Marshall triumphs in Gasparilla Bowl
Isaiah Green completed 17 of 25 passes for 221 yards, Keion Davis ran for two touchdowns and Marshall beat South Florida 38-20 in the Gasparilla Bowl on Thursday night in Tampa, Fla.
Green also had a touchdown run in the first quarter. Davis’ second TD — from 16 yards out — put the Thundering Herd (9-4) ahead 38-20 with 6½ minutes to play.
Davis had 94 yards on 14 carries, and Brenden Knox gained 93 yards on 12 rushes — all during the first half.
Blake Barnett, slowed by shoulder and ankle injuries, replaced Chris Oladokun for South Florida 10 minutes into the game and completed 11 of 23 passes for 212 yards. Barnett, a transfer from Arizona State who also started one game for Alabama in 2016, sat out two of the Bulls’ previous three games.
USF (7-6) lost the game played on its regular-season home field to end the season by losing six in a row after a 7-0 start.
Green scored on a 10-yard dash and Anthony Anderson had a 1-yard TD run over a 37second span as Marshall took a 14-0 lead with 4:43 left in the first. The second score was set up by Darius Hodge’s fumble recovery and 29-yard return after Barnett couldn’t handle a high snap.
After USF wide receiver Tyre McCants took a snap and threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Randall St. Felix, the Thundering Herd went up 21-7 during the final minute of the first on Knox’s 8-yard TD run. Jayhawk accused: An 18-yearold woman alleges in an affidavit that Kansas player Pooka Williams punched her in the stomach and grabbed her by the throat. The Lawrence JournalWorld reported that she showed police text messages from Williams in which he admits to punching her in the arms during the Dec. 5 incident. Williams reportedly told police that he pushed the woman when he saw her in a room with other men at an apartment building. They were in an intimate relationship. His attorney entered a notguilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery during a Dec. 7 court hearing. Briefly: Michigan running back Karan Higdon will skip the Peach Bowl to prepare to pursue an NFL career. Higdon, a senior, has rushed for 1,178 yards this season . ... Wisconsin will start sophomore quarterback Jack Coan in the Pinstripe Bowl against Miami with Alex Hornibrook sidelined by a recurrence of concussion symptoms.