MARSHALL — Trailing 17-0 in the fourth quarter, the Sul Ross State football team scored 14 unanswered points, but the comeback fell short.

The East Texas Baptist University Tigers were able to edge out the Lobos, 17-14, on Saturday afternoon at Ornelas Stadium.

It was a slow start for both offenses in the first quarter.

The Tigers missed out on three points when a 36-yard field goal attempt was missed with 9:46 on the clock.

ETBU marched the ball down to the Sul Ross eight-yard line where it settled for a 25-yard field goal by Christian Piazza with 2:13 to go in the opening quarter.

Korbin Covarrubiaz was picked off by Kenneth Bradley on the next offensive series for the Lobos just as time expired.

The turnover resulted in a quick four-play drive by the Tigers that ended with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Cornelius Banks to Terrance Terrell with 14:32 in the second quarter.

Down 10-0, the Lobos had a chance to get on the board with a 35-yard field goal attempt, but the kick was no good.

The Tiger defense got another interception that led to a 10-yard touchdown run by Banks to make the score 17-0 with 6:48 in the third quarter.

To start the fourth quarter, the Lobo defense came up big when Dayln Dunbar sacked the quarterback and forced a fumble as he was able to recover the loose ball.

Sul Ross used the turnover to its advantage as Covarrubiaz later ran into the end zone for a five-yard touchdown with 11:38 remaining.

The Lobo secondary then came up with a clutch interception by James Parker that was returned for an 86-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to three with 6:38 left in the ballgame.

ETBU then put together a 12-play drive to run out the clock.

The Tiger defense came away with four interceptions as the Lobos were held to 230 total yards of offense.

Covarrubiaz completed 13 of 37 passes for 87 yards while he rushed for 67 yards on 12 carries.

Ozias Wright finished with 37 rushing yards on six carries while Vicente Luevano grabbed five receptions for 31 yards.

Ronin Williams led the Lobo defense with 20 total tackles and one tackle for loss while Dunbar finished with three tackles for loss, a forced fumble and two sacks.

Jade Rios added with 18 total tackles.

>> WHAT THE COACH SAID: "We lost a tough one today. Our guys fought hard and we had opportunities from halftime field goal and the opening kickoff. We knew we were up for a dogfight and the margin for error would be small. Defense stepped up and came up with multiple turnovers that set us up to be in the game late. We'll need everyone's focus in the final week to win the final game of the year." — Barry Derickson 

>> RECORDS: Sul Ross 3-6 (3-4); ETBU 4-5 (4-4)
 
>> UP NEXT: The Lobos host Southwestern University at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 for the final game of the season.