Owens has tear The good news is Chad Owens is not out for the season, as Hawaii coach June Jones originally feared. The bad news is UH's sophomore inside receiver could miss up to four weeks after an MRI yesterday showed he has a partially torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
in knee
But the UH receiver won’t need
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surgery, and he should be back
before the season ends
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By Dave Reardon
dreardon@starbulletin.comOwens suffered the injury while scoring on a 50-yard touchdown in the first quarter of Saturday's 59-34 homecoming victory over Nevada.
UH medical personnel said the injury is not bad enough to require surgery. If it did, the exciting playmaker would have been lost for the season.
"It's not operable, so that's a positive," Jones said.
Owens, who leads the Warriors with 36 catches for 456 yards, is definitely out for Saturday's home game against Tulsa. The following two games are at Fresno State and at home against San Jose State. The Spartans game is followed by an off week, so at this point the worst-case scenario is Owens will be back for the Nov. 16 game at Rice.
Sophomore running back Michael Brewster sprained his right ankle and is questionable for Saturday. Freshman safety and special teams player Lono Manners is probable with a sprained left ankle. Junior safety Hyrum Peters is expected back at practice tomorrow after missing the second half Saturday with a stinger.
The Warriors have endured a steady flow of injuries to key players throughout this season. Jones said it's not a good trend, but also that he has coached teams that have had worse luck.
"The injuries are an unfortunate part of the game," Jones said. "We're fortunate that the kids who have replaced the injured ones are ready and they're doing a good job.
"We had a lot of guys come up and do a nice job. That's what you expect. We're just lucky we've been here long enough to have some depth to do that. A couple years ago we didn't have that. If (a starter) went down, it was over."
The Warriors got several strong performances Saturday from players who began the season not on the two-deep chart.
>> Junior inside receiver Britton Komine turned in the third-most receiving yards in one game in UH history with 238 on eight catches, including two touchdowns.
His 72-yard TD catch-and-run on the first play of the game set the tone.
Saturday was Komine's first start.
>> Running back John West didn't start, but he was the Warriors' top ballcarrier with 59 yards on nine rushes, including three touchdowns.
West also caught a pass for 28 yards.
>> Senior inside receiver Omar Bennett made his long-awaited debut after Owens got hurt.
He caught two passes for 53 yards, and returned a punt for 19 yards.
"We've got new guys, we've got more weapons this year," senior receiver Justin Colbert said. "It makes it hard for teams to key off of one person."
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TEAM STATISTICS
HAWAII OPP FIRST DOWN 134 138 Rushing 32 62 Passing 87 65 Penalty 15 11 RUSHING YARDAGE 827 1039 Yards gained rushing 883 1244 Yards lost rushing 56 205 Rushing attempts 147 270 Average per rush 5.6 3.8 Average per game 137.8 173.2 Touchdowns rushing 15 12 PASSING YARDAGE 2175 1203 Att-Comp-Int 273-142-11 229-108-10 Average per pass 8.0 5.3 Average per catch 15.3 11.1 Average per game 362.5 200.5 Touchdowns passing 14 10 TOTAL OFFENSE 3002 2242 Total plays 420 499 Average per play 7.1 4.5 Average per game 500.3 373.7 KICK RETURNS: No-Yds 25-509 33-731 PUNT RETURNS: No-Yds 17-150 6-107 INT. RETURNS: No-Yds 10-268 11-46 FUMBLES-LOST 9-8 7-4 PENALTIES-YARDS 46-447 46-362 PUNTS-AVG 17-42.2 34-38.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 25:23 34:37 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 36/83 44/113 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 8/14 10/16
