WILBERFORCE, Ohio -- Missouri S&T had a 12-point lead with under nine minutes to go Saturday, but Central State rallied and scored a touchdown as time expired -- then kicked the extra point to come away with a stunning 29-28 win over the Miners.

The Miners, who scored 21 unanswered points in the first quarter before being held scoreless during the middle two periods, moved ahead 28-16 on the first play of the fourth quarter when Brad Guidry (Rusk, Texas/Rusk) connected with Mike Greaving (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary's) on a 17-yard scoring pass. However, S&T was unable to slam the door on the Marauders.

First, Guidry had an overthrown pass picked off by Darius Lewis which was returned 15 yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to 28-22. Following a kickoff that went out of bounds -- giving S&T the ball at its own 40 -- the Miners turned the ball over a fumble to give Central State the ball right back.

S&T was able to stop the Marauders on downs on that series, but went three-and-out on its next possession and CSU took after a punt on its own 45-yard line with 3:15 to play.

The Marauders got a 35-yard pass play from Jeff Brooks to Daniel Stover to get to the S&T, then retained possession after a fumble on the next play. On third down, Jude Diegue completed a pass to Stover to the S&T two-yard line with just over a minute to go.

S&T stopped two running plays for no gain, forcing the Marauders to use their final timeout with 24 seconds remaining. Diegue was then stopped short of the goal line on third down, but Central State was able to line up and get another play off before time expired and Brooks got over on a second effort to tie the score as regulation time expired.

The Marauders were flagged for a excessive celebration after the Brooks touchdown, which moved the extra point attempt back 15 yards. CSU kicker Alphonso Lopez, who had already missed two extra point tries in the contest, converted this attempt to win the game.

Central State took the early lead in the game when Keyonte Hicks ran 53 yards for a touchdown on the second play of the game, but the Miners answered that with a quick 56-yard drive that culminated in a four-yard scoring pass from Jason Schlueter (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon) to Greaving.

S&T then forced a turnover on downs at the CSU 25, which led to a five-yard scoring run by Jerome Miller (Toronto, Ont./Don Bosco) to give the Miners a 14-7 lead. Then before the first quarter ended, Steve Edwards (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin) blocked a Tyrel Thompson punt and returned it 13 yards for a score to put the Miners up by a 21-7 count.

The Marauders trimmed the Miner lead on a nine-yard touchdown toss from Brooks to Marcus Clark early in the second quarter and then on a 25-yard field goal by Lopez late in the third quarter -- minutes after a Miner scoring chance ended with an interception in the end zone -- to make the score 21-16.

S&T followed the Lopez field goal with its longest scoring drive of the day, getting a 25-yard run from David Shields (Florissant, Mo./Cardinal Ritter) and a 28-yard pass play to Greaving to set up the scoring pass to the senior wideout to give the Miners their 12-point lead early in the fourth period.

Central State finished the game with a 490-to-241 advantage in yardage, with Hicks finishing the afternoon with 135 yards rushing. Shields led the Miners with 53 yards on the ground, but the Miners had only 124 yards through the air and turned the ball over three times.