Hawaii comes away with WAC victory over N.M. State

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Ryan Mouton intercepted a pass by Chase Holbrook and ran for a 91-yard touchdown that gave a 13-point advantage in the second quarter to Hawaii, which beat New Mexico State 42-30 Saturday.

The defeat marked NMSU's fourth consecutive conference loss.

Hawaii (5-5, 4-3 Western Athletic Conference) neutralized early offensive attacks by New Mexico State (3-6, 1-4 WAC).

The Warriors claimed their first lead in the second quarter with a 1-yard TD rush by quarterback Greg Alexander for a 21-14 spread that the Aggies never closed.

Hawaii secured the win late in the third quarter with a 3-yard TD rush by Daniel Libre that put the Warriors up 42-24.

Libre shattered his rushing average of 34.1 yards per game as he finished with 88 yards and two touchdowns.

The NMSU offense relied on Chris Williams, who scored three touchdowns, including an 84-yarder one minute into the game and an 83-yard, third-quarter TD, as he tied his career-high 221 yards receiving.

Williams opened the game with an 84-yard TD catch less than one minute into the game, followed by a 23-yard scoring catch immediately after Hawaii scored.

A 29-yard NMSU field goal by Kyle Hughes and a 6-yard Hawaii TD catch by Kealoha Pilares brought the halftime score to 35-17.

Alexander and Holbrook anchored the offensive shootout. Alexander went 26-for-32 and 288 yards passing and two touchdowns, and Holbrook completed 24 of 38 for 394 yards and four TDs.

LOUISIANA TECH 21, SAN JOSE STATE 0: At San Jose, Calif., Daniel Porter rushed for 102 yards and Patrick Jackson scored his 30th career touchdown as Louisiana Tech beat San Jose State for its first road win of the season.

Ross Jenkins threw for 97 yards and a touchdown as the Bulldogs (5-4, 3-2 WAC) recorded their first shutout in over 12 years.

Duke Ihenacho recorded 11 tackles and Carl Ihenacho had eight as the Spartans (6-4, 4-2 WAC) lost their second straight home game.

The Bulldogs intercepted two passes, leading to a pair of touchdowns, within 1:30 of the second quarter to open a 14-0 lead.

San Jose State quarterback Myles Eden, starting in place of Kyle Reed, was 3-of-8 with the two picks, for 11 yards before Reed, who was nursing a back injury, replaced him. Reed finished 4-of-14 for 79 yards, 62 coming on one play.