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Midwestern State and Texas A&M-Commerce remain tied atop the Lone Star Conference standings with perfect
4-0 league marks. This weeks league action includes A&M-C at West Texas A&M, Eastern New Mexico at
Tarleton State, and Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State. MSU hosts Humboldt State in non-conference play.
After playing six conference games apiece over the first nine weeks of an 11-week regular season, the
leagues football teams will split into two brackets to conduct a two-week conference playoff. The conference
champion and playoff seeding will be determined by regular season results.
The top four teams (No. 4 at No. 1 and No. 3 at No. 2) comprise the championship bracket with Week 10
winners playing for the playoff title in Week 11, whereas Week 10 losers will meet for third place. The other half
of the bracket includes the remaining three teams and Oklahoma Panhandle State with No. 5 at OPSU and No.
7 at No. 6 in Week 10. The 7-6 winner plays at No. 5 for fifth-place in Week 11, while the 6-7 loser hosts OPSU.
LSC football teams are 23-17 overall this season. The squads are 9-1 combined versus the Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Great Lakes Valley Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
teams, which are also in NCAA Super Regional Four.
Vincent Johnson, Midwestern State University, FR, RB, Lubbock, Texas, Monterey HS
Johnson rushed for a career-high 190 yards and two touchdowns to lead 12th-ranked Midwestern State to a
24-17 win over West Texas A&M Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. The true freshman from Lubbock put the
game away with an 84-yard scoring dash with 9:21 to play in the fourth quarter. Johnsons rushing performance
was the 11th best in program history and his 84-yard touchdown run was the sixth longest. Johnson leads the
Mustangs with 467 yards and five touchdowns on the ground this season.
DEFENSIVE
Harold Wills, Midwestern State University, SR, DE, Gainesville, Texas, Gainesville HS
Wills made a career-high 11 tackles with two sacks and two forced fumbles from his defensive end position to
lead 12th-ranked Midwestern State to a 24-17 win over West Texas A&M Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
The senior from Gainesville stripped WT quarterback Ethan Brinkley on the first series of the game then his strip
of Buff running back Geremy Aldridge-Mitchell right before the end of the first half resulted in a touchdown to
give the Mustangs a 14-3 halftime advantage.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Davarus Shores, Texas A&M University - Commerce, JR, Coverage, Mesquite, Texas, Mesquite HS
Shores provided the game-winning punt block for the Lions in the third quarter. Shores broke through the line
and blocked the punt which was picked up by Dionte Taylor for a touchdown. The score stood as the game
winner in the No. 15 Lions 38-35 win over No. 16 Angelo State.
Geremy Alridge-Mitchell, West Texas A&M University, was a workhorse for the Buffs as he had a career-high
40 carries for 189 yards and one touchdown Saturday at No. 12 Midwestern State. He had 220 all-purpose
yards in the game with 31 kick return yards on two returns. Alridge-Mitchell is fifth all-time in school history
in rushing yards and fifth in career scoring. It was Alridge-Mitchells second-most rushing yards in a game of
his career and second game of over 150 yards this season. His previous best of carries was 32. He leads the
conference in rushing yards with 746 and a 149.2 average per game. He also leads the league in scoring with 60
points and a 12.0 per game.
Joseph Sadler, Tarleton State University, who entered the game as the fourth running back on the depth
chart, made himself known to the Tarleton faithful, Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas, and the rest of the Lone
Star Conference with a career performance for Tarleton as the junior running back lifted Tarleton to its first
win of the season in Saturdays South Texas thriller. Sadler carried the ball 18 times for 132 yards and a pair of
touchdowns to give Tarleton a spark on the ground. He became just the third different Texan to rush for over
100 yards since Sept. 28, 2013, joining Zach Henshaw and Collin Strahan. Sadlers biggest run of the night came
on fourth-and-one with 10:41 left in the game and Tarleton trailing 34-24. The junior from Devine broke free
for a 32-yard touchdown run to pull Tarleton within a score at 34-31 and spark a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter
to lead the Texans to victory. In addition to his work on offense, Sadler also returned two kicks for 82 yards with
a 66-yard return in the second quarter.
