RICHARDSON ? ACU senior running back
Bernard Scott and senior placekicker
Matt Adams
were honored Monday by the Lone Star Conference, earning the final
weekly honors of their collegiate careers.
Scott is the LSC South Division co-Offensive Player of the Week, while Adams has been named the LSC South Division Special Teams Player of the Week. Scott and Adams each played key roles in the Wildcats' 47-17 win over Midwestern State last Saturday that gave ACU its first outright LSC championship since 1973 and completed the program's first undefeated regular season since 1950.
Running against a Midwestern State defense that entered Saturday's game as the nation's fifth-leading rush defense (64.9 ypg allowed), Scott cracked the 200-yard mark for the third time in the Wildcats' last four games, carrying 27 times for 201 yards and one touchdowns in a win over the Mustangs. The win gave the Wildcats their first outright LSC championship since 1973 and propelled them to the No. 1 seed in NCAA Division II Super Regional Four.
Scott carried the ball 27 times for 201 yards and one touchdowns, averaging 7.4 yards per carry with a long run of 37 yards. He led an ACU offense that posted 571 yards (278 on the ground) against an MSU team allowing less than 300 yards per game entering the contest.
Adams became the conference's all-time leading kicking points scorer Saturday in the Wildcats' win over Midwestern State. Adams kicked four field goals and five PATs for 17 points to give him 318 career kicking points, breaking the previous record of 312, which was held by J.W. Boren of Tarleton State (1999-2002).
Adams tied the ACU record for field goals in a game (4) and became the first Wildcat in history to kick four field goals in a game twice, and his 17 kicking points set an ACU single-game record and is the second-highest single-game point total in LSC history. Adams is now the LSC all-time leader in PATs made (198), PAT attempts (207) and kicking points (318).
