MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (Ticker) -- West Virginia's season
keeps getting better, and Syracuse's keeps getting worse.
Avon Cobourne and Quincy Wilson combined for more than 200 yards
and Rasheed Marshall threw for a touchdown and ran for two more
as West Virginia rolled to a 34-7 Big East Conference victory
over Syracuse, which has lost four straight games.
West Virginia (5-2, 2-0 Big East) amassed 279 rushing yards and
improved to 5-0 when scoring 30 or more points. The
Mountaineers ended a three-game losing streak in the series.
The Orangemen (1-6, 0-3) continued to struggle on defense, where
they are allowing more than 32 points per game. They have lost
four in a row for the first time in 16 years.
Cobourne rushed for 108 yards on 28 carries, his sixth 100-yard
game of the season. Wilson added 99 yards and a touchdown on 16
carries, falling just short of his second 100-yard effort.
The nation's second-best ground game was working so well that
Marshall needed to throw just 16 passes, completing eight for
105 yards, including a 20-yard TD toss to Miquelle Henderson
early in the third quarter that made it 27-0.
Marshall had 54 yards on 11 carries. His four-yard scoring
jaunt capped an 80-yard march following the opening kickoff.
After West Virginia's Todd James kicked field goals of 36 and 25
yards, Marshall had a 14-yard TD run that made it 20-0 with
11:18 left in the second quarter. That score was set up by a
fumble by Syracuse's Walter Reyes that WVU recovered on the
Orangemen 26-yard line.
Syracuse, which committed four turnovers, finally broke through
on a two-yard TD run by Chris Davis with 5:09 left in the third
quarter. Wilson banged in from the 1 with 15 seconds to play.
Syracuse's Troy Nunes was 10-of-17 for 99 yards before being
replaced by R.J. Anderson, who was just 6-of-17 for 71 yards and
an interception.
West Virginia hosts top-ranked Miami next week.
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