Kamal Cass, Eastern New Mexico University, only received four carries in the Greyhounds win at Bacone
College, but he made the most of them. With touchdown sprints of 43 and 54 yards, Cass registered 111 yards
in the first quarter, to average 27.8 yards per carry.
Richard Cooper, Texas A&M University - Commerce, continues to be the best running back in the conference
after picking up his sixth straight 100-yard rushing game. Cooper carried the ball 23 times and picked up 101
yards on the ground. He added one catch for 22 yards. Cooper sat on 79 yards before scampering for 22 yards
and a first down to seal the No. 15 A&M-Commerce win over No. 16 Angelo State. Cooper is ranked 8th in the
NCAA in rushing yards per game averaging 138.7 yards per game despite splitting carries with another 100-yard
rusher per game. Theo Wofford averages 101.7 yards per game making the Lions 1-of-3 teams in the NCAA with
two backs averaging 100 yards.
FIRST DOWN
Midwestern State is ranked 11th, Texas A&MCommerce 14th, and Angelo State 25th in the
AFCA poll (Oct. 12).
STANDINGS
School
Midwestern State
Texas A&M-Commerce
Angelo State
Eastern New Mexico
West Texas A&M
Tarleton State
Texas A&M-Kingsville
LSC
4-0
4-0
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-3
0-3
Overall Streak
6-0
W6
5-1
W4
4-2
L2
4-2
W2
2-3
L2
1-4
W1
1-5
L4
WEEKLY AWARDS
Offensive
S-8 Kyle Washington, Angelo State
S-14 Geremy Alridge-Mitchell, West Texas A&M
S-21 Geremy Alridge-Mitchell, West Texas A&M (2)
S-28 Hagen Hutchinson, Midwestern State
O-5 Kamal Cass, Eastern New Mexico
O-12 Vincent Johnson, Midwestern State
Defensive
S-8 Marqui Christian, Midwestern State
S-14 Hunter Streuling, West Texas A&M
S-21 Marqui Christian, Midwestern State (2)
S-28 Clayton Callicutt, Angelo State
O-5 Calvin Stewart, Midwestern State
O-12 Harold Wills, Midwestern State
Special Teams
S-8 Fred Lawrence, Angelo State
S-14 Andy Alkhazshvilly, Midwestern State
S-21 Conner Hollabaugh, West Texas A&M
S-28 Daniel McCants, Tarleton State
O-5 SirVell Ford, Midwestern State
O-12 Davarus Shores, Texas A&M-Commerce
Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment
Midwestern State
WEEK
ASU ENMU MSU TSU
AUG. 17
13
NR
RV
RV
SEPT. 7
12
NR
RV
RV
SEPT. 14
8
NR
RV
NR
SEPT. 21
6
NR
23
NR
SEPT. 28
6
NR
20
NR
OCT. 5
16
NR
12
NR
OCT. 12
25
NR
11
NR
OCT. 19
OCT. 26
NOV. 2
NOV. 9
NOV. 16
WEEK
A&M-C TAMUK WTAMU
AUG. 17
22
NR
RV
SEPT. 7
18
NR
NR
SEPT. 14
22
NR
RV
SEPT. 21
20
NR
RV
SEPT. 28
T18
NR
RV
OCT. 5
15
NR
RV
OCT. 12
14
NR
NR
OCT. 19
OCT. 26
NOV. 2
NOV. 9
NOV. 16
Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment
Tarleton State
Texas A&M-Commerce
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment
Conference Playoffs
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Game #5 - Championship Game: Winner G1 vs. Winner G2
(hosted by higher seed)
Game #6 - Third-Place Game: Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 (hosted by
higher seed)
Game #7 - Fifth-Place Game: Winner G3 at 5
Game #8 - Oklahoma Panhandle State@Loser G3
Saturday, November 21, 2015
NCAA Division II First Round
Saturday, November 28, 2015
NCAA Division II Second Round
Saturday, December 5, 2015
NCAA Division II Quarterfinals
Heart of Texas Bowl (Copperas Cove, Texas), 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
NCAA Division II Semifinals
Saturday, December 19, 2015
NCAA Division II Championship (Kansas City, Kan.)
* denotes conference game; ^ at AT&T Stadium
Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment