HILLSBORO, Ore (AP) — Chauncey Sylvester had 135 yards rushing and a touchdown and Weber State pulled away early in the second half to beat Portland State 43-27 on Saturday.
Sylvester's short-yardage touchdown run stretched the Weber State lead to 19-6 early in the third quarter. Zach Hrbacek and Will Way added a pair of short scoring runs, and Spencer Ferguson's 24-yard TD run made it 43-13 with 5:00 left in the fourth.
Weber State (3-4, 1-2 Big Sky Conference) finished with 220 yards rushing on 41 carries. Ishaan Daniels also had a 20-yard pick-6 in the first quarter for the Wildcats.
John-Keawe Sagapolutele completed 11 of 22 passes for 138 yards and threw three interceptions for Portland State (0-7, 0-3). The Vikings scored all three of their touchdowns, two on short runs from Tyrese Smith, in the fourth quarter.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lamagea McDowell ran for two touchdowns and Prairie View A&M remained unbeaten in the Southwestern Athletic Conference with a 24-3 win over Southern on Saturday.
McDowell ran for a 15-yard touchdown at the start of the second quarter for the game's first points and the Panthers (5-2, 4-0) went on to a 17-0 lead after Cameron Peters' 13-yard TD pass to Jyzaiah Rockwell and Aiden Webb's 30-yard field goal at the end of the half.
McDowell added a 1-yard TD late in the game.
Peters was 19-of-31 passing for 224 yards. McDowell finished with 56 yards on 16 carries and Chase Bingmon 64 on 13 plus another 52 yards receiving.
Ashton Strother threw for 81 yards and an interception and Trey Holly rushed for 99 yards on 21 carries for the Jaguars (1-6, 0-3). Nathan Zimmer had Southern's only points with a 36-yard field goal.
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