The University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team is going dancing for the first time in a decade.
The Rainbow Warriors defeated top-seeded UC Irvine 71-64 on Saturday night at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nev., to win the Credit Union 1 Big West Men’s Basketball Championship and secure the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
The University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team punched its ticket to the Big West Championship game with a convincing 78–63 win over Cal State Fullerton in the semifinals Friday night at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada.
The University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team is headed to the Big West Championship after knocking off top-seeded UC Irvine 67-63 in an overtime thriller Friday at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada.
A storm system expected to impact the islands has led to several cancellations and schedule adjustments for University of Hawai‘i athletic events this weekend following the closure of the UH Mānoa campus.
Punahou opened its ILH Division I season with a straight-set win over Mid-Pacific, 25-19, 25-17, 25-14.
1. Weathering The Waves – After the 2-hour, 53-minute match ended on Wednesday, Tread Rosenthal and Head Coach Charlie Wade talked with one another for a few minutes before walking around courtside to thank the crowd. Nearly all of the major statistics were in the Bows’ favor: kills (58 to 53), hit % (.328 to .270), digs (44 to 39) and blocks (11.5 to 9). However, the most important one (being the match score) went to visitors as Pepperdine snapped a 13-match losing streak in Honolulu while also ending UH’s 11-match win streak with the 3-1 win.
