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Carson Wentz went 11-of-17 for 173 yards and two touchdowns
and rushed for another for three-time defending national
champion North Dakota State (13-1), which hosts Sam Houston in
next weekend's semifinals. Crockett added a 70-yard touchdown on
the opening drive and broke the school's single-season rushing
record in the fourth quarter.
Alex Ross went 11-of-24 for 197 yards and rushed for a pair of
scores for Coastal Carolina (12-2). De'Angelo Henderson rushed
for 143 yards and a touchdown and Bruce Mapp had four catches
for 81 yards before leaving the game with a third-quarter
injury.
Wentz hit tight end Kevin Vaadeland for a 20-yard score for a
14-3 lead with 6:31 left in the first quarter before Ross scored
on a 4-yard run and the Chanticleers' Devin Brown tied it at 17
with a 98-yard kickoff return with 7:53 left in the first half.
Luke Albers' 21-yard TD catch with 5:20 left helped the Bison to
a 24-20 halftime lead and Wentz scored from 2 yards out early in
the third quarter.
The Chanticleers scored on back-to-back possessions - on Ross'
4-yard run and Henderson's 2-yard run - for a 32-31 lead early
in the fourth. Crockett, who has 1,754 yards this season, broke
free for a 45-yard score with 9:28 left and the Bison stopped
the Chanticleers' final two possessions to seal the win.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Brown's three career kickoff returns for TDs rank
as the three longest scoring plays in Coastal Carolina history.
... Crockett (4,069) became the second Bison player with 4,000
career rushing yards and trails Lamar Gordon (4,696) for the
school record. ... Henderson is 7-of-7 on fourth-down attempts
this year, including a conversion on fourth-and-2 to set up
Ross' first score.
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