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Rice, which had its six-game winning streak snapped last
week, kept its West Division title hopes alive with its fourth
straight win in the series after getting 227 yards passing and
53 rushing from Driphus Jackson. Dillard finished with 43 yards
on eight carries including a pair of short touchdown runs for
the Owls (7-4, 5-2).
Jameill Showers finished 17-for-30 for 209 yards for UTEP (6-5,
4-3) but the Miners managed just 262 yards of offense and had
only 99 in the first half. Ian Hamilton had four catches for 130
yards, but left with an arm injury late in the fourth quarter.
Dillard capped a 10-play drive with a 5-yard scoring run in the
final minute of the first half to give Rice a 10-3 lead at the
break. Jordan Taylor hauled in a 24-yard scoring pass from
Jackson on the Owls' first possession of the second half to
extend the lead to 17-3, but UTEP got a short field goal and
Showers scored on a 5-yard run on a drive set up by an
interception to close the gap to 17-13.
Dillard's second rushing touchdown, a 3-yarder, pushed Rice in
front 24-13 late in the third quarter and the Owls took control
when Hull grabbed a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jackson to make
it 31-13 with 5:41 to go. That drive began after the Miners
botched a punt return with nine minutes to play.
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