Trey Cornist rushes for 114 yards and a TD to power UConn to 34-20 victory over Temple

PHILADELPHIA -- , Trey Cornist totaled 114 yards and one of Connecticut's four rushing touchdowns and the Huskies beat Temple 34-20 on Saturday. Cornist did his damage on seven carries for UConn (3-3). The Huskies also had touchdown runs from Kenji Christian , quarterback Kalieb Osborne and Cyncir Bowers , who had 84 yards on 18 rushes. Osborne had a 12-yard touchdown run to give UConn a 7-0 lead to start the game and finished with 257 yards on 17-for-23 passing. Temple's Ajani Sheppard connected with JoJo Bermudez for a 79-yard touchdown on the next play from scrimmage to tie it. Christian broke free for a 39-yard touchdown run on his only carry of the game and the Huskies moved back in front. The Owls (2-4) answered with a trick-play touchdown, tying it 14-all on wide receiver Colin Chase 's 29-yard touchdown pass to Peter Clarke .