Nov. 11, 2006

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SAN MARCOS - Chase Wasson scored a school record 24 points on four combined touchdowns, catching one and running for three in a 41-21 Texas State win over Texas Southern Saturday at Bobcat Stadium.

The win sent 15 seniors out with a victory for the final time in San Marcos, and two senior defensive backs - Walter Musgrove and Dallas Coleman - came away with interceptions in their final game at Jim Wacker Field. The game also saw 13,471 fans help break the school's average attendance record, as Texas State (4-6) averaged 12,885 fans in six home contests, ten better than the 12,875 average in 2005.

Ronnie Miller hauled in three catches for 31 yards in the game, and Wasson led the `Cats in receiving yards with 50. Wasson finished the game with 125 yards on the ground and 44 more through the air to lead Texas State with 219 yards of total offense, while Stan Zwinggi led the Bobcats on the ground with 172 yards and a score.

Senior linebacker Shola Obafemi led the team with 11 tackles on the night, and the Bobcat defense forced three Texas Southern turnovers as a unit, including a third-quarter fumble that led to a Bobcat scoring drive.

Tino Edgecombe led the Tigers (3-7) with 128 yards on 9-of-26 passing, while William Suydam rushed for a career-high 111 yards and a score on 19 carries.

Wasson put Texas State on the board first with 11:32 to go in the opening quarter, scrambling 42 yards for a touchdown that put the `Cats up 7-0.

After surviving a fake punt on Texas Southern's next series, the Bobcats made the score 14-0 when Morris Crosby found Wasson on a 50-yard throw-back pass. On its first two scoring drives, Texas State used only five plays, covering 112 yards in 2:25 to take the two-touchdown lead.

The Tigers rebounded with a second quarter touchdown at the 10:55 mark, scoring when Suydam plunged in from a yard out to cut the lead to 14-7. Suydam helped set up his touchdown four plays prior, going 45 yards up the left side to add to the five-play, 73-yard scoring drive.

A possession later, Texas State's lead would climb back to double-digits, as Andrew Ireland booted a 23-yard field goal for a 17-7 advantage. Earlier in the series, Zwinggi went 39 yards to the Texas Southern 29, and a Wasson run paired with a Tiger personal foul to move the ball 16 yards two snaps later to the Tiger six.

Wasson scored the first of two touchdowns in the third quarter with 11:48 to go, finding pay dirt from one yard on a drive that was set up by a pair of Zwinggi first-down runs and a Wasson 20-yard scamper, and Ireland tacked on his second field goal of the day six minutes later, hitting from 45 yards with 5:57 remaining.

Wasson made the score 34-7 with 4:46 to go in the third on Texas State's next possession, running in from eight yards out for his second touchdown of the quarter and the Bobcats' third score.

Texas Southern closed the quarter with a 59-yard touchdown pass from Edgecomb to William Osborne that cut Texas State's lead to 34-14, and the Tigers made things interesting in the fourth when Stacey Thomas picked up a Zwinggi fumble at the 23 and returned it for a touchdown to make the score 34-21.

Zwinggi would atone for the miscue, however, going 30 yards to cap a four-play, 45-yard scoring drive to push the lead back to 41-21 with 1:51 to play. Texas Southern pushed the ball into Bobcat territory before time expired, but a Cornelius Harmon incompletion as time expired iced the game for the Bobcats, who came away with the 20-point win on Senior Day.

Texas State concludes the season Saturday in Huntsville, taking on Sam Houston State in the Southland Conference finale for both teams with kickoff slated for 2:00 p.m. at Bowers Stadium.