LSC Roundup 9-20

ACU cruises past the Savage Storm
The Abilene Christian offense wasn’t exactly overwhelming Saturday night, but it did enough to beat Southeastern Oklahoma State University by a comfortable margin.

Zach Stewart threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as No. 2 ACU rolled past the Savage Storm 33-14 in a Lone Star Conference crossover game at Shotwell Stadium.

Kendrick Johnson returned a punt 72 yards for a touchdown as the defending LSC champions remained unbeaten.

“The defense played really, really well,” ACU coach Chris Thomsen said. “The offense made a step, and then special teams provided a punch for us. It was a good overall win.”

Garza, Javelinas improve to 4-0
KINGSVILLE - The 1-2 punch of Connell Davis and Fred Winborn and the passing arm of Billy Garza of Brownsville was more than enough to lead No. 7 Texas A&M-Kingsville past Lone Star Conference North Division rival Northeastern State 31-14 on Saturday night at Javelina Stadium.

Both Davis and Winborn approached the 100-yard rushing mark, but neither eclipsed the total. Winborn led the team with a season high 94 yards on 15 carries while adding three catches for 43 yards. He found paydirt twice in the game. Davis pounded out 89 yards on just 10 carries and scored once. He also had one catch for 17 yards.
Related: Kingsville pulls away from Northeastern

Rams charge to road victory over Tigers
SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Angelo State University football team improved to 2-0 in Lone Star Conference play and 3-1 overall this season with a 29-9 victory over East Central Saturday in Ada, Okla.

A week after tying a school record with six touchdown passes in a 55-10 win against Southwestern Oklahoma, ASU quarterback Josh Neiswander set a school record with his fifth straight game with 200 or more passing yards.

Neiswander, the reigning Lone Star Conference South Division Offensive Player of the Week, passed for 258 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Rams to their best start since 2005 when they began the season 5-0.

MSU rolls past Incarnate Word, 49-7
SAN ANTONIO – The Midwestern State Mustangs finally gave up their first touchdown of the season.

And they had no one to blame but themselves.

The Incarnate Word Cardinals scored that touchdown early in the third quarter – thanks to several MSU penalties – but the Mustangs scored 49 points of their own on the way to a 49-7 win in front of 3,617 fans at Benson Stadium.

The 24th-ranked Mustangs improve to 4-0 for the season, while the Cardinals drop to 1-2.

MSU opens Lone Star Conference South Division play next Saturday with a 6 p.m. game against Angelo State in San Angelo.

Football Loses to WT, 41-15
WEATHERFORD, Okla. - Southwestern Oklahoma State University played some of its most inspired ball of the season giving West Texas A&M a stern challenge before falling 41-15 in a football game Saturday in Weatherford.

The Bulldogs offense and defense came up with some big plays that resulted in scores, giving the home crowd an opportunity to hoot and holler.

Big second half leads No. 19 Tarleton past UCO
By BRAD KEITH
Sports Editor
brad.keith@empiretribune.com

EDMOND, Okla. - Rarely do you ask a player to return to his freshman form, but it worked perfectly for junior quarterback Scott Grantham and No. 19 Tarleton State Saturday night.

Grantham, who tossed 24 touchdowns as a freshman before throwing only 14 to go with 11 interceptions as a sophomore, was at his best Saturday, throwing for three TDs and rushing for another to lead the Texans past Central Oklahoma 35-17 in Lone Star Conference crossover play.

Grantham was 18-32 passing for 310 yards. He overcame two first-half interceptions with his second and third touchdown strikes of the night, then bootlegged out and jogged to the end zone untouched for a one-yard score that gave the Texans a comfortable 28-17 lead with 5:52 left in the fourth.

“We started slow. They have a good team and it’s always tough on the road,” Grantham said. “They were doing some things with their coverages that were a little different than what we saw on film, but we stayed calm and fixed it as we went.”

Greyhounds Shatter 51-year record for scoring in 76-56 win over Commerce
BLACKWATER DRAW, NM - The Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds put on an offensive display Saturday night, breaking a record that had stood for 51 years. The Hounds scored an impressive 76 points in their victory (76-56) over Texas A&M-Commerce, breaking the old single-game scoring record of 74, set against Omaha University (now Nebraska-Omaha,) on October 11, 1958.