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Hawaii wide receiver Steven McBride makes a catch over San Diego State cornerback Noah Tumblin during the second half of the Rainbow Warriors’ 41-34 loss Saturday. AP photo
HONOLULU (AP) — Freshman Lucky Sutton scored two rushing touchdowns — the first of his career — and Deshawn McCuin returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown to help San Diego State beat the University of Hawaii football team 41-34 Saturday night after blowing a 17-point lead.
McCuin’s pick-6 made it 17-0 early in the second quarter, but Brayden Schager threw touchdown passes of 18 yards to Pofele Ashlock and 8 yards to Alex Perry to trim UH’s deficit to three points at halftime.
Schager connected with Nick Cenacle on a 52-yard touchdown pass-and-catch on the final play of the third quarter that gave Hawaii (2-4, 0-1 Mountain West Conference) its first lead of the game at 24-20.
Jalen Mayden threw a long pass to a wide-open Mekhi Shaw, who raced the final 35 yards down the right sideline for a 69-yard touchdown that put San Diego State (2-4, 0-2) back in front and, after a Rainbow Warriors fumble, Sutton scored on a 2-yard run to make it 34-24 with 12:27 remaining.
Schager was 27-of-49 passing for 427 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Steven McBride had five receptions for 157 yards and Cenacle finished with 100 yards receiving on three catches for the Rainbow Warriors.
Kamehameha Schools Maui graduate Karsyn Pupunu caught a 6-yard pass for UH.
Mayden completed 18 of 24 passes for 221 yards and Shaw finished with six receptions for 126 yards.
The Rainbow Warriors head back on the road for a game at New Mexico State next Saturday.
San Diego St.107321–41
Hawaii 0141010–34
First Quarter
SDSU–FG Browning 22, 12:12.
SDSU–Sutton 1 run (Browning kick), 4:16.
Second Quarter
SDSU–McCuin 70 interception return (Browning kick), 12:25.
HAW–Ashlock 17 pass from Schager (Shipley kick), 7:49.
HAW–Perry 8 pass from Schager (Shipley kick), 1:30.
Third Quarter
HAW–FG Shipley 46, 8:34.
SDSU–FG Browning 24, :56.
HAW–Cenacle 52 pass from Schager (Shipley kick), :00.
Fourth Quarter
SDSU–Shaw 69 pass from Mayden (Browning kick), 13:33.
SDSU–Sutton 2 run (Browning kick), 12:27.
HAW–Sims 1 run (Shipley kick), 10:22.
SDSU–Armstead 1 run (Browning kick), 2:11.
HAW–FG Shipley 47, :59.
A–10,039.
SDSU HAW
First downs 17 19
Total Net Yards 378 480
Rushes-yards 43-157 14-53
Passing 221 427
Punt Returns 2-31 2-7
Kickoff Returns 3-51 2-49
Interceptions Ret. 1-70 1-5
Comp-Att-Int 18-24-1 29-48-1
Sacked-Yards Lost. 0-0 1-1
Punts 4-56.0. 4-36.25
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-3
Penalties-Yards 1-15 2-11
Time of Possession 36:08. 23:52
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–San Diego St., Davis 10-53, Mayden 13-53, Sutton 7-23, Blake 3-14, Armstead 5-9, Christon 4-6, (Team) 1-(minus 1). Hawaii, Bryant-Lelei 4-24, Schager 3-18, Sims 6-10, Jo.Johnson 1-1.
PASSING–San Diego St., Mayden 18-24-1-221. Hawaii, Schager 29-47-1-427, (Team) 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING–San Diego St., Shaw 6-126, Penny 4-25, Redman 3-21, Davis 2-17, Brooks 1-21, Kemp 1-8, Christon 1-3. Hawaii, Ashlock 8-68, McBride 5-157, Panoke 4-54, Cenacle 3-100, Nishigaya 3-11, Jo.Johnson 2-7, Mokiao-Atimalala 1-9, Perry 1-8, Sims 1-7, Pupunu 1-6.
MISSED FIELD GOALS–San Diego St., Browning 50.
Hawaii wide receiver Steven McBride makes a catch over San Diego State cornerback Noah Tumblin during the second half of the Rainbow Warriors’ 41-34 loss Saturday. AP photoToday's breaking news and more in your inbox
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