East Carolina used a balanced offensive attack to pull away from Marshall in the second half en route to a 37-10 victory in Greenville, N.C. on Saturday night.
The Conference USA leading-Pirates (5-2, 4-0) gained 190 yards on the ground with 110 of those yards coming courtesy of senior running back Jon Williams who scored on a 29-yard touchdown run late in the first half to give the Pirates a 17-10 lead.
Marshall (1-6, 0-3) had possession of the ball longer than East Carolina, but was hampered in the first half by three interceptions thrown by senior quarterback Brian Anderson. East Carolina scored 17 of their 20 first half points off Marshall turnovers.
Anderson went 27 for 47 through the air for 217 yards for Marshall. He connected with junior receiver Troy Evans on a nine yard pass for the Thundering Herd’s only touchdown midway through the second quarter.
The Thundering Herd defense was led by redshirt freshman cornerback Monterius Lovett who had nine tackles and sophomore safety Donald Brown who had eight tackles and forced East Carolina’s only turnover, an interception with 2:15 to go in the first quarter.
East Carolina junior quarterback Dominique Davis completed 23 of his 39 passes for 208 yards and two touchdown strikes to receivers Lance Lewis and Mike Price. Davis also ran for 26-yard touchdown to start the second half for the Pirates.
East Carolina scored 27 unanswered points to account for the final margin of victory.
“You have to give East Carolina credit,” Marshall head coach Doc Holliday said in his post-game press conference. “They went in at halftime and made some adjustments and we had a hard time stopping them in the second half. I thought in the first half we got by with some things and slowed them down a bit.”
Marshall returns home for a cross-divisional matchup against the UTEP Miners on October 30.
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