West Virginia defeated Cincinnati 45-42 on Saturday in Morgantown for its first Big 12 win, according to WVU Athletics.
The Homecoming game was played at Milan Puskar Stadium. Cam Cook broke away on a catch and run to tie the game 42-42 with 3:44 remaining, and Jack Cassidy kicked the field goal to win it.
Quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. scored on a scramble to put the Mountaineers on the board and found the end zone a second time to tie the game. He also threw touchdown passes to Josh Sapp, tying the game out of the half, and to DJ Epps, tying it to start the fourth quarter.
West Virginia plays next at TCU on Oct. 24 at 12 p.m.
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