PROVO, Utah (AP) -- For Levi Madrieta and his BYU teammates, a modest three-point victory made up for a humiliating blowout defeat.

	Marcus Whalen scores the first of his two touchdowns Friday.

Bret Engemann completed 21 of 47 passes for 226 yards, and Marcus Whalen ran for 141 yards and two scores as Brigham Young beat Hawaii 35-32 on Friday night, avenging a stinging defeat last year in Honolulu.

"We obviously would have liked to put more points on the board, but a win's a win,'' Madrieta said. "Last year, they were all over the field -- left and right, up and down.''

Hawaii won 72-45 last season, a humiliating loss that spoiled BYU's 12-0 start, knocked the Cougars from the Top 10 and eroded the team's claim to a possible Fiesta Bowl appearance.

"I'm glad that one's over,'' BYU coach Gary Crowton said. "We needed to put this one to bed. There was a lot of hype for this game, and I knew they would come in ready and it was going to be tough.''

The rematch wasn't nearly as lopsided, and the Cougars (2-0) simply pulled away in the third quarter when Hawaii (1-1) stalled offensively.

"A win is good, I'm telling you,'' Crowton said. "I don't care if it's one point or 50.''

The Warriors, though, made the closing minutes interesting.

Thero Mitchell's 2-yard TD run, followed by a 2-point conversion pass from Timmy Chang to Clifton Herbert, pulled the Warriors to 35-32 with 31 seconds to play.

Receiver Reno Mahe recovered the ensuing onside kick for BYU.

"I thought we would be able to get the onside kick and score,'' Hawaii coach June Jones said.

Chang was 20-for-52 for 275 yards but two of his four interceptions came in the third quarter, when BYU got energized after a sluggish first half and outscored the Warriors 14-0.

The Cougars trailed 17-14 at halftime and dodged trouble early in the third when Engemann appeared to be sacked in the end zone by Laanui Correa for a safety. He released the ball, though, and it was ruled an incompletion.

Two plays later, on third-and-9, Engemann threw to Spencer Nead for a 21-yard gain. It was part of a 10-play, 95-yard drive that gave BYU its first lead at 21-17 after a 12-yard TD sprint by reserve quarterback Lance Pendleton.

"That drive set the tone for the game,'' Engemann said. "The key was to get up two scores and stay there as long as we could. They came up here from Hawaii and I knew they would get tired in the second half.''

The Warriors, meanwhile, seemed paralyzed after dark clouds swirled above the stadium at halftime and heavy rains deluged the field for the first five minutes of the second half.

"The rain slowed both teams down,'' Chang said, putting much of the blame for the loss on himself.

"I didn't put the ball in the right spots,'' he said. "I didn't trust in my decision-making.''

Chang, nursing a broken pinkie on his throwing hand, shared the snaps with reserve Jason Whieldon, who threw a 6-yard TD pass to Neal Gossett and a 1-yard TD completion to Britton Komine.

But BYU held on, thanks in part to two interceptions by Kip Nielsen and another by Madrieta with 4:46 remaining and leading to a 2-yard scoring run by Pendleton that extended BYU's lead to 35-24.

"The defense played well,'' Crowton said. "It's a team effort and we will get better.''

Engemann wasn't as sharp as he was a week ago, when he completed 64 percent of his passes in a 42-21 win over Syracuse. He left after a hard hit in the fourth quarter, but he wasn't hurt and Pendleton came in as a precaution.

"I just had a bad game,'' Engemann said. "They presented some different defenses than we had seen on film, and I got a little dinged up in the second half but I'll be fine.''