AMC 8 2020 (Problem 21)

A game board consists of 6464 squares that alternate in color between black and white. The figure below shows square PP in the bottom row and square QQ in the top row. A marker is placed at PP. A step consists of moving the marker onto one of the adjoining white squares in the row above. How many 77-step paths are there from PP to QQ? (The figure shows a sample path.)
Eight by eight checkerboard showing squares P and Q and a sample 7-step path
(A)  28\text{(A)}\;28(B)  30\text{(B)}\;30(C)  32\text{(C)}\;32(D)  33\text{(D)}\;33(E)  35\text{(E)}\;35