WVU loses Harris, tops Cent. Florida

Rasheed Marshall had 225 yards passing and four TDs for the Mountaineers.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Rasheed Marshall completed 14 of 18 passes for 225 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for another score in No. 10 West Virginia's 45-20 win over Central Florida on Saturday night.
The Mountaineers (2-0) lost running back Kay-Jay Harris early to a leg injury. Harris set the school and Big East record with 337 yards rushing in the opener last week. In the absence of the native of nearby Tampa, Jason Colson ran for 108 yards and a score.
Chris Henry caught a career-high seven passes for 93 yards, and his two touchdowns in the first half helped West Virginia build a 28-7 lead after four possessions.
Following a one-week delay, UCF (0-2) finally played with coach George O'Leary, out of the college ranks since Notre Dame fired him in 2001 for lying on his resume. He missed the Golden Knights opening loss at Wisconsin last week to attend his mother's funeral.
UCF is winless in 15 games against ranked opponents, 0-4 at home.
Alex Haynes led UCF with 137 rushing yards on a career-best 34 carries. Including his two receptions for 16 yards, Haynes was in on 36 of 71 plays from scrimmage with 153 of UCF's 299 total yards of offense.
Keeping it close
Early in the third quarter, Haynes cut the UCF's deficit to 28-17 with a 21-yard scoring run.
But less than a minute later, Marshall found Brandon Myles on a screen and Myles outran the pursuit for a 57-yard touchdown.
UCF countered with Matt Prater's second field goal before Marshall's final TD pass, an 11-yarder to Bryan Wright.
Mountaineers kicker Brad Cooper capped off the scoring early in the fourth quarter with a 54-yard field goal that bounced off and over the crossbar.
West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez was disturbed by his team's mental mistakes in its season-opening win over East Carolina, and this game was only a little better.
The Mountaineers fumbled on their opening possessions of both halves, the first coming at the UCF 3. And they were penalized 12 times for 116 yards; they committed 14 infractions for 141 yards last week.
Still, the Mountaineers had 460 yards of total offense, giving them (621) in two games.
Brandon Sumner, making his first career start in place of the benched Steven Moffett, was 9-of-21 for 86 yards and a second-quarter scoring pass. He was relieved by freshman Kyle Israel in the fourth quarter.
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