LSC FOOTBALL
Tarleton State upset West Texas A&M to remain undefeated at 5-0 overall and 4-0 in Lone Star Conference action.
This week features one Lone Star Conference contest among five non-conference matchups. WT hosts Angelo State in the lone league game. Three GSC-LSC First and Ten Challenge contests are on the schedule with West Alabama at Midwestern State, TSU at Delta State, and Texas A&M-Kingsville at North Alabama.
The LSC holds a 2-1 advantage in the GSC-LSC First and Ten Challenge with MSU’s win over West Georgia and A&M-Commerce’s triumph over Delta State, while Angelo State fell to Valdosta State.
LSC football teams are 24-14 overall this season. The squads are 3-2 versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams and have yet to play any teams from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Great Lakes Valley Conference, which also compete in NCAA Super Regional Four.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Le’Nard Meyers, Tarleton State University, SO, WR, Gatesville, Texas, Gatesville HS
Meyers played the best football of his young career on Saturday as he helped guide the Texans to a 31-27 upset victory over No. 4-ranked West Texas A&M. The Gatesville native hauled in eight catches for a game-high 168 yards and a pair of touchdowns, which included the game winning grab with 44 seconds left in the fourth quarter. He tallied 14 total points in a matter of 4:54, catching a 63-yard bomb and then the two-point conversion, to go along with his game-winning TD.
DEFENSIVE
Marquis Wadley, Tarleton State University, SR, LB, Dallas, Texas, Mesquite HS
Wadley was just one tackle away from tying his career-high, as he ended Saturday’s game with 15 tackles in Tarleton’s 31-27 upset win over No. 4 West Texas A&M. He tallied eight solo tackles and was in on 1.5 tackles-for-loss as well. Wadley recorded one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry in the game to help the Texans hold the Buffs to 360 total yards, 149 below their average.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Dominique Williams, Midwestern State University, SO, PR/KR, Houston, Texas, Clements HS
Williams became the first Midwestern player to return a punt for a touchdown in six seasons as he provided MSU third touchdown of the opening quarter in a 66-20 win over McMurry. Williams took the punt of McMurry’s David McHugh at his own 32 and returned it straight up the middle for a 68-yard touchdown. It equaled the fifth-longest punt return in MSU history and was the first scoring punt return since a 70-yarder by BeeJay Mathis against Northeastern State on Sept. 15, 2007. It was Williams’ second 60-yard return on the season, happening for only the second time in MSU history. Williams finished the night with three returns for 72 yards. Williams leads the LSC in punt returns with a 23.0 yard average.