East Carolina tops Marshall

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Marshall vs. ECU article

By Courtney Williamson

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.-- Jonathan Williams ran a career-high 111 yards Saturday to help East Carolina beat Marshall, 37-10.

Dominique Davis threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns for ECU, now 4-0 in Conference USA play. The start is the Pirates’ best conference record since going 5-0 in 2001.

East Carolina (5-2) started slowly before ending the half with two touchdowns in the final two and half minutes to take a 20-10 halftime lead. The Pirates scored on their first three drives of the second half.

Marshall (1-6, 0-3) limited ECU to just 167 yards of offense in the first half and recorded 186 total yards of offense. However, ECU benefited from the three Marshall turnovers in the first half to gain momentum.

Marshall’s Brian Anderson was intercepted three times in the first half that all led to ECU scoring drives.

The Pirates’ offense scored two additional touchdowns with the extra point and a field goal in the second half to secure the 37-10 victory over the Thundering Herd.

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