Cole’s game-winner helps CCSU fend off Merrimack 40-37

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Francis Cole drove a 44-yard field goal through the uprights with six seconds showing on the clock and Central Connecticut halted a Merrimack rally in a 40-37 victory Saturday night.
Central Connecticut (2-0) saw a comfortable 37-14 lead evaporate as Merrimack, playing its first season of Division I football, strung together three unanswered touchdowns to knot the score at 37-all with less than a minute remaining.
Christian Carter threaded a 21-yard pass to Marqui