Rushing
G Att Net Avg TD Long Bass 4 26 206 7.9 1 37 West 5 24 171 7.1 1 25 Withy-Allen 6 18 135 7.5 1 42 Mitchell 6 29 92 3.3 4 16 Brewster 6 16 90 5.6 0 34 Chang 6 10 49 4.9 1 27 Galeai 3 5 33 6.6 1 27 Whieldon 3 5 18 3.6 0 9 Ilaoa 5 4 12 3.0 0 8 Fiaseu 1 4 11 3.7 0 8 Herbert 6 3 10 3.3 0 10 Owens 6 2 5 2.5 0 3 Team 5 3 -5 -1.7 0 0 Total 6 147 827 5.6 15 42
Passing
G Att Comp Int Yds TD Long Chang 6 226 117 9 1723 8 72 Withy-Allen 6 29 16 1 290 3 54 Whieldon 3 16 8 1 92 3 24 Kapanui 6 2 1 0 70 0 70 Total 6 176 82 9 1295 10 70
Receiving
G Rec Yds Avg TD Long Owens 6 36 456 12.7 1 51 Colbert 6 30 425 14.2 3 59 Komine 6 18 389 21.6 5 72 Herbert 6 13 208 16.0 1 49 Gossett 6 13 161 12.4 2 51 Ilaoa 6 9 119 13.2 2 25 Cockheran 5 6 68 11.3 0 23 Bass 4 5 82 16.4 0 46 Mitchell 6 4 66 16.5 0 50 Bennett 1 2 53 26.5 0 30 Brewster 6 2 36 18.0 0 29 West 5 2 27 13.5 0 28 Noa 5 1 70 70.0 0 70 Galeai 3 1 15 15.0 0 15 Total 6 142 2175 15.3 14 72
Total Offense
G Plays Rush Pass Tot Avg Chang 6 236 49 1723 1772 295.3 Withy-Allen 6 47 135 290 425 70.8 Bass 4 19 187 0 187 46.8 West 5 24 171 0 171 34.2 Whieldon 3 21 18 92 110 36.7 Brewster 6 16 90 0 90 15.0 Mitchell 6 23 78 0 78 13.0 Kapanui 5 2 0 70 70 14.0 Galeai 3 5 33 0 33 11.0 LaBoy 5 7 19 0 19 3.8 Ilaoa 5 4 12 0 12 2.4 Fiaseu 1 3 11 0 11 11.0 Herbert 6 3 10 0 10 1.7 Owens 6 2 5 0 5 0.8 Team 5 3 -5 0 -5 -1.0 Total 6 420 827 2175 3002 500.3
Scoring
TD FG 1XP 2XP Tot Ayat 0 6-10 32-32 0 50 Komine 5 0-0 0-0 0 30 Mitchell 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 West 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Colbert 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Peters 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Brewster 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Withy-Allen 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Ilaoa 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Gossett 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Herbert 1 0-0 0-0 1 8 Chang 1 0-0 0-0 1 6 Bass 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Ma'afala 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Patton 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Total 33 6-10 32-32 2 250
Punting
No. Yds Avg Long McBriar 16 717 44.8 61 Total 17 717 42.2 61
Punt Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long Herbert 7 72 10.3 0 33 Bass 6 53 8.8 0 13 Owens 3 6 2.0 0 4 Bennett 1 19 19.0 0 19 Total 17 150 8.6 0 33
Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long Brewster 16 406 25.4 0 60 West 3 49 16.3 0 18 Manners 2 5 2.5 0 5 Kapanui 1 10 10.0 0 10 Kauka 1 6 6.0 0 6 Curnan 1 8 8.0 0 8 Owens 1 25 25.0 0 25 Total 25 509 20.4 0 60
Interceptions
No. Yds Avg Td Long Peters 4 176 44.0 3 64 Elimimian 1 0 0.0 0 0 Tinoisamoa 1 19 19.0 0 19 Manners 1 10 10.0 0 10 Ma'afala 1 32 32.0 1 32 Butts 1 19 19.0 0 19 Correa 1 12 12.0 0 12 Manners 1 10 10.0 0 10 Total 10 268 26.8 4 64
Tackles
G UT AT Tot Tinoisamoa 6 32 20 52 Brown 6 26 22 48 HPeters 6 31 16 47 Sopoaga 6 17 17 34 Wright 6 15 12 27 Gilmore 6 15 11 26 Elimimian 6 18 8 26 Millhouse 6 20 5 25 Ala 6 19 6 25 Samuseva 6 14 10 24 Butts 6 15 8 23 Correa 6 14 8 22 LaBoy 5 13 8 21 Bhonapha 6 13 4 17 Kapanui 6 10 5 15 Jackson 6 6 8 14 Alapa 6 7 7 14 Noa 5 7 3 10 Kalilimoku 6 5 5 10 Patton 5 5 3 8 Ma'afala 5 - 7 7 Curnan 3 4 2 6 Cravalho 4 2 3 5 LPeters 3 3 2 5 Wright 4 2 3 5 Ayat 6 2 1 3 Manners 5 3 - 3 Wong 1 2 - 3 Moe 4 1 1 2 Wills 4 2 - 2 Colbert 6 1 - 1 Moenoa 4 1 - 1 Aguiar 2 1 - 1 Gossett 6 1 - 1 Broadway 5 1 - 2 Mitchell 6 1 - 1 Owens 6 1 - 1 Harley 4 1 - 1 Kamakawiwoole 2 - 1 1 Hollingsworth 4 1 - 1 Fuga 1 - 1 1 Total 6 332 205 537
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