Eastern Washington outlasts Montana State 52-51

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- The much-anticipated showdown between Big Sky Conference powers Eastern Washington and Montana State lived up to its billing and then some. Mario Brown scored on a 1-yard run with 27 seconds left and quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. ran in the two-point conversion to lift Eastern Washington to a 52-51 non-conference victory over the Bobcats on Saturday. The Bobcats (2-2) had forged ahead with 1:55 to play when Dakota Prukop threw his fourth touchdown pass of the game hitting Shaun Johnson from nine yards on third-and-goal, putting MSU up 51-44. MSU got to the EWU 43-yard line, but a pass in the flat to Johnson that could've put the Bobcats in field goal range went off his hands. A last gasp heave into the end zone fell incomplete as MSU lost to EWU for the third straight year.