LSC FOOTBALL
Five games are on the schedule for this week including two Lone Star Conference contests - Tarleton State at Eastern New Mexico and Texas A&M-Kingsville at Midwestern State. The Javelinas and Mustangs matchup will be televised live by Comcast SportsNet Houston on CSN Plus.
A&M-Commerce, Angelo State and West Texas A&M are playing non-conference games.
WT and TSU remain undefeated in 2013.
The LSC holds a 2-1 advantage in the GSC-LSC First and Ten Challenge with MSU’s win over West Georgia and A&M-Commerce’s triumph over Delta State, while Angelo State fell to Valdosta State.
LSC football teams are 15-9 overall this season. The squads are 3-2 combined versus the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Great Lakes Valley Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, which are also in NCAA Super Regional Four.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Jerome Regal, Tarleton State University, SO, RB, Dallas, Namaan Forest HS
Regal rushed for a career-high 251 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns - including the game’s deciding score - to help the No. 25-ranked Texans defeat NCAA Division I FCS member Abilene Christian 41-34 in double overtime in Frisco on Saturday. The sophomore running back averaged 8.1 yards per carry with a long run of 47 yards and added 33 yards on three receptions as well. His 251 rushing yards are third-most in school history as he became the school’s first 200-yard rusher since 2009.
DEFENSIVE
Taylor McCuller, West Texas A&M University, SR, LB, Red Oak, Texas, Red Oak HS
McCuller was all over the field Saturday in the Buffs’ 69-7 win at Texas A&M-Kingsville. McCuller had a game-high 14 tackles, including five solo stops in the game as the Buff “D” held TAMUK to just 96 yards rushing and 188 total yards as the Javelinas were one of the top rushing teams in the country. McCuller is 25th nationally in tackles per game (10.8) and leads the conference.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Sergio Castillo, Jr., West Texas A&M University, SR, K, La Joya, Texas, La Joya HS
Castillo, Jr., had a record-setting outing at Texas A&M-Kingsville as he became WT’s all-time leading career scorer with a 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds left in the first half giving the Buffs a 31-7 lead. He entered the game needing just four points to tie DeWayne Miles’ record of 332 career points and the field goal gave Castillo seven for the game at that point. Castillo ended the game with 15 points and now has 343 during his career for a new Lone Star Conference record for kicking points, besting Abilene Christian’s Matt Adams mark of 339. Castillo ranks seventh nationally in scoring this season at 13.8 points per game which leads the conference. He leads the nation in field goals per game at 2.5 and is 10 of 10 in field goals and 25 of 25 in extra-points for the season.