West Texas A&M and Abilene Christian were both selected for the NCAA Division II Playoffs and will host first round games this Saturday, Nov. 17.
    The Lone Star Conference champion Buffaloes (11-0) are the third seed and will host No. 6 seed Washburn (8-3) at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium.  The winner of the game advances to the second round game against No. 2 seed Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo.
    The Wildcats (9-2) earned the fourth seed play No. 5 Mesa State (10-1) at Shotwell Stadium.  The victor of the game moves on to the second round and play at No. 1 seed Chadron State.

LSC REWIND >>>
West Texas A&M wrapped up an unbeaten regular season run with a win over Tarleton State to claim its third straight Lone Star Conference and South Division title.  The Buffs went undefeated for the second time in school history and the first since 1918.  The last LSC team to record a perfect season was Central Oklahoma (13-0) in 1998.
    Abilene Christian quarterback Billy Malone became the LSC's all-time leading passer in the Wildcats comeback win over Midwestern State.  Malone is the first player to top 8,000 career passing yards in the league's 76-year history.
    In the North Division, Southeastern Oklahoma, Northeastern State and Southwestern Oklahoma each posted wins to earn a share of the division title in a five-way tie with Texas A&M-Commerce and Central Oklahoma.

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LSC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
LSC North Offensive
Sean Cooper, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Sr., RB, Pittsburg, Texas/Pittsburg HS
Cooper capped his senior campaign with his best performance of the season.  He reeled off 174 yards on 22 carries with two touchdowns in a 38-28 win over rival East Central.  Cooper turned in an 80 yard TD run that is tied for eighth on the longest rushes list at SOSU. The 174 yards was his best single game performance in his career.  The effort moved him into fourth on SOSU's all-time career rushing list.

Co-LSC North Defensive
Johnny Seals, Southeastern Oklahoma State, R-Fr., DB, Tishomingo, Okla./Tishomingo HS   
Seals sparked the Southeastern defense to a 38-28 win over rival East Central.  He finished the contest with nine tackles and added three interceptions.  His final interception sealed the game for SOSU, coming with 51 seconds to play in the game.

Desmond Baker, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Jr., Defensive Back, Garland, Texas/South
Baker had a team-high 11 tackles, including three for losses totalling 18 yards in Southwestern's 21-14 victory over Texas A&M-Commerce. He also batted away an apparent touchdown pass in the endzone with an acrobatic deflection. Baker and his teammates held the Lions scoreless in the final two quarters as TAMUC ran just four offensive plays in Bulldog territory in the second half.

LSC North Special Teams
Daniel Swaim, Texas A&M-Commerce, Jr., Punter, Kilgore, Texas/Lon Morris JC    
Took advantage of the windy conditions of Weatherford, Oklahoma to punt the ball eight times for 327 yards and an average of 40.9 yards...he had three punts that sailed into the end zone and one that landed inside the 20-yard line...for the second time on the season, he had to punt the ball eight times in a game.

Co-LSC South Offensive
Daniel Polk, Midwestern State, Sr., Quarterback, Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff HS    
Harlon Hill candidate Daniel Polk put an exclamation mark at the end of his storied career at Midwestern State. The 6-2, 202-pound senior rushed for a school-record 290 yards including three touchdowns in Saturday's heartbreaking 42-41 loss to Abilene Christian. Polk also completed 14-of-22 passes for 187 yards. His 290-yard rushing performance is not only the best single-game performance in school history but is also the top rushing performance in the Lone Star Conference this season and the 10th best in NCAA Division II. His 477 total offense yards is the third most in school history, the best in the LSC this season and sixth best game in all of Division II in 2007. Polk also busted the 1,000-yard rushing barrier for the second time in two seasons and finished the season with 2,487 passing yards - the second-best passing season in school history. Polk also set the MSU single-season scoring mark with his 17th, 18th and 19th rushing touchdowns of the season to finish with 114 points.

Bernard Scott, Abilene Christian, Jr., Running Back, Vernon, Texas/Wichita Falls HS
In a game that the Wildcats absolutely had to have, it was their Harlon Hill Award nominee who made the plays down the stretch to turn an almost-certain loss into an improbable 42-41 win over Midwestern State.  Against the LSC's best rushing defense (giving up just 85.3 yards per game on the ground), Scott carried the ball 27 times for 178 yards and three touchdowns.  ACU trailed 41-35 with 4:13 to play when Scott took over.  On a nine-play, 70-yard touchdown drive, Scott touched the ball six times and accounted for 50 yards on the drive, including the game-clinching 5-yard touchdown run with 43 seconds to play.  He had a big 20-yard touchdown run on a third-and-5 from the MSU 40-yard line that keyed the drive.  He even played defense on MSU's final drive, spying on Mustang quarterback Daniel Polk.

LSC South Defensive
Brandon Swain, West Texas A&M, Jr., Defensive End, Tulsa, Okla./Washington HS
Junior defensive end Brandon swain picked up his LSC-leading 10th and 11th sacks of the season Saturday night as the Buffalo defense was able to keep the high-powered Tarleton State offense off balance and limit the Texans to only 14 points, well below their season average to help clinch WT's third straight LSC Championship. The Tulsa, Okla, native led the Buffs with eight tackles on the night, including three and half tackles for loss, a category in which he also leads the LSC at 21.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage on the year.

LSC South Special Teams
Cody Smith, Texas A&M-Kingsville, So., Punter, Kingwood, Texas
Smith averaged 49.5 yards per kick and had executed two fake punts, running for 55 yards and two first downs.  The first came on fourth and one from the Javelina 41 yard line in the first quarter as he rumbled 21 yards to the Angelo State 38 yard line.  The Javelinas would convert that into a touchdown to make it 14-0.  The second came in the fourth quarter on fourth and four from the Javelina 34 yard  line as Smith ran 34 yards to the ASU 32.  That was converted into a field goal.