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Turnovers set everything up the first half as Virginia Tech took a 14-7 lead over East Carolina in Charlotte, N.C.

The Hokies made it 7-0 in the second quarter when Stephan Virgil picked up a fumble and returned it 30 yards for the score. The fumble was a result of QB Patrick Pinkney’s backward pass that wide receiver Dwayne Harris couldn’t get a grip on.

ECU fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Tech recovered at the ECU 25. Six plays later, Kenny Lewis scored from a six yards out for a 14-0 lead with 8:54 left in the half.

Tech seemed to be headed for a 14-0 lead until Sean Glennon threw over the middle out of the shotgun on third-and-16 from his own 17 and hit ECU backup middle linebacker Nick Johnson between the numbers with 2:36 left in the half. The safe play would have been to hand off, punt and leave it to the defense to end the half halfway to a shutout. But the Hokies passed, and Johnson returned the interception to the one.

Tech’s defense came close to stopping the Pirates, but on third-and-1 backup tailback Jonathan Williams finally scored from the 1.