Following a painful loss to ranked Boise State at home, the University of Hawaii football team didn’t have much time to recover physically or emotionally.
The Rainbow Warriors are currently in Pullman for the first time and will play Washington State of the Pac-12 Conference.
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On Saturday, the Rainbow Warriors will be without a slew of impact players, per sources, which includes safety Peter Manuma, receivers Pofele Ashlock and Dekel Crowdus.
How will Hawaii look Ashlock, who has been the clear go-to guy for quarterback Brayden Schager?
Stay with KHON2 below for updates:
Washington State 7, Hawaii 3, 15:00, 2Q
10:16: The first quarter ends with Hawaii trailing 7-3 but on the Washington State 42 with a fresh set of downs.
10:14: Hawaii will begin from its own 25 after a touchback.
10:12: TOUCHDOWN WASHINGTON STATE. Carlos Hernandez takes an RPO reception 32 yards to the house. Cougars take a 7-3 lead with 1:04 left in the first quarter.
10:06: Washington State will begin its next drive from its own 18 after a fair catch on the kickoff.
10:04: Hawaii gets all the way to the Washington State 6 and calls timeout on third and 4. From there, Brayden Schager gets sacked and Kansei Matsuzawa makes a 25-yard field goal to put UH up 3-0 with 3:54 left in the first quarter.
9:52: Hawaii appeared to force a three-and-out but the drive continued all the way to fourth-and-2 at the UH 35, where the Rainbow Warrior defense forces a turnover on downs. Great effort as usual from the ‘Bows defense with 8:59 left in the first quarter.
9:42: Washington State will begin its first possession of the game from its own 20 after nice coverage from Jamih Otis on kickoff coverage.
9:41 a.m. HST: Hawaii will kick off to begin this game.
FIRST QUARTER
Pregame: Hawaii is preparing to play without multiple impact players on both sides of the ball. Kickoff has almost arrived and the ‘Bows will wear black helmets, white jerseys and black pants.