Commerce, Texas – No. 10 ranked and No. 2 seeded Midwestern State scored 13 points in a span of 15 seconds midway through the fourth quarter completing a comeback win, 37-33, over No. 11 ranked and No. 1 seed A&M-Commerce in the Lone Star Conference Playoff Championship game Saturday in Memorial Stadium.

Turning Point
- With a 33-24 lead and about nine and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, Midwestern State forced and recovered a fumble at the Lions 45 yard line. After an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty moved the ball to the 30 yard line, Hagen Hutchinson hit Arsenio Phillips for a 30-yard touchdown pass. The strike sparked a 13-0 closing run for the Mustangs.
 
Highlights
- The Wofford carried the ball 14 times for 102 yards including a long of 47 yards.
 
- Harrison Stewart with 19-for-30 with two INTs and 262 yards through the air. He also had four touchdown passes.
 
- Derrick Macon caught seven passes for 134 yards and three touchdowns.
 
- Lance Evans followed with four receptions for 76 yards and a score.
 
- Buck Wilson had three kickoff returns for 96 yards including a long of 66.
 
- Richard Cooper had 12 carries for 76 yards.
 
- Tyree Barton and Charles Woods tied for the team-high with nine tackles each. Barton had six solo stops and two tackles for a loss.
 
- Trey Porter had six tackles and a forced fumble.
 
- Chase Thrasher averaged 43.6 yards per punt with 218 yards on five punts including a long of 53 yards.  He placed two punts inside the MSU 20 yard line.
 
Summary
1st Quarter
- Stewart stood in the pocket against the rush and connected with Evans for a 47-yard touchdown pass.  The strike ended a two-play, 55-yard drive.
 
- Midwestern tied the game with an 11-play, 70-yard scoring drive that lasted 3:11. Vincent Johnson capped the drive off with a 3-yard run with 3:52 left in the quarter.
 
- Kristov Martinez gave the Lions a 10-7 lead with 1:52 left in the first quarter. Buck Wilson set the Lions up with a 64-yard kickoff return.
 
2nd Quarter
- Midwestern State retied the game at 10 with a 28-yard field goal by Andy Alkhazshvilly with 9:54 left in the second. The boot ended a 13-play, 57-yard scoring drive that took 6:50 off the clock.
 
- MSU broke the line on a Lions punt and blocked the kick. Herb Whitehurst blocked and recovered the kick for the score to give the Mustangs a 17-10 lead with 8:06 left in the quarter.
 
- A&M-Commerce tied the game right before the half when Stewart hit Macon for a 20-yard pass over the middle for the score. The play ended a 7-play, 79-yard drive that lasted 2:56.  Richard Cooper opened the drive with a 23-yard run up the middle.
 
3rd Quarter
- The Lions struck first in the second half on a 28-yard pass from Stewart to Macon to give the Lions a 24-17 lead with 7:00 left in the quarter.  Wofford set up the score with a 47-yard run down the far sideline.
 
- Stewart hit Macon for the duo's third scoring connection in the game. This time, Stewart laid a perfectly thrown pass over Macon's shoulder for a 46-yard touchdown.  The score ended a three-play drive.
 
- The Mustangs stopped the Lions 21-0 scoring run with an 11-play, 78-yard scoring drive capped off by a Hutchinson 1-yard touchdown run.  The score cut the Lions' lead down to 30-24 with 2:02 left in the quarter.
 
4th Quarter
- Kristov Martinez gave the Lions a 33-24 led with 9:52 left with a 25-yard field goal after a 15-play, 63-yard drive.
 
- After MSU was forced to punt, the Lions fumbled on the second play of their drive. The Mustangs scored on their first play, a 30-yard pass from Hutchinson to Phillips, to cut the Lions lead down to 33-31 with 6:29 left to play.
 
- After the ensuing kickoff, the Mustangs picked off the pass on the Lions first play from scrimmage and Harold Wills rumbled in from four-yards for the score to take a 37-33 lead with 6:14 left to play.  The Mustangs when for a two-point conversion, but the try fail incomplete.
 
- After both teams were forced to punt, the Lions took a final crack at a game-winning drive with 2:40 left to play from their own 21 yard line. After a sack and a false start, Stewart hit Evans for 20 yards to bring up 3rd-and-2. The Lions lost a yard on 3rd down and the 4th down pass was picked off by the Mustangs to seal the MSU win.
 
Inside the box score
- The Lion lost the turnover battle for the first time in 2015 after MSU forced three takeaways. The Mustangs did not turn the football over Saturday. The game was a role reversal after the Lions caused six Mustang turnovers, while not suffering a turnover in the first meeting.
 
- Macon's seven catches for 134 yards and three scores were all season-highs for the lanky wide out.
 
- Stewart's four touchdown passes was a season-high.
 
- With his 76 yards, Cooper saw his DII 100-yard rushing streak come to and end. He has rushed for over 100-yards in nine of the team's 11 games. With a looming NCAA Playoff berth, Cooper could match the school record of 10, 100-yard rushing games held by Audria Thompson during the 1975 season.
 
- Cooper has rushed for 1,253 yards, which is seventh on the Lions single-season rushing yards lists behind Ricky Dirks who ran for 1,299 yards in 1983. Ironically, Cooper has rushed for more yards than any Lion since Dirks' 1,299 total.
 
- Wofford brought his 2015 rushing yard total up to 979 yards on 143 carries. He needs just 21 yards to give the Lions their first 1,000 rushing duo in program history.
 
- The Lions, for the second straight season have fallen in the LSC Playoffs' Championship game after scoring 33 points. In 2014, the Lions fell to No. 2 seed Angelo State 35-33.
 
What's Next?
- The Lions will await their fate in the NCAA Playoff with Sunday's selection beginning at 4 p.m. A&M-Commerce Athletics will hold a watch party in the RSC's club and invites all Lion fans to join.
 
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