Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sat out the entire fourth quarter and still had a career day.

The 2017 Saint Louis alumnus threw for a career-high 387 yards and accounted for a career-best five touchdowns in the No. 1-ranked Crimson Tide’s 45-23 victory over then-No. 22 Texas A&M on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Tagovailoa set career highs in passing attempts (30) and completions (22) and tied his best outing of four touchdown passes. His fifth score was on a 1-yard TD run.

The 387 passing yards are the fifth-most in school history. Only Blake Sims (2014) has thrown for more yards at Alabama under head coach Nick Saban.

Tagovailoa threw a 57-yard touchdown pass with 2:01 left in the third quarter and didn’t return to the game with Alabama ahead 45-16 at that point.

Through four games this season, Alabama is outscoring its opponents 148-20 in the first half.

As the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback this season, Tagovailoa has led the Alabama offense to 20 touchdowns in 31 drives. Another two ended with field goals.

Tagovailoa is 17-for-20 passing on third down this season for 372 yards and six TDs. He’s also rushed four times for 36 yards and picked up a first down on each attempt.

Next up for Alabama is Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday at 6 a.m.

Milton named player of the week

Central Florida junior McKenzie Milton won the American Athletic Conference offensive player of the week award for the second time in three games on Monday.

The 2016 Mililani alumnus finished 21-for-32 for 306 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for three more scores in a 56-36 win over Florida Atlantic on Friday.

Milton, who has 10 300-yard passing games and has thrown at least one TD pass in his past 17 outings, matched his career best of six total touchdowns accounted for. It was the first time he rushed for multiple touchdowns in a game.

He finished with 81 rushing yards on 13 carries for a 6.2 average.

The award was the sixth of Milton’s career. He won the conference’s weekly award four times last season when he ended up eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

UCF hosts Pittsburgh on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

UCLA’s Galdiano tied for the lead

UCLA junior Mariel Galdiano shot a tournament-best 4-under 68 in Tuesday’s second round to earn a share of the lead with sophomore teammate Patty Tavatanakit entering today’s final round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge at Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott, Col.

Galdiano, a 2016 Punahou alumna, caught fire down the stretch Tuesday with three birdies in a row over her final four holes.

She made seven birdies total, including on Nos. 15, 16 and 17 after a bogey on the par-4 14th, and closed with a par on the par-5 18th to tie Tavatanakit, who made four birdies and two bogeys.

Galdiano is playing her second tournament since she made the All-Pac-12 first team as a sophomore with five top-10 finishes, including two runners-up. She was named a second-team All-American by Golfweek.

AROUND THE NATION

FOOTBALL

>> Jordan Ta’amu, Pearl City ’15: The Ole Miss senior became the first Rebels quarterback with three 400-yard passing performances in a career in a 38-17 win over Kent State on Saturday. He finished 28-for-38 for 442 yards and two touchdowns and also scored on a 4-yard TD run.

>> Jet Toner, Punahou ’16: The Stanford junior kicker booted a 32-yard field goal with no time remaining to force overtime in the Cardinal’s 38-31 win over Oregon on Saturday. He was also 5-for-5 on extra points.

>> Adam Stack, Kamehameha ’17: The Oregon sophomore kicker made a 38-yard field goal in his only try of the game and was a perfect 4-for-4 on extra-point attempts against Stanford.

>> Kaulana Apelu, Kamehameha ’15: The Oregon senior linebacker made five tackles with 11⁄2 tackles for loss and half a sack against Stanford.

>> Isaac Slade-Matautia, Saint Louis ’17: The Oregon freshman linebacker made two solo tackles with one for a loss against the Cardinal.

>> Alohi Gilman, Kahuku ’15: The Notre Dame safety made a game-high nine tackles in a 56-27 win over Wake Forest on Saturday.

>> Vavae Malepeai, Mililani ’16: The Southern California sophomore running back scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 2-yard run with 8:03 remaining in a 39-36 win over Washington State on Friday. Malepeai added a 3-yard TD run and finished the a game-high 78 rushing yards on 13 carries for the Trojans. His five touchdowns this season lead USC.

>> Mason Kualii Moe, Kahuku ’12: The UC Davis senior linebacker made his first career interception and added four tackles with one for a loss in a 44-21 win over Idaho on Saturday.

>> Ben Taliulu, Aiea ’15: The Idaho senior defensive lineman made four tackles and was credited with half a sack against UC Davis.

>> Sipa Leafa, Radford ’17: The Adams State sophomore defensive back made eight tackles with one for a loss and broke up a pass in a 55-52 win over Western Colorado on Saturday.

>> Braeden Meyer, Saint Louis ’17: The Grizzlies’ sophomore linebacker made five tackles with one for a loss against Western Colorado.

>> Soga Eli, Leilehua ’15: The Midland (Neb.) senior linebacker recorded his first sack of the season for a 4-yard loss in a 35-7 victory over Concordia University on Saturday.

>> Isaac Hurd, Campbell ’14: The Southern Oregon senior receiver caught a 55-yard touchdown pass and finished with three receptions for 66 yards in a 27-0 win over Carroll (Mont.) on Saturday.

>> Austin May, Campbell ’15: The Southern Oregon running back scored on a 1-yard TD run and finished with 20 rushing yards on five carries in the win over Carroll.

>> Bronson Ader, Leilehua ’14: The Southern Oregon senior receiver caught six passes for 58 yards and rushed twice for 7 yards against Carroll.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

>> Drew Karagol, Mid-Pacific ’15: The Redlands (Calif.) senior ran a personal-best time of 27 minutes, 28 seconds to finish in 56th place in the men’s 8-kilometer race and help the Bulldogs place fifth overall at the Coyote Challenge hosted by Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

>> Mikayla Fujiwara, Punahou ’16: The Grinnell (Iowa) College junior finished seventh out of 324 runners with a career-best time of 22:42.6 in the 6-kilometer race at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational on Friday. Fujiwara’s time was the eighth-fastest in program history.

MEN’S SOCCER

>> Josh Adachi, ‘Iolani ’14: The Seattle senior goalkeeper made four saves in a 2-0 shutout of No. 16 Washington on Sunday.

>> Kalei Tolentino-Perry, Hilo ’17: The San Jose State sophomore midfielder has started six of the Spartans’ eight games and is one of six players to score a goal this season. Tolentino-Perry also has an assist and is tied for third on the team with three points.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

>> Kamalani Akeo, Kamehameha ’15: The Pittsburgh senior setter finished with a team-high 22 assists, three digs and two aces in a sweep of Virginia Tech on Friday. The win allowed the Panthers to tie the best start in school history at 13-0 overall. Pitt has dropped only seven sets all season and is ranked No. 8 in the latest AVCA D-I Top 25 Poll.

>> Tihani Ehia, Castle ’18: The New England College freshman had a match-high 15 digs, six kills and five aces in a sweep of Mitchell College and a team-high nine kills, six digs and an ace in a three-set loss to Norwich on Saturday.

>> Julia Ostrov, Mililani ’18: The New England College freshman middle blocker hit .556 with six kills in nine swings against Mitchell and hit .333 with five kills and a block assist against Norwich.

>> Jessica Ostrov, Mililani ’18: The New England College freshman middle had six kills and a block assist against Mitchell and three kills against Norwich.

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Stats compiled by Billy Hull, Star-Advertiser. To submit an athlete for publication, email bhull@staradvertiser.com.