/ SPORTS / WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Boise State wins 21st straight
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BOISE, Idaho — Kellen Moore threw two touchdown passes and caught another on a trick play, helping No. 2 Boise State beat Louisiana Tech 49-20 on Tuesday
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night for its 21st consecutive victory.
Moore was 20 of 28 for 298 yards while coilyly directing the Broncos to 468 total yards. Tyler Shoemaker caught six passes for a career-high 124 yards and Doug Martin had 21 carries for a career-best 150 yards and two scores.
Moore threw a 6-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to Austin Pettis, who snapped a three-game drought without a touchdown. He tossed a 32-yard to Shoemaker in the second to give the Broncos a 21-7 lead.
Pettis returned the favor in the third when he took a pitch on an end around and quickly fired a 7-yard pass to Moore all alone in the right corner of the end zone.
The Broncos (7- 0, 3-0 Western Athletic Conference) also got a big boost from Martin, who had a 2-yard run in the first that made it 7-0 and a 20-yard scamper in the fourth that wrapped up the scoring for Boise State.
Boise State needed another convincing win to keep pace in the BCS standings. The WAC powerhouse is No. 3 behind Auburn and Oregon.
The Broncos never trailed.
building a 28-7 halftime lead thanks to Moore's accurate passing and some miscues by Louisiana Tech (3-5, 2-2).
The Bulldogs used their hurry-up, spread offense to roll up 394 total yards against the nation's top-ranked defense. But they hurt themselves with several costly penalties and mistakes.
Louisiana Tech had a chance to grab the momentum after a bold onside kick attempt in the first quarter following Lennon Creer's tying 1-yard touchdown run. The Bulldogs caught the Broncos flatfooted and recovered the kick, but the play was nullified by an offside penalty. The call angered coach Sonny Dyke, who was flagged 15 yards, forcing Louisiana Tech to kick from the 13.
The Broncos made them pay as Titus Young returned the kick to the Bulldogs 17-yard line. Four plays later, Moore passed to Pettis to make it 14-7 with two minutes left in the first quarter.
Ross jenkins was 24 of 39 for 222 yards for the Bulldogs, but was sacked four times. Creer had a career-high 157 yards on 33 carries against the Bronco defense.
Hawks rally in New Mexico, win tournament by a stroke
MEN'S GOLF
ETHAN PADWAY
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The men's golf team came back from an eleven-stroke deficit in the final event of the fall season to win the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate. The tournament victory is the first for Kit Grove as coach of the Jayhawks.
"It's an awesome way to end the year. Two hundred seventy-three, 11 under is a really low score for college. I just couldn't be happier right now," Grove said.
Kansas shot a season-best eleven under par Tuesday as senior Nate Barbee and sophomores Chris Gilbert and Alex Gutesha all shot in the 60s for the final round. They shot 66, 65 and 68, respectively.
Gutesha led the Jayhawks in scoring, finishing in a tie for third place with a score of 210. Gutesha's final round score of 68 matched his career best.
"Alex played solid all week. He put himself in position to have a chance to win and he came up just a little short. But this is his careerlow and he played solid right from the get-go, and I'm really happy for him." Grove said.
Gilbert's 65 in the final round marks a career-best. He finished the tournament in a tie for seventh place with an overall score of 213. Barbee opened up with
a 79 Monday morning before returning and posting back-to-back sub-70 rounds to finish tied for 10th place with an overall score of 214. Barbee also posted three eagles during the tournament.
74 in the opening round Monday before shooting an 80 in the afternoon. Tuesday he came back with another 74.
Senior Jeff Bell shot a 229 to finish tied for 63rd place. Bell shot 74 and 78 on Monday, and finished the tournament with a 77. Tuesday.
"Those three guys just went out and played aggressive and made good decisions."
UNLV finished in second place with a score of 859, one point behind Kansas. New Mexico State.
Washington State and Idaho rounded out the top five. Timothy Madigan of New Mexico State and Matt Rawitzer of Idaho tied for first in the tournament with 208
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"Those three guys just wem out and played aggressive and made good decisions. And Nate holed an eagle from 165 yards. Obviously you don't expect to do that," Grove said.
Junior Doug Quinones finished in a tie for 59th place with a score of 228. Quinones posted a
strokes, five under par.
The Jayhawks are off until they start their 2011 spring season at the Wyoming Desert Classic in Palm Desert, Calif., on February 26 and 27.
- Edited by Alex Tretbar
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