Arizona Outscores West Virginia 52-31 Behind Mizell's 183 Yards
If you started Isaiah Mizell, you had a very good Saturday. The Arizona receiver caught 6 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns, which was worth 36.3 Promethium points, and it was one of three big lines in a 52-31 Arizona win.
West Virginia scored first, a 25-yard Jack Cassidy field goal, and Arizona answered with a 14-yard Noah Fifita touchdown pass to Mizell and a 32-yard fumble return by Lee Molette III. That made it 14-3 in a hurry. The Mountaineers came back with a 3-yard Michael Hawkins Jr. run and a 30-yard Cam Cook run to tie it at 17 in the second quarter. Quincy Craig ran 40 yards for a touchdown with 2:52 left in the half, and Arizona never gave the lead back. It was 24-17 at halftime and 31-17 after Kedrick Reescano's 8-yard run early in the third.
West Virginia kept pushing. Amari Latimer scored from two yards out with 1:28 left in the third to make it 31-24, but Fifita and Mizell connected on a 72-yard touchdown 75 seconds later. Cook scored again in the fourth to make it 38-31, and then Arizona scored twice in 1:55: a 42-yard pass to Brandon Phelps and a 30-yard Antwan Roberts Jr. run. Arizona's last 14 points were the clincher, and West Virginia did not score after the Cook touchdown.
The Mountaineers had the yardage, 522 to 487, and ran 76 times for 303. They also lost two fumbles, both Cook's, while Arizona had one interception and no lost fumbles. Fifita threw for 341 yards on 16 of 23.
Arizona is 5-1 and West Virginia is 3-3. Cook, for the record, ran 34 times for 141 yards and two touchdowns, and he still had to take the loss.