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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Sports Network) - Ray Holley carried the ball 12 times for 130 yards and a touchdown to lead 24th-ranked Louisiana Tech to a 28-14 win over New Mexico State at Aggie Memorial Stadium.
Colby Cameron completed 29-of-44 passes for 292 yards and a touchdown and also ran for a score. Myles White had seven catches for 125 yards and a touchdown and Kenneth Dixon added a rushing score for the Bulldogs (7-1, 2-0 WAC), who have won nine consecutive road contests.
Andrew Manley was 18-of-34 passing for 283 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, while Austin Franklin had seven catches for 139 yards and a score for the Aggies (1-7, 0-4), who dropped their seventh game in a row.
After Matt Nelson missed a 40-yard field goal on Louisiana Tech's first possession, Dixon got the Bulldogs on the board on their next touch when he bulled his way across the goal line from 2 yards out.
Nelson missed two more field goals, from 23 and 37 yards respectively, in the first half and Tech took a 7-0 lead into the break.
The Bulldogs added a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter and one in the fourth to go up 28-0.
In the third, Cameron hooked up with White for a 44-yard catch-and-run.
Cameron did it himself later in the frame, rushing across the goal line from two yards out to cap a five-play, 28-yard march.
Holley broke loose for an 83-yard touchdown run near the midway point of the fourth quarter, weaving his way through the Aggies' defenders before a key block from Franklin gave him a clear path to the end zone.
New Mexico State, however, didn't go down without a fight and added a pair of scores late in the fourth.
Manley found Kemonte Bateman for a 19-yard touchdown pass, and after forcing a Louisiana Tech punt, Manley found Austin Franklin for a 67-yard catch-and-run to pull within 28-14.
The Aggies forced the Bulldogs into a 3rd-and-11 with 1:22 to play, but were flagged for pass interference to give Louisiana Tech a first down. The Bulldogs were able to take a pair of knees to run off the final seconds.