Hawaii Routs Nevada, 48-26

Michael Brewster became Hawaii’s first 100-yard rusher in three years and Chad Owens scored on a punt return for the second consecutive week as the Warriors defeated Nevada, 48-26, late Saturday night at Honolulu.

Brewster had 150 yards in nine carries to become the first Warrior to break 100 yards since Mike Bass did it against Texas El Paso on Oct. 13, 2001 -- a streak of 38 games.

Timmy Chang threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns and Britton Komine caught six passes for 147 yards for the Warriors, who improved to 2-2 and 2-1 in the Western Athletic Conference.

Chang is closing in on becoming the NCAA’s career passing leader.

The fifth-year senior from Honolulu needs 853 yards to break the 13-year-old NCAA mark of 15,031 yards set by Brigham Young’s Ty Detmer from 1988 to ’91.

Nevada (2-4, 0-2) was led by Chance Kretschmer’s season-high 178 rushing yards in 34 carries.

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Casey Paus is expected to start at quarterback when Washington resumes Pacific 10 Conference play on Saturday against visiting Oregon State.

Redshirt freshman Carl Bonnell suffered a groin injury last week in practice and was pulled during the first half of a 21-6 victory over San Jose State on Saturday.

Receiver Charles Frederick, nursing a strained hamstring, will be limited in practice this week.

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USC and Oklahoma remained the top two teams in this week’s Associated Press top 25 poll after key conference victories.

Two other teams made their debuts in the poll. Texas A&M; is No. 23, its first appearance since early in the 2002 season. Southern Mississippi moved to No. 24. The Golden Eagles were last ranked Nov. 12, 2000.