A 15-yard touchdown reception by redshirt sophomore Taylor Fore from Adam Farkes in the back of the endzone led host Texas A&M University-Commerce to a 27-23 win over Central Oklahoma on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

A&M-Commerce (1-4, 1-0 LSC North) rallied from a late 17-7 deficit early in the fourth quarter for the come-from-behind win. The Lions found themselves clinging to a 20-17 lead until visiting Central Oklahoma answered with an 80-yard pass play by Brandon Noohi to Dolphin Davis for a 23-20 advantage. The Bronchos missed the ensuing point-after attempt, as the Lions only needed a field goal to send the contest into overtime.

Reigning LSC North Division Offensive Player of the Week Adam Farkes overcame five interceptions to engineer an eight plays, 74-yard drive for the game-winning touchdown. In the drive, Farkes completed seven of eight passes as well as the Lions capitalized on a crucial pass interference penalty on the Bronchos. Farkes connected with Reid Herchenbach, who took some reps at wide receiv er earlier in the week after starting the season at quarterback, three times as well as four other receivers during the drive.

Central Oklahoma (1-4, 0-1 LSC North) quarterback Brandon Noohi completed 36 of 51 passes for two touchdowns, an interception and 332 yards in the contest. He had nine-different targets including Davis, who finished the game with five receptions and 122 yards. Defensive back Caleb Prince had three interceptions in the loss for UCO

The Bronchos looked to take an early lead until Anthony DeGrate blocked a 20-yard field goal attempt by Ross Weaver. Senior teammate Shea Rodriguez picked up the blocked field goal and ran it back 96 yards for a touchdown.

For the second time on the season, the Lions went into the halftime break with a 7-0 lead. UCO scored two touchdowns and added a field goal on its first three drives of the second half to take a 17-7 advantage.Finding themselves behind by 10, 17-7, the two teams exchanged interceptions until Farkes connected with Fore on a 19-yard touchdown reception midway through the fourth quarter to trim the deficit to three, 17-14, with 11:13 left in the contest.

After forcing a UCO punt, the Lions took its first lead since 7-0 when A&M-Commerce took a short field and moved 56 yards on eight plays in 3:14 to regain the lead. A botched snap on the point-after attempt gave the Lions a 20-17 advantage with a little less than five minutes to go.

Following the ensuing kickoff, UCO loss a yard on first down and came right back to take the lead on the touchdown by Noohi to Davis. The two teams exchanged punts until it set the stage for the heroics by Fore and Farkes for the game-winning touchdown.

A&M-Commerce will return to action on 6 pm on Saturday against Northeastern State as part of FCA GameDay. Festivities get underway with a rally at 2 pm and the doors  open at 1:30 at the A&M-Commerce Field House.