two passes in the game from Joseph Garcia and Alhaji Kamara, stiffened, and the offense put the final touches on the win with a grinding 16-play, 63-yard drive in the fourth quarter that consumed over eight minutes of clock. Dempster, who was a versatile weapon out of the backfield with 60 rushing yards and 72 receiving yards, plunged in from a yard out for the final score of the game.

Freeman was Boyd’s primary deep threat, hauling in seven receptions for 140 yards and the two long scores. MarQeese Dietz also provided a reliable target with eight catches for 54 yards.

For North Carolina A&T, Amonte Jones led the receiving corps with four catches for 63 yards. Shimique Blizzard was held to 27 rushing yards on 10 carries.

The result defied the pregame betting lines, which had installed North Carolina A&T as an 18.5-point underdog, a spread the Seawolves easily covered. The combined score of 50 fell under the over/under line of 53.5. The outcome was more in line with Interstat’s projections, which gave Stony Brook a 95.2 percent probability to win, though the final margin was wider than their game simulator’s prediction of a 34-29 Seawolves victory.

Stony Brook travels to face Villanova next Saturday, while North Carolina A&T returns home to host Monmouth.