LSC FOOTBALL
Texas A&M-Commerce and Midwestern State square off this week as the only unbeaten Lone Star Conference teams. The Lions host the Mustangs in a game that will be broadcast on ESPN3 as part of the Division II Football Showcase schedule.
LSC football teams are 25-23 overall this season. The squads are 3-3 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.
LSC FOOTBALL ON ESPN3
A pair of Lone Star Conference football games are part of the 2016 Division II Football Showcase schedule and will be broadcast on ESPN3 and WatchESPN.
For a second straight season, A&M-Commerce will host a national broadcast on October 8 as the Lions welcome Midwestern State. The game starts at 7 p.m.
UT Permian Basin hosted West Texas A&M in the Falcon’s first LSC football game in the program’s initial season. Due to inclement weather the game was postponed and was not broadcast as scheduled.
NCAA Division II announced 18 of the 22 regular-season football games that will be carried on ESPN3, WatchESPN and American Sports Network, after the division entered a three-year agreement in 2015 to deliver Division II athletics events. By comparison, only seven games were televised in each of the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Vincent Johnson, Midwestern State University, SO, RB, Lubbock, Texas, Monterey HS
Johnson rushed for three touchdowns in leading No. 7 Midwestern State to a 43-22 win over Western New Mexico Saturday afternoon at Altamirano Field. It was the third time this season the sophomore from Lubbock Monterey High accounted for three rushing scores as Johnson ranks second in NCAA Division II in scoring at 16.5 points per game and third in total rushing TDs with 11 this season. The 5-10, 203-pound sophomore also turned his second 100-yard rushing performance of the season going for 103 yards on 18 carries. Johnson found pay dirt three times in the second half as culminated an 11-play, 65-yard drive with a 3-yard run in the third quarter before scoring twice in the final stanza on runs of 4 and 25 yards. His 25-yard touchdown run came on fourth-and-1 and gave MSU a commanding 21-point lead with 7:24 to play.
DEFENSIVE
Justin Jackson, Angelo State University, SO, LB, Missouri City, Texas, Fort Bend Ridge Point
Jackson helped the Rams defense to holding Texas A&M-Kingsville to just 262 total yards and only 76 yards on the ground. The sophomore made six tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss. He broke up four passes and recovered the fumble that sealed the victory for ASU.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Ovie Urevbu, Texas A&M University - Commerce, JR, Coverage, Plano, Texas, Legacy Chr. Acad.
Urevbu scored the Lions’ fifth touchdown of the first half on a fake field goal and had one of the more impressive all-around performances in the 35-13 win at OPSU. His 28-yard touchdown reception was his first touch of the ball. The junior also had a tackle in kick coverage. Urevbu wound up as the Lions’ leading rusher on the day with four carries for 64 yards.