WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Demond Claiborne scored on three touchdown runs, including an 83-yarder untouched in the third quarter, as Wake Forest beat Western Carolina 42-10 in a weather-hampered game Saturday.
Claiborne, who suffered an injury in the opener and didn’t play in the second half eight days earlier, finished with 193 yards on 10 carries. He had two first-quarter touchdown runs.
Quarterback Robby Ashford was 13 for 22 for 227 yards with a 64-yard strike to Sterling Berkhalter in the third quarter for the Demon Deacons (2-0).
Western Carolina (0-2) scored on Christian Lowery’s 23-yard second-quarter field goal. The Catamounts got into the end zone with less than seven minutes left on Markel Townsend’s 1-yard run.
There was a 2-hour, 18-minute weather-related delay about thre