University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Post-Game Notes
Fresno State at Hawai‘i
Nov. 11, 2017
Aloha Stadium – Honolulu, O‘ahu
 
Attendance: 21,357
Coin Toss: UH won the toss and deferred.

SERIES INFORMATION

• FSU leads the series 27-22-1. The series is now tied 14-14 in Honolulu.
• Fresno State has won five of the last six in the series and have won four straight in Honolulu.

STREAKS/TRENDS

• UH has yet to score on an opening drive this season.
• UH enjoyed the lead after the first quarter for just the second time this year (also WCU).
• UH has lost six of its last seven home conference games dating back to last year.

TEAM NOTES

• UH is 9-38 in the Mountain West regular season games, including 5-19 at home.
• UH had its second-lowest output of the season with 272 yards of total offense. The Warriors have averaged just 233.5 yards in its last two home games vs. San Diego State and Fresno State.
• UH coaches and players wore special 25th Infantry Tropic Lightning Division insignias in honor of Veterans Day and “Military Night.”

 
 
INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• With 104 rushing yards, Diocemy Saint Juste notched his seventh 100-yard game this season and fourth in his last five games. 
• The seven 100-yard games is second most for a season, behind Travis Sim’s nine in 1992.
• Saint Juste now has 12 career 100-yard games, second-most in UH history. Gary Allen holds the record with 15 such games.
• Saint Juste finished with 22 attempts and with 242 carries on the season set a new single-season mark breaking Michael Carter’s record of 221 set in 1991. Saint Juste broke the mark in the first quarter on his second carry of the game.
• Saint Juste is now just 150 yards from setting a new single-season yardage mark (Travis Sims, 1498 yards, 1992).
• Dylan Collie scored for the second straight game and third time in the last four games with a 15-yard reception in the fourth quarter.
• Solomon Matautia recorded his team-best third interception of the season in the fourth quarter and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown. It was his second straight game with an interception.
• It also marked UH’s first defensive touchdown this year and first pick-six since Trayvon Henderson vs. Middle Tennessee in the 2016 Hawai‘i Bowl.
• UH had its first successful offensive 2-point conversion this year after Dru Brown connected with Dylan Collie in the fourth quarter.
• Redshirt freshman Kumoku Noa scored his first career touchdown on a 7-yard pass from Dru Brown in the first quarter.
• True freshman Eugene Ford recorded his first career interception with a fourth-quarter pick with less than four minutes remaining.
• Jahlani Tavai tied his career-high with 14 tackles. He has posted at least 10 tackles in seven games this season.