GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE ROUNDUPS

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST 33, ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 31

The University of Arkansas-Monticello’s fourth-quarter rally came up short Saturday at Crain Family Stadium in Shawnee, Okla.

The Boll Weevils (5-3, 5-3 GAC) trailed the Bison (4-4, 4-4) 33-17 with 12:19 left before scoring twice. After UAM’s final score, a 19-yard pass from Demilon Brown to DeAndre Washington with 1:29 remaining, Oklahoma Baptist recovered Josh Marini’s onside-kick attempt and ran out the clock.

The Boll Weevils led 7-0 on Devontae Dean’s 1-yard touchdown late in the first quarter before the Bison scored a safety, kicked a field goal and got two Preston Haire touchdown runs to take a 19-7 halftime advantage.

Marini’s 42-yard field goal and another Dean 1-yard dive pulled the Boll Weevils within 19-17, but Haire — the GAC leader in passing yards and touchdowns — found Keilahn Harris for scoring tosses of 40 and 78 yards to give the Bison their 33-17 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Brown and Washington connected on a 17-yard touchdown with 9:47 left to trim the deficit to 33-24, but the Boll Weevils fumbled on their ensuing possession. The Bison took nearly five minutes on their next drive before punting, as Brown and Washington cashed in UAM’s final scoring drive with a 7-play, 80-yard possession.

Dean led all rushers with 187 yards on 28 attempts, while Brown added 120 more on the ground for the Boll Weevils. Brown was 11-of-18 passing for 93 yards and the 2 scores to Washington.

Haire had 417 yards of total offense for the Bison, completing 22 of 38 passes for 355 yards and 2 touchdowns. He added 62 yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground on 10 attempts.

HENDERSON STATE 41, SE OKLAHOMA STATE 27

Henderson State (7-1, 7-1 GAC) trailed by three points in the second quarter, but the Reddies didn’t let the early deficit faze them as they won for the ninth consecutive time over the Savage Storm.

Southeastern Oklahoma State (1-7, 1-7) led 10-7 after Pablo Tarango’s 24yard field goal with 14:53 left in the second quarter. The Reddies scored twice — a Querale Hall 7-yard run and Richard Stammetti’s 3-yard touchdown pass to L’liott Curry — to take a 20-10 lead. The Savage Storm scored on a long touchdown run just before halftime to trail 20-17.

The Reddies scored twice within four minutes in the third quarter, a 3-yard touchdown pass from Stammetti to Curry, and on a 17-yard interception return by Mercado Anderson that gave them a 34-17 lead with 5:29 left in the third quarter.

Henderson State answered a Southeastern Oklahoma State field goal when Chase Lodree caught Stammetti’s third touchdown pass, a 20-yard reception that gave the Reddies a 41-20 lead with 11:47 left in the fourth quarter.

Savage Storm quarterback Daulton Hatley, who was intercepted four times, found Felton Hatcher with a 15-yard touchdown pass with 9:28 remaining to set the final margin.

Stammetti was 24-of-34 passing for 234 yards and 3 touchdowns to go with 2 interceptions.

Henderson State’s Logan Moragne led all rushers with 81 yards on 18 attempts. He also had a 1-yard TD run for the Reddies’ first score that tied the game 7-7 with 3:26 left in the first quarter.

Anderson had two of the four interceptions against Hatley. Patrick Austin and Darius Austin had the other two.

The Reddies have not lost to the Savage Storm since 2009 and now own a 24-6 series advantage. Henderson State’s three previous victories over Southeastern Oklahoma State were by a combined six points.

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS 24, EAST CENTRAL (OKLA.) 23

Austin Wilkerson’s 35-yard field goal with 5:24 left in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner in Southern Arkansas University’s victory over East Central (Okla.) at Koi Ishto Stadium in Ada, Okla.

After Wilkerson’s field goal, the Muleriders (7-1, 7-1 GAC) held the Tigers (1-7, 1-7) to one first down on their ensuing drive before forcing a punt. SAU took over with 3:16 left, using eight plays to run out the remainder of the clock.

The Muleriders trailed by as many as 13 points, 20-7, with 7:50 left in the third quarter. Kor’Davion Washington’s 12-yard touchdown run got SAU to within 20-14 before East Central’s Harper Simmons kicked a 20-yard field goal to start the fourth quarter.

Hayden Mallory’s 67-yard touchdown pass to Micah Small one play after Simmons’ field goal pulled the Muleriders to within 23-21 with 13:20 left in the fourth quarter before Wilkerson’s kick ended the scoring.

Washington’s 140 yards on 27 carries led all rushers, while Small’s 97 yards on 3 catches led all receivers.

Mallory finished 13-of-21 passing for 202 yards, as the Muleriders won their fifth consecutive game. It also was SAU’s fifth victory in a row over East Central.

HARDING 47, NW OKLAHOMA STATE 13

Harding University (7-1, 7-1 GAC) scored all 27 of the game’s second-half points on its way to an easy victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State (26, 2-6) at Ranger Field in Alva, Okla.

The victory was the seventh in a row for the Bisons, who lost 16-14 in the season opener at Ouachita Baptist.

Leading 20-13 at halftime, Harding got a 6-yard touchdown run by Preston Paden with nine minutes left in the third quarter to take a 27-13 advantage.

Grant Ennis closed the quarter with a 37-yard field goal as the Bisons led 30-13.

Tristan Tucker (29 yards) and Robert Wilcke (7 yards) had touchdown runs in the fourth before Ennis nailed a 32yard field goal with 1:31 remaining to cap the scoring.

The Bisons piled up 413 rushing yards to 101 for the Rangers. They also led in first downs (30-11), total yards (469-308) and time of possession (40:09-19:51).

Harding’s Cole Chancey led the way with 206 rushing yards on 30 attempts. He had a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter to give the Bisons a 13-3 advantage, and he added a 45-yard score late in the second quarter as they pushed the lead to 20-3.