NAIA
ARKANSAS BAPTIST AT OTTAWA (ARIZ.)
WHEN 6 p.m. Central
WHERE Spirit Field, Surprise, Ariz.
INTERNET ouazspirit.com
TV None
RECORDS Arkansas Baptist 2-6, 1-5 Sooner Athletic Conference; Ottawa 6-0, 5-0
COACHES Richard Wilson (18th season at Arkansas Baptist, 12-40 in fourth season at NAIA level); Reilly Murphy (6-0 in first season at Ottawa, 14-17 in fourth season overall)
SERIES Ottawa leads 2-0
LAST MEETING Ottawa scored 58 points in the first half in an eventual 85-12 victory on Oct. 19, 2024, at Little Rock.
NOTEWORTHY Arkansas Baptist has lost four games in a row by at least 21 points. … Ottawa’s Luke Giron threw five touchdown passes when the teams played last year. This season, he’s 85 of 151 for 1,308 yards with 15 touchdowns. He’s also scored three times on the ground. … Darryl Searcy Jr. ran for 117 yards on 23 carries last week for Arkansas Baptist during its 45-8 loss to Wayland Baptist (Texas). He also caught one pass for 9 yards. … Ottawa is ranked No. 12 in the NAIA after beating Arizona Christian 38-14 in its previous game.
NCAA DIVISION III
CENTENARY (LA.) AT HENDRIX
WHEN 6 p.m.
WHERE Young-Wise Memorial Stadium, Conway
INTERNET hendrixwarriors.com
TV None
RECORDS Centenary 1-5, 1-2 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference; Hendrix 4-3, 2-1
COACHES Byron Dawson (5-11 in second season at Centenary and overall); Buck Buchanan (61-61 in 13th season at Hendrix and overall)
SERIES Centenary leads 3-2
LAST MEETING A 36-point, first half catapulted Hendrix to a 43-20 victory on Sept. 7, 2024, Shreveport.
NOTEWORTHY Jacob Buniff threw four touchdowns in last season’s game for Hendrix. He finished with 192 yards passing and rushed for 47 yards. … Centenary picked up its first victory of 2025 when it beat Lyon on Oct. 18, but it followed that with a 52-6 loss to league-leading McMurry (Texas) last week. … Auvic White has rushed 118 times for 600 yards and 7 touchdowns for the Warriors. He’s eclipsed 100 yards on the ground three times, including a week ago when he carried for 123 yards against Lyon. … The Gents rushed for only 9 yards in the loss to McMurry. Abram Wardell did have 229 yards passing.
LYON AT AUSTIN (TEXAS)
WHEN 1 p.m. Central
WHERE Jerry E. Apple Stadium, Sherman, Texas
INTERNET acroos.com
TV None
RECORDS Lyon 1-5, 0-3 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference; Austin 1-5, 0-3
COACHES Chris Douglas (10-40 in sixth season at Lyon, 69-109 in 20th season overall); Tony Joe White (5-22 in third season at Austin, 39-40 in ninth season overall)
SERIES Austin leads 3-0
LAST MEETING Austin broke free from a 7-7 halftime tie to win 31-21 on Nov. 16, 2024, at Sherman, Texas.
NOTEWORTHY Either Austin or Lyon will win their first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference game of the season. … Austin quarterback Jaylon Talton is fifth in the league in passing with 1,060 yards. He’s completed 86 of 145 passes with 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. The junior had two touchdown passes in last year’s meeting with Lyon. … The Scots led Hendrix 21-17 last Saturday but surrendered 21 straight points in losing for the third consecutive time. … Linebacker Trampas Stubbs has 32 tackles to lead Lyon. Keidrick Wooten, who’s garnered 24 stops, has six sacks for negative-26 yards.
SCAC standings;CONF.;ALLMcMurry (Texas);3-0;4-3Texas Lutheran;3-0;4-3Hendrix;2-1;4-3Centenary (La.);1-2;1-5Austin (Texas);0-3;2-5Lyon;0-3;1-5SATURDAY’S GAMESAll times CentralLyon at Austin (Texas), 1 p.m.Texas Lutheran at McMurry (Texas), 6 p.m.Centenary (La.) at Hendrix, 6 p.m.