Brendan Sorsby had a pair of speeding touchdowns as Cincinnati scored 24 unanswered first-half factors in a 24-14 win over visiting Arizona State in a Large 12 matchup Saturday afternoon at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sorsby, accomplished 23 of 31 passes for 206 yards with an interception for the Bearcats (5-2, 2-1 Large 12), whereas additionally speeding seven occasions for 26 yards.
Corey Kiner rushed 22 occasions for 99 yards for Cincinnati and eclipsed 2,000 speeding yards for his profession. Xzavier Henderson caught eight passes for 67 yards.
Cam Skattebo carried 17 occasions for 75 yards with two TDs for the Solar Devils (5-2, 2-2), who’re of their debut Large 12 season and noticed their two-game convention successful streak come to an finish.
Arizona State quarterback Jeff Sims was 12 of 23 for 155 yards, whereas Jordyn Tyson had six receptions for 108 yards.
The Solar Devils put collectively a powerful six-play, 66-yard drive on their first collection after forcing a Cincinnati punt. Sims led the offense to the 2-yard line earlier than Skattebo took a pitch, danced by a defender and cashed in with the primary rating at 10:35.
The protection did its half once more on the subsequent collection as Keith Abney II picked off Sorsby, however the Bearcats’ Kameron Wilson recovered a Skattebo fumble. Sorsby then dashed 14 yards to tie the rating 7-all.
Nathan Hawks’ 46-yard area purpose with 2:18 remaining within the first quarter gave Cincinnati its first lead.
Lower than 4 minutes into the second quarter, Evan Pryor pushed the benefit to 17-7 by blazing away on a 55-yard TD run as Cincinnati. Sorsby rounded out the first-half scoring on a TD run from 1 yard out for a 24-7 lead with just below two minutes remaining earlier than the half.
The Bearcats led 274-138 in complete first-half yardage and had 148-56 benefit in yards passing.
The Solar Devils went 74 yards in eight performs late within the third quarter to get a 1-yard TD run from Skattebo, reducing the deficit to 24-14.
Arizona State tried to make it a one-score sport inside the ultimate six minutes, however Ian Hershey missed field-goal makes an attempt from 48 and 41 yards.
–Discipline Degree Media
