Not a badbeat story, there are legit questions in here

Last night I was in a little warm-up and usually feel very confident/+ev in tournaments $150 and less… I played $150 fo, 69 entries, 5k starting stack, 30 min blinds, every 2hr breaks. Last night I was card dead for hours at a time. I was able to chip up after losing 1/2 my stack making some moves and losing str8<flush. I began chipping up through 3 weaker players and get up to 10K going into first break. After break antes kick in, 2 bigger stacks and more competent players at the table on my left–then get smacked with worst cards in the deck for 2 levels 72, J2o, 49, etc… I was able to iso and bluff weaker player w 103 just to gain some of my chips back, but other than that I truly didnt even get a hand as good as suited gapper or any face–Essentially I was getting blinded out. I get down to like 12BB and wake up with 99 on Bu–MP+1 (19BB) opens 2.5x, CO calls (30bb). So I jam thinking that I might have FE on my side and trying to maximize the hand. Both players just moved to the table and havent seen that Ive been knitting sweaters for hours at a time.

Smaller pairs, Ax, and some broadways in their range IMO but they were new to the table… Can I ever fold there? What can you do when going completely card dead for such a long time?