Nicco Marchiol throws TD pass in 1st start, West Virginia holds off Texas Tech 20-13

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- , Nicco Marchiol 's first career start was full of hiccups, oversights and mistakes. The West Virginia quarterback sure was happy about how it turned out. “Ecstatic to come out victorious,” Marchiol said. The redshirt freshman threw a touchdown pass in place of the injured Garrett Greene , CJ Donaldson added a short TD run and West Virginia held off Texas Tech 20-13 in its Big 12 opener on Saturday. West Virginia was held under 300 total yards of offense for the second straight week. But its defense played another solid game to overcome any deficiencies on the other side of the ball. Texas Tech backup quarterback Behren Morton came on for the injured Tyler Shough in the first quarter and put together a pair of scoring drives.