College football: UH bows out with loss to BYU

Associated Press Diocemy Saint Juste had just 39 yards rushing for Hawaii on Saturday, but his 14-yard run in the fourth quarter set a single-season program record of 1,510 yards.
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HONOLULU — Hawaii’s season ended with one last thud.

Squally Canada ran for 113 yards and two touchdowns and BYU beat Hawaii 30-20 on Saturday night.

Joe Critchlow threw for 166 yards and a touchdown for BYU (4-9), which won three of its last five games.

Diocemy Saint Juste had just 39 yards rushing for Hawaii (3-9), but his 14-yard run in the fourth quarter set a single-season program record.

Saint Juste ends the season with 1,510 yards rushing, surpassing Travis Sims’ 1,498 yards set in 1992. Dru Brown had 258 yards passing and two touchdowns.

In Nick Rolovich’s second season at the helm, UH lost nine of its last 10 games in its seventh straight non-winning season and ninth in the last 10 years.

Canada ran for a 40-yard touchdown to cap the Cougars first possession, and he had a 13-yard scoring run in the second quarter. Critchlow’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Neil Pau’u stretched the BYU lead to 20-7 late in the third.

Solomon Matautia scored on a 42-yard fumble return for Hawaii in the first quarter. Brown’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Ammon Barker pulled Hawaii to 20-13 early in the fourth.

Riley Burt’s first career touchdown for BYU, an 11-yard run, made it 30-13 with 3:46 left.

Allowing two sacks, the Rainbow Warriors mustered a season-low 28 rushing yards and just 286 total.