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Knights scuttle error-prone Bucs
By The Associated Press
GREENVILLE — Quarterback
Steven Moffett hooked up with Mike Walker on two long fourth-quarter
touchdown passes as Central Florida came back to defeat East Carolina
30-20 on Saturday.
Moffett threw a 38-yard
touchdown pass to Walker with 9:12 remaining to give the Golden Knights
(5-3, 4-1 Conference USA) the lead for good.
It was the 11th
consecutive game of making a touchdown pass for Moffett, who connected
with Walker again for a 31-yard score with 4:00 left.
Jason Peters rushed for a
game-high 114 yards and scored two first-half touchdowns for Central
Florida, which overcame a season-high 542 yards of total offense by the
Pirates (3-5, 2-3).
East Carolina contributed
to Central Florida's cause by committing a season-high six turnovers.
Brandon Fractious rushed
for a career-high 107 yards and scored the first two touchdowns of his
career, the second one giving East Carolina a 20-17 lead with 12:14 to
go.
On the ensuing possession,
the Golden Knights drove 80 yards in nine plays, and Moffett found
Walker over the top of East Carolina's secondary for the deciding score.
Following Pirates
quarterback James Pinkney's season-high third interception, the duo of
Moffett and Walker sealed the victory on another deep ball over the
middle.
Walker finished with seven
receptions for 110 yards.
East Carolina fought back
from a 17-3 halftime deficit.
Fractious scored on a
26-yard run with 5:03 to go in the third quarter, and Robert Lee kicked
a field goal to make it 17-13 going into the final period.
Pinkney threw two
interceptions and had one fumble in the first half as the Pirates
committed four turnovers.
The Golden Knights took
advantage, rolling up 195 rushing yards before halftime.
Central Florida's first
score came in the first quarter after East Carolina's Travis Williams
muffed a punt inside his own 5-yard line. The Golden Knights recovered
at the 1, and Peters bulled into the end zone two plays later.
With the score 10-3 midway
through the second quarter, Peters broke loose for a 67-yard touchdown
run down the left sideline to give Central Florida its two-touchdown
halftime advantage.
02/23/2007 10:54 AM
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