McCaskill with 3 TDs as Houston dominates Tulsa 45-10

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(AP) — Freshman Alton McCaskill scored a career-best 3 touchdowns — each successful the archetypal fractional — and Clayton Tune passed for 241 yards and a brace of scores arsenic Houston defeated Tulsa 45-10 connected Friday night.

McCaskill, who gained 77 yards connected 17 carries, scored doubly from the 1-yard enactment and added a 27-yard burst up the middle that included a pirouette astatine astir the 15 arsenic helium broke done the last defenders. He had antecedently scored 2 touchdowns each successful wins implicit Rice and Grambling.

Houston (4-1, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) scored 3 consecutive possessions early, starring 21-0 little than a infinitesimal into the 2nd quarter. Tune was 17 of 24 passing with touchdowns to Jeremy Singleton aboriginal and Seth Green late.

Tulsa’s archetypal 4 possessions resulted successful 2 punts, a turnover connected downs and an interception. The Hurricanes ne'er got connected track, with 27 yards rushing, 3 turnovers and 11 penalties for 119 yards.

Two plays aft a walk interference punishment connected Houston kept a Tulsa thrust alive, Davis Brin recovered Ezra Naylor II heavy implicit the middle connected a 41-yard scoring walk arsenic the Hurricanes chopped the spread to 42-10 precocious successful the game.

Brin completed 20 of 39 passes for 258 yards with a touchdown against 3 interceptions. He was sacked 4 times for a nonaccomplishment of 40 yards.

Just earlier halftime, Tulsa’s Jaise Oliver intercepted Tune, resulting successful an 11-play 65-yard thrust ending with a 33-yard Zack Long tract extremity arsenic the Hurricanes went into the interruption trailing 28-3.

Tulsa (1-4, 0-1) opened the 2nd fractional with the ball, but held it for lone 3 plays earlier Brin was picked disconnected by Houston’s Gervarrius Owens, who returned it 45 yards for a Cougars touchdown.

Owens caught a tipped pass and picked up a convoy of blockers arsenic helium returned it on the close sideline for the score.

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