ABILENE, Texas - The second trip this season to Texas for the Lyon College wasn't as bad as the last time a couple of weeks ago, but a 52-14 loss to the McMurry War Hawks on Saturday afternoon in Abilene didn't exactly sit well for the Scots either.

The Scots (2-3) led 7-6 early on after ap 64-yard touchdown pass from Brady Miller to Karson Douglas midway through the first quarter. Miller, however went down with an injury on the play and left the game for a time. McMurry scored two more touchdowns to lead 21-7 by the end of the opening period.

By halftime, the War Hawks led 38-7.

A strong defensive stand for the Scots to open the third quarter resulted in a McMurry four-yard punt. Lyon College started offensively at the War Hawks 20 yard line and Jaylin Babers ran through the middle of the McMurry defense for a13 yard gain and two plays later Babers took the ball to down to the one-yard line on a six-yard carry. From there, Eli Funck punched in a quarterback sneak for a touchdown to cut the War Hawk lead to 38-14. 

McMurry went on to add two more touchdowns in the third quarter to lead by 38. 

The Scots managed 157 yards of total offense in the game to 642 for McMurry. 
Individually, Miller was 5-for-12 for 87 yards and a touchdown for the Scots before his injury. Funck was 5-for-12 passing for 24 yards, Joe Galay came in and was 3-for-4 for 22 yards and Noah Paez had one pass attempt and one completion for three yards. 

Babers led the rushing attack for Lyon College with nine rushes for 27 yards with a long run of 21 yards. Kurt Overton had eight carries for 16 yards and Funck ran nine times for 28 yards. On the receiving end, Douglas had three catches for 76 yards and a touchdown, Aedan Huntsman had three catches for 16 yards, Tanner Mobley had two catches for 12 yards and Reggie Brown had two catches for nine yards.Others to have one catch were Jaron Price, Peyton Richardson, Xavier Long and Caleb Allen.

Micah Morrison led the Scots defense with eight solo tackles and nine total stops. Camden Clear had seven total tackles, six of which were solos and one tackle for a loss. Nate Sarver had seven tackles, five of which were solo and two assisted tackles. He had three-and-a-half tackles for losses that totaled 16 yards and two sacks for a minus-12 yards. Keidrick Wooten, Trevor McClanahan and Will Litton both had tackles for losses and Tanner Pollett had two break-ups of McMurry passes. 

In the kicking game, Jesus Romero-Castillo had 11 punts for 411 yards and averaged 37.4 yards per kick. Brown had one kickoff return for 44 yards and Long had three kickoff returns for 33 yards, with a long run of 23 yards.