BATESVILLE, Arkansas - The Lyon College Scots football team set a school scoring record with a 64-25 win over the visiting John Melvin University Millers on Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Stadium at Batesville High School.

The Scots (3-4) previously had scored a 63-26 win over Morthland College in 2016 and a 61-0 shutout of Trinity Bible College in 2017. 

Against John Melvin, the Scots led 10-0 after the first quarter, then an outburst of 30 points in the second period made for a 40-19 halftime lead. Lyon College scored first on a 22-yard field goal from Jesus Romero-Castillo, then with 2:01 left in the first quarter, Reggie Brown caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Eli Funck for a 10-0 lead. 

JMU scored in the first minute of the second quarter on a 67-yard run to cut the Scots lead to 10-7, but Karson Douglas caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Funck and Funck passed to Aedan Huntsman for a two-point conversion for an 18-7 lead with 14:17 left in the quarter. The Millers came back with an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and the extra point missed, leaving the score 18-13 at the 13:10 mark. Lyon came right back with a 55-yard pass from Funck to Karson Douglas for a 25-13 lead with 12:52 to go before halftime. Two minutes later, Jaylin Babers rushed for a 3-yard touchdown for teh Scots to make it a 32-13 game.

Three plays later, JMU broke out for a 63-yard touchdown run, but the extra point attempt was fumbled and picked up by Lyon's Nate Sarver who returned the PAT for two points and a 34-19 Scots lead. Kriston Belin scored on a 4-yard run for Lyon College with 8:07 to go in the first half to up the Scots lead to 40-19. 

The Millers scored in the first four minutes of the third quarter to make it 40-25, but Lyon came back and Huntsman caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Funck to make it 47-25. 

In the fourth quarter, Lyon scored again on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Funck to Douglas to make it 54-25 with 11:55 to play. Then Belin broke loose for a 75 yard touchdown run with 3:41 to play in the game to make it 61-25. The Scots got the ball back again and Romero-Castillo kicked a 32-yard field goal to set the Lyon College scoring record with 45 seconds to play in the game. 

The following are the statistics from the game:                JMU                           Lyon
First downs                                                                        18                              23
Rushes-yards (net)                                                            50-327                       31-191
Passing yards (net)                                                            96                              285
Passes completed-attempted-intercepted                        10-21-0                       22-29-0
Total offense plays-yardage                                                71-423                      60-476
Fumble-returns-yards                                                         0-0                            2-57
Punt returns-yards                                                              1-1                            1-24
Kickoff returns-yards                                                          8-209                         5-98
Interception return yards                                                    0-0                             0-0
Punts (Number-avg)                                                           6-26.0                        4-46.2
Fumbles-lost                                                                       2-2                             0-0
Penalties-Yards                                                                  15-110                        8-65
Possession Time                                                                36:32                          23:28
Third down conversions                                                      5 of 15                       0 of 8
Fourth down conversions                                                    2 of 4                         1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances                                                1-2                              7-7


Individual Stats                                            John Melvin                                                                                        Lyon College

Rushing               no.        gain            loss             net           TD        Lg.         Avg                                                   Rushing                         no.            gain            loss            net             TD         Lg.         Avg.
Obadiah Butler    12        198                2                196           2        67            16.3                                                 Kriston Belin                  9                141            0                141              2            75        15.7
Gared Clark         7           52                0                 52             0        15            7.4                                                   Tanner Mobley              9                 32              8                 24              0            11           2.7
Marlon Freeney   17         53                8                 45             0        25            2.6                                                    Eli Funck                      5                 23              0                 23              0            11           5.8
Bray. Lavergne    9           23                4                 19             1          6            2.1                                                    Jaylin Babers               5                 19              4                 15              1            16           3.0

Passing                     C-A-I                Yards            TD            Long                Sack                                                   Passing                            C-A-I                Yards                   TD                Long            Sack
Gared Clark               10-21-0            96                0                19                    0                                                         Eli Funck                        21-28-0              280                       5                 55                    0
                                                                                                                                                                                    Joe Galay                        1-1-0                 5                          0                  5                     0

Receiving                    TAR            No.            Yards            YAC            TD            Long                                           Receiving                        TAR            No.           Yards                YAC            TD            Long
Caleb Lee                    5                3                34                18                0                19                                               Karson Douglas                7                6                100                81                3               55
Darien Chevalier         3                3                26                 8                  0                15                                               Aedan Huntsman             11               5                32                  26                1               20
Marlon Freeney           1                1               14                  14                0                14                                              Reginald Brown                4                4                 83                  10                1              30
Jordan  Pollock            3                1                8                   5                 0                 8                                                Xavier Long                      4                4                 33                   6                 0               14

Tackles                         UA-A                    Total                Sacks                TFL                                                            Tackles                            UA-A                    Total                Sacks                TFL
Lane Comeaux            8-3                        11                    0                        0                                                                Nate Sarver                    3-3                        6                        0                      0.5
Jacquet Livings           5-2                         7                     0                        0                                                                 William Litton                  2-4                       6                        0                       1.0
Jeffrey Pillows             3-2                         5                     0                        1.0                                                              Aiden McHan                  3-2                       5                        0                        0
Joshua Morrise           1-4                         5                      0                        0.5                                                             Austin Swaim                  1-4                       5                        0                        1.0

Punting                         No.                        Yards                Avg.               Long             IN20         TB                        Punting                            No.            Yards.            Avg.                Long            IN20        TB
Marlon Freeney            4                            141                    35.2             57                    0            1                            Jesus Romero-Castillo    3                137                45.7                55                1            0
Levi Neeley                  2                            15                       85                11                    0            0                            Eli Funck                         1                   48                48.0                48                0            1

Punt returns                 No.                    Yards                TD            Long                                                                    Punt Returns                        No.                Yards                    TD             Long
Obadiah Butler               1                        1                    0                1                                                                            Xavier Long                        1                    24                        0                24

Kickoff Returns                    No.                Yards            TD            Long                                                                      Kickoff Returns                    No                    Yards                TD                Long
Obadiah Butler                    7                    124                0               27                                                                         Reginald Brown                   3                        46                    0                    33
Darian Chevalier                  1                    85                  1              85                                                                         Xavier Long                         2                         52                    0                    29