Greg Desrosiers Jr. runs for 162 yards, 3 TDs as UMass beats Merrimack, 31-21

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) Greg Desrosiers Jr. ran for 162 yards and three touchdowns to spark Massachusetts past Merrimack, 31-21 in a non-conference game on Saturday night to earn the Minutemen their first home field win of the season.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) Greg Desrosiers Jr. ran for 162 yards and three touchdowns to spark Massachusetts past Merrimack, 31-21 in a non-conference game on Saturday night to earn the Minutemen their first home field win of the season.

UMass (3-7 Independent) now has won back-to-back games since snapping a string of seven straight losses.

Desrosiers' 8-yard run with 3:02 left in the first half gave UMass a 14-7 lead at halftime, then broke the game open with touchdown runs of 57 and 46 yards.

Desrosiers had 10 carries and Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams added 88 yards on 23 carries. Taisun Phommachanh was 9-of-20 passing for 104 yards and a touchdown.

Malakai Anthony was 10-of-26 passing for 98 yards and added another 18 yards and a touchdown on seven carries for Merrimack (4-5). Tyvon Edmonds Jr. had 20 carries for 75 yards.

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