University of Arkansas at Monticello football (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)
Jariq Scales collected 3 touchdowns and 176 yards, sparking a 426-yard rushing effort by Southern Arkansas University in a 60-17 win over the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Saturday in Magnolia.
SAU (9-2 overall and Great American), ranked 10th in Super Region Three, made a last-ditch effort to earn a top-7 ranking to qualify for the NCAA Division II playoffs. UAM (2-9) finished its season on a 9-game losing streak, its longest since dropping 10 straight in 2012.
Scales, who has 1,017 rushing yards on the season for the Muleriders, ran the ball 16 times Saturday with a long of 45 yards. O.B. Jones rushed for two touchdowns and 98 yards, finishing the regular season with 966 yards on the ground, and he completed 13 of 21 passes for 144 yards.
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