Texas Tech backup quarterback Behren Morton came on for the injured Shough in the first quarter and put together a pair of scoring drives.
The teams traded 79-yard scoring drives early in the fourth quarter. Morton found Jerand Bradley with a 6-yard scoring pass. Marchiol answered with a 9-yard TD toss to Kole Taylor to put West Virginia ahead 20-10.
Morton then threw a 16-yard pass to Bradley on third down to set up Texas Tech at the West Virginia 16. But Morton threw three straight incompletions and the Red Raiders settled for Gino Garcia’s second field goal, a 34-yarder with 4:45 left.Marchiol, a redshirt freshman, got his first career start in place of Garrett Greene, who was held out with an ankle sprain sustained a week ago in a 17-6 win over Pittsburgh.
Marchiol led West Virginia with 72 rushing yards. But he didn’t see several open receivers and was held to 12 of 21 passing for 78 yards.Texas Tech: Time ran out on the Red Raiders, who outplayed the Mountaineers after halftime but couldn’t put together enough key plays.The Mountaineers have won three straight games for the first time under coach Neal Brown, who is 25-26 in his fifth season. West Virginia also snapped a four-game losing streak to the Red Raiders.West Virginia travels to TCU next Saturday night.
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