ENMU ROUNDUP: Javelinas top Hounds with late TDs

Staff report

KINGSVILLE, Texas — Texas A&M-Kingsville let a 15-point, fourth-quarter lead get away, then scored twice in the final four minutes to hand Eastern New Mexico University a 41-28 Lone Star Conference football loss on Saturday night.

Freshman quarterback Wyatt Strand threw scoring passes of 68 and 37 yards to senior wide receiver Larry Baker-Bruce midway through the final period for the Greyhounds (5-4, 4-3 LSC), then hit Baker-Bruce on a 2-point conversion pass after the latter tally to tie the game with 5:11 left.

The Javelinas (6-3, 4-3) came back with a four-play, 75-yard drive capped by Greg Pitre’s 1-yard run after a 56-yard completion on the previous play from quarterback Myles Carr to Anthony Autry.

After an ENMU turnover, the Javelinas went 44 yards in just three plays and iced it on a 1-yard run by Luis Lopez with 1:17 to go. Lopez set it up with a 40-yard run on the second play.

Baker-Bruce had a personal-best four catches for 124 yards for the Hounds, while junior running back Kamal Cass rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries. Meantime, Carr went 21-of-25 through the air for Kingsville, and Lopez rushed 10 times for 92 yards.

The Hounds (5-4, 4-3) play their home finale at 2 p.m. on Saturday against new LSC rival Oklahoma Panhandle State at Greyhound Stadium.

Rodeo — ENMU closed the fall portion of its schedule over the weekend in a rodeo hosted by Texas Tech at Lubbock. The women’s took first place with 345 points to 285 for Tarleton State, while the men notched a season-best second-place finish, tallying 310 points to 390 for TSU.

Senior Tierra Gray led the Greyhounds in women’s competition, winning breakaway roping competition. Senior Tawny Barry came in third and junior Celie Vick placed fifth for the Hounds in goat tying.

For the men, Jacob Lewis won bronc riding competition, placing first in the first round, the short round and the average. Meantime, senior Cooper Brott and junior Levi Lord were sixth in the first round in team roping before coming back to win the short round and average.