Baldwin City ? Baker junior running back Cornell Brown had two rushing touchdowns — including a game-winning score with 46 seconds left — to lead the No. 2-ranked Wildcats to a 31-28 victory over No. 9 Missouri Valley on Saturday at Liston Stadium.

Baker jumped out to a 17-7 lead in the first quarter behind two Logan Brettell touchdown passes to Quanzee Johnson. Brown found pay dirt on a 3-yard run with 2:34 remaining in the first half to push the Wildcats’ lead to 24-7, but the Vikings scored three unanswered touchdowns to put Baker’s perfect season on the ropes.

Missouri Valley took its first lead with 6:26 to play when Jake Bridges hit Chvon Richardson for an 18-yard touchdown pass. The Vikings defense had shut out Baker in the second half until Brettell orchestrated the game-winning drive with just under two minutes remaining. Brettell completed five consecutive passes to help set up Brown’s 2-yard touchdown run to win it.

Brettell threw for 355 yards along with the two touchdowns to Johnson, and completed 26 of his 45 attempts. Brown led the Wildcats on the ground with 52 yards and the two scores on 19 carries.

The Wildcats (10-0 overall, 4-0 in the Heart of America South Division) clinched at least a share of the Heart South division title with one week remaining in the regular season.

Baker will conclude the regular season against Evangel at 11 a.m. Saturday at Liston Stadium.

Scoring plays

First quarter

13:21 — Quanzee Johnson 44 pass from Logan Brettell. Clarence Clark kick. (Baker 7, Missouri Valley 0.)

9:53 — Clark 37 field goal. (Baker 10, Missouri Valley 0.)

8:01 — Jake Bridges 7 pass from Khalil Smith. Austin Johnson kick. (Baker 10, Missouri Valley 7.)

1:57 — Johnson 7 pass from Brettell. Clark kick. (Baker 17, Missouri Valley 7.)

Second quarter

2:34 — Cornell Brown 3 run. Clark kick. (Baker 24, Missouri Valley 7.)

0:22 — Bridges 1 run. Clark kick. (Baker 24, Missouri Valley 14.)

Third quarter

11:19 — Joseph Young 22 pass from Bridges. Clark kick. (Baker 24, Missouri Valley 21.)

Fourth quarter

6:26 — Chvon Richardson 18 pass from Bridges. Johnson kick. (Missouri Valley 28, Baker 24.)

0:46 — Brown 2 run. Clark kick. (Baker 31, Missouri Valley 28.)