Corsicana Bowl

ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO (6-5) VS. EMPORIA STATE (7-4) WHEN 2 p.m. Central today WHERE Tiger Stadium, Corsicana, Texas

RADIO KHBM-FM, 93.7, southeast Arkansas INTERNET uamsports.com RECORDS Arkansas Monticello 6-5; Emporia State 7-4

COACHES Hud Jackson (28-58 in eighth season at UAM and overall); Garin Higgins (77-61 in 12th season at Emporia State, 128-70 in 17th season overall) SERIES First meeting between teams

COMMENTS Both teams finished the regular season playing their best. UAM started 1-4, but won 5 of its final 6, including a 20-17 victory over Southern Arkansas. … This is the first postseason game for the Boll Weevils in 25 years … Emporia State started 2-3 in the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association and also won 5 of its last 6 games. … Today’s game features two of NCAA Division II’s most accomplished senior quarterbacks in UAM’s Cole Sears and Emporia State’s Braxton Marstall. Sears (175-321 passing, 2,309 yards, 15 TDs; 76-139 rushing, 7 TDs) enters his final college game with 8,241 career passing yards and 69 TD passes. He also has rushed for 832 yards and 20 TDs. … Marstall has 9,603 career passing yards and 10,820 yards of total offense). He is the MIAA Offensive Player of the Year and is 1 of 9 finalists for the Harlon Hill Award, Division II’s version of the Heisman Trophy. Marstall has accounted for 33 touchdowns (24 passing, 9 rushing) this season compared to 22 for Sears, who earned distinction as the second-team All-GAC quarterback. … UAM Coach Hud Jackson said the Boll Weevils are excited for the opportunity, but they also realize the challenge they face against a Hornets team that has been to postseason play 5 of the past 7 years and finished the season tied for fourth in the MIAA. “They’re pretty darn good,” Jackson said, “and they’re going to throw the heck out of it. They try to get the ball out as quick as possible.”

— Jeff Krupsaw