Strong throws for two TDs
But Wood grad, Wolf Pack edged by Hawaii
HONOLULU >> Will C. Wood High grad Carson Strong completed 20 of 25 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns Saturday but Nevada was edged by Hawaii 24-21.
Chevan Cordeiro passed for 246 yards and a touchdown and scored on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter for Hawaii.
Cordeiro was 26- of- 32 passing without an interception and had 15 carries for 62 yards. Calvin Turner had 10 receptions for 77 yards and a TD for Hawaii, which is 3-3 in the Mountain West Conference.
Strong hit Cole Turner for a 4-yard touchdown to give Nevada (5-1) a 7-3 lead with 2:57 to play in the first half but Cordeiro led the Rainbow Warriors on an eightplay, 75-yard drive capped by his 7-yard TD pass to Turner less than two minutes later and Hawaii led the rest of the way.
It was Strong’s 11th consecutive game with TD pass. For the season, the sophomore has 16 touchdowns and just two interceptions while throwing for 1,973 yards.
Nevada’s Toa Taua 131 yards rushing and a score on 20 carries.
Hawaii took a 10-point lead when its 10-play, 99-yard drive culminated with a 4-yard touchdown run by Miles Reed late in the third quarter. On Nevada’s next drive, Taua scored on a 1-yard run, but the Rainbow Warriors answered with a 14-play, 75yard to make it 24-14 on Cordeiro’s TD run with 9:31 to play.
Tory Horton had an 18-yard scoring reception pulled the Wolf Pack within a field goal about four minutes later but Hawaii
ran out the clock with an 11-play drive — including a 9-yard pass from Cordeiro to Turner on fourth-and-9 from the Nevada 26 — to seal it. The all-time series now stands at 14-11 in favor of Nevada.
Vacav ille High grad Brandon Talton was 3-for-3 in extra points for the game. For the season, Talton is 12 of 13 in field goals.