WINFIELD - Kansas Wesleyan hung with 13th ranked Southwestern for a half but couldn't keep pace during the final 30 minutes.
Quarterback Jamie Odom ran for two touchdowns and threw for another in the second half, and the Moundbuilders pulled away for a 42-14 Kansas Conference and Gene Bissell Division victory Saturday afternoon at Richard L. Jantz Stadium.
The setback was the third in row for the Coyotes who ended the season with a 6-5 record, 2-3 in the division. Southwestern (10-1, 5-0) advances to NAIA postseason play after winning the division.
The game was tied 14-14 at halftime before Odom took over. He ran 11 yards for a touchdown on Southwestern's first possession of the third quarter and threw a 29-yard scoring pass to Bryce Chambers on the third possession as the Moundbuilders outscored KWU 21-0 in the period. Odom, a graduate student, finished the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds left in the game.
Christian Steward added 123 yards rushing on 16 carries - 82 yards on nine carries the second half - and scored two touchdowns while Chambers had six receptions for 161 yards and two scores.
"What a tale of two halves, right?" Wesleyan coach Matt Middleton said on the postgame radio show. "14 to 14, an interception (on KWU's second play of the third quarter), they score 21 and before you know it, it's out of control. So, it is what it is. We've got a lot to figure it out and we've got to get some things fixed."
KWU's Caleb Deal was 16 of 26 passing for 164 yards and a touchdown in the first half and finished 24 of 41 for 247 yards. He also had 21 yards rushing on 16 carries.
Mark Clayborne's one-yard run with 30 seconds left in the first quarter tied the game 7-7 and capped off a 19-play, 75-yard KWU drive. The Coyotes tied it again 14-14 with eight seconds left in the half on Deal's five-yard pass to Kyler Brown, the final play of a nine-play, 65-yard drive.
The Coyotes' best scoring opportunity in the second half came in the fourth quarter when they drove 67 yards on the Southwestern 1 but ultimately turned the ball over on downs.
Brown and Will Wilcox caught seven passes each, Wilcox for 56 yards and Brown 43. Kevo Taylor had three catches for 64 yards and Max Wilson five for 49.