LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anthony Colandrea threw three touchdown passes and UNLV cruised to a 38-10 victory over Hawaii on Friday night.
UNLV (9-2, 5-2 Mountain West Conference) turned Ramon Villela's opening kickoff to a 44-yard field goal, but Hawaii (7-4, 4-3) responded with Micah Alejado's 70-yard scoring strike to Jackson Harris on the Rainbow Warriors' third play from scrimmage.
Colandrea threw an 8-yard pass to Jayden Bradley for a touchdown at the end of an eight-play, 75-yard drive and the Rebels led 14-3 after one quarter.
Colandrea and Tashawn Lyons combined for a 72-yard touchdown drive with just four plays and 1:23 left in the second quarter to push the lead to 10. Kayvon Lee ran the ball from 14 yards out at the end of a 13-play drive to make it 24-7, but Kansei Matsuzawa's 45-yard field goal with 5 seconds left cut Hawaii's lead to 14 at halftime.
Colandrea threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Daejon Reynolds on the first play of the fourth quarter, capping an eight-play, 85-yard drive for a 31-10 lead. JoJo Earl capped the score with a 27-yard touchdown run.
Colandrea completed 21 of 26 passes for 253 yards for the Rebels.
Alejado gained 163 yards on 15-of-24 passing with an interception for the Rainbow Warriors.
Both teams, which entered the day in a five-way tie for second place in the MWC, will conclude the regular season on Nov. 29 when the Rebels travel to Nevada and the Rainbow Warriors host Wyoming.
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