Former Arkansas quarterback Austin Allen has accepted an invitation to play in the National Football League Players Association Collegiate Bowl game. Allen, a senior from Fayetteville, will join Arkansas teammate Kevin Richardson of Jacksonville, who already had announced he accepted an invitation to the game.
The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, which began in 2012, will take place Jan. 20, 2018, at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
"Ready to compete against some of the best in the country," Allen wrote on his Twitter account.
Lyon hires new coach
Lyon College announced Tuesday its hiring of Canadian Football League assistant coach Casey Creehan to be the Scots' third head football coach.
Creehan began his duties at Lyon College on Friday, after second-year Coach Kyle Phelps resigned Nov. 27.
The Scots finished 6-5 overall and 4-4 in the Central States Football League during the 2017 season and will participate as an associate member of the Sooner Athletic Conference beginning in the 2018 season.
Creehan has been the Edmonton Eskimos defensive line coach for the past two seasons, and Edmonton reached the CFL Western Conference final before losing 32-28 to the Calgary Stampeders. Prior to the Eskimos, Creehan served in various defensive assistant roles with the Toronto Argonauts, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Calgary Stampeders.
During his 19 years of coaching, Creehan has coached in two Grey Cup National Championships, 12 CFL playoff games and the NCAA FCS (then I-AA) playoffs.
He was a member of the football team at Grove City (Pa.) College and was selected as a team captain during the 1998 season.
Creehan took his first coaching position as a defensive assistant at Lehigh (Pa.) University and helped coach the Mountain Hawks to a Patriot League Championship and a berth in the NCAA I-AA playoffs in 1998.
BASKETBALL
UAFS women drop Henderson State
The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith shot 58 percent from the floor in a 76-60 victory over Henderson State University in Arkadelphia.
Lundon Williams led the Lady Lions (6-4) with 17 points while Olivia Hanson had 15. Haleigh Henson led Henderson State (4-4) with 17 points. Pink Jones had 13.
Harding women can’t close gap
Harding University’s women closed a 17-point deficit to four with four minutes left but lost 65-57 to Drury (Mo.) at Rhodes-Reeves Field House on Tuesday night.
Trailing 56-39 going into the fourth quarter, Harding used a 14-1 run to get within four. After Harding missed two chances to close the deficit further, Drury’s Alice Heinzler hit a layup with 1:37 left to put Drury up by six.
Sydnie Jones led Harding (3-6) with 10 points and six rebounds. Heather Harman led Drury (8-1) with 23 points. Heinzler added 20.
Ozarks men win on the road
The University of the Ozarks' Dylan Gray hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 3:38 remaining in the second half to hold off McMurry 69-64 on Tuesday in American Southwest Conference play in Abilene, Texas.
Gray finished with 14 points for Ozarks (3-4, 1-1 ASC), and Zach Bobo came off the bench to add 13 points.
McMurry Women Top Ozarks
McMurry rallied from a 14-8 deficit after the first quarter to beat the University of the Ozarks 76-61 on Tuesday in Abilene, Texas.
Hailey Ostrander led Ozarks (1-5, 0-2 ASC) with 17 points, while Diamond Goodwyn and Kate Smith added 15 and 11 points, respectively.
Sports on 12/06/2017