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PINEVILLE, La. – The No. 20 Louisiana College Wildcats' hopes for the NCAA Division III were dashed Saturday. The McMurry War Hawks scored 27 unanswered points in the first half, withstood and LC comeback attempt and registered a 49-28 win.

The sewed up the 2011 American Southwest Conference race. Mary Hardin-Baylor (9-0, 7-0 ASC), which holds wins over both Louisiana College and McMurry, will finish first while McMurry (7-2, 6-1 ASC) will take second and LC (7-2, 5-2 ASC) will take third by virtue of a tiebreaker.

In the heavily contested national race for the Division III playoffs, it is rare for more than two teams from a single conference to be selected. Last season, one in which Louisiana College finished as the second-place team in the ASC, only Mary-Hardin-Baylor earned a postseason berth.

It was a loss that put a damper on 12 Wildcats' senior day and overshadowed a record-setting performance by senior receiver Darnell Williams (Gulfport, Miss./Winter Park HS).

Playing in his last home game, Williams broke the school single-game receiving record by making nine grabs for 244 yards and one, 18-yard touchdown reception.

Williams' touchdown grab put LC up 7-0 in the first quarter before McMurry, led by senior quarterback Jake Mullin, rattled off 27 unanswered points.

Mullin completed two touchdown passes, 66 to Delfonte Diamond and 16 to RJ Long, and a pair of fake punts set up the  other two touchdowns.

Punter Stephen Warren hit Jaret Smith for an 85-yard touchdown on a fake punt pass then kept on a fake punt run deep in War Hawk territory.

Mullin finished with 446 yards and four touchdowns on 25-for-39 passing with Diamond accounting for 145 yards and a touchdown on six receptions.

Wildcat quarterback Jamie Bunting (Alexandria, La./Alexandria Senior High) went for 454 yards and two touchdowns on 25-of-43 passing.

Mullin threw a pair of interceptions, one apiece to Reggie Calhoun (New Orleans, La./Slidell HS) and Nate Janzen (Pottsboro,Texas/Pottsboro HS), while Bunting was picked off by D.J. Baiza.

Baiza also recovered an LC fumble on the McMury one in the fourth quarter to turn the Wildcats away empty-handed on a drive that could have ended with Louisiana College only one possession down.

Louisiana College will close its 2011 season on the road on Nov. 12 with a trip to Hardin-Simmons.