Doubles from Adam Rooney and Richie Foran helped Inverness cruise into the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup with a 5-1 demolition of Irn-Bru First Division Morton.
Inverness captain Foran opened the scoring after 19 minutes with a 12-yard drive and Rooney's shot from the edge of the area doubled the lead seven minutes before the interval.
Chris Hogg headed home from the edge of the area after 62 minutes before Rooney nodded in from close range three minutes later. Derek Lyle notched a consolation after 83 minutes but Foran completed the scoring two minutes later.
Foran broke the deadlock for the Highlanders in 19 minutes when he hammered home from around 12 yards after the ball was laid off to him by Rooney.
The second finally came on 38 minutes when Rooney's effort went in off the post. The striker's angled shot from the edge of the area was his 15th goal of the season and came after he was played in by Foran.
Spanish attacking midfielder Dani Sanchez entered the fray for Eric Odhiambo on the hour mark and supplied the cross for the third goal with his first touch. Debutant Hogg powered home from the edge of the area to put Inverness 3-0 ahead.
Three minutes later Rooney nodded in Caley Thistle's fourth from six yards when he connected with an Aaron Doran cross.
Lyle's goal with seven minutes to go was no more than a consolation for Morton. The forward outmuscled Hogg and fired home from eight yards to make it 4-1.
Inverness responded in devastating fashion when Foran scored from a similar distance after being picked out with a long ball from Lee Cox and sealed his side a place in the last eight.
Source: PA
