WVU Holds Off Texas Tech

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nicco Marchiol’s first career start was full of hiccups, oversights and mistakes. The West Virginia quarterback sure was happy about how it turned out. The redshirt freshman threw a touchdown pass in place of the injured Garrett Greene, CJ Donaldson added a short TD run and West Virginia held off Texas Tech 20-13 in its Big 12 opener on Saturday. West Virginia was held under 300 total yards of offense for the second straight week. But its defense played another solid game to overcome any deficiencies on the other side of the ball. On a day that saw former standout defensive end Bruce Irvin inducted into West Virginia’s Sports Hall of Fame, the Mountaineers limited Texas Tech to 56 total yards in the first half and 321 overall in a steady drizzle from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Ophelia.