RENO, Nev. — — Elijah Gilliam had two touchdown runs and turned a screen pass into a long go-ahead gain as Fresno State rallied for a 24-21 win over Nevada in a Mountain West Conference see-saw match Friday night.

Mikey Keene threw a screen pass that Gilliam turned into a 71-yard gain to the Nevada 17-yard line. Three plays later, Joshua Wood scored on a 7-yard run to cap a 95-yard drive, and the Bulldogs had a three-point lead with 4:13 left in the third quarter. It was the only goal of the second half.

Nevada (3-5, 0-2) took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards in six plays, capped by Savion Red’s 3-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead. Fresno State (4-3, 2-1) answered with Dylan Lynch’s 44-yard field goal.

The Bulldogs took a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter on Gilliam’s 10-yard touchdown run. The Wolf Pack used Brendon Lewis’ 46-yard scoring strike off Nate Burleson II to get back ahead by four. Gilliam scored on a four-yard run for a 17-14 lead after a botched punt gave Fresno State the ball at the Nevada 16-yard line. Lewis scored from the 2nd on third and goal with 10 seconds left to give the Wolf Pack a 21-17 halftime lead.

Keene completed 13 of 20 passes for 190 yards, with one interception for Fresno State. Gilliam carried 20 times for 66 yards and caught two passes for 74.

Brendon Lewis finished with 158 yards on 13-for-19 passing for Nevada. Backup Chubba Purdy completed 3 of 5 for 53 yards. Jaden Smith had nine receptions for 134 yards. ——

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