The bench was emptied and the behemoths stepped forth with giant strides. Hawaii, for the first time this young season, played all three of its 7-foot freshmen on Saturday night. Two of them — Mate Colina and Dawson Carper — appeared before the game was decided, while the third, Owen Hulland, got his first action of the 2018-19 season in the final few minutes of UH’s 90-54 blowout of Division II Humboldt State to improve to 2-0. “They played tremendously,” guard […]
Eddie Stansberry buried five 3-pointers to lead the Rainbow Warriors to a 90-54 rout of Division II Humboldt State. The last dramatic moment was midway through the first half, when the ‘Bows held a 13-11 lead. But then the ‘Bows went on a 20-0 surge to end all suspense. Jack Purchase added 15 points, with all of his points coming on 3s. * * * * * The ‘Bows seized a 47-21 lead in the first half. After an uneven […]
Hawaii played something more akin to hot potato than basketball for much of Friday night’s 2018-19 season opener against Portland. The Rainbow Warriors peppered the ball around the halfcourt and even a little in transition. It rarely stuck to anyone’s mitts for long, and the box score bore witness — UH assisted on 22 of its 31 field goals and had just nine turnovers in the 82-64 win on Friday night. Even without UH’s top returning scorer, Sheriff Drammeh, in action, […]
The Rainbow Warriors defeated Portland, 82-64, in tonight’s opening round of the 54th Rainbow Classic. The ‘Bows assisted on 22 of their 31 field goals, and turned the ball over only nine times — two fewer than their per-game goal. But the key was the defensive play to start the second half. The Pilots did not score on their first five possessions after the intermission, going 3 minutes, 39 seconds before their first second-half basket. After that, their next bucket […]
As the 2018-19 gets underway for the Hawaii men’s basketball team on Friday night, an interesting question arises: Who will be the Rainbow Warriors’ leading scorer? Usually, you’ve got a couple of clear-cut responses to that query. Fifth-year senior Mike Thomas was the logical leader going into 2017-18 and followed through with a team-best 13.1 points per game. You had a feeling Noah Allen would emerge as the guy the year before that. But this year? You could make a […]
The basketball ‘Bows’ season-opening opponent — Portland — is scheduled to arrive in town this afternoon. The Pilots return six of their top seven players from last year, including Marcus Shaver, a guard who has spent time in Hawaii and was a one-time UH recruit. (His father has a business here.) Hugh Hogland is a 6-10 post player from ‘Iolani School. The Rainbow Classic opens Friday, with North Texas and Humboldt State at 4:30 p.m. and UH and Portland at […]
Are we living in the Year of the Rhino? It’s a fair question to ask after watching Hawaii forward Zigmars Raimo — “The Raimoceros,” as Kanoa Leahey dubbed him courtside — charge headlong into the fray and come out without so much as a scratch in the Rainbow Warriors’ 81-45 exhibition victory over Hawaii Pacific on Friday night. The 6-foot-8 junior, a role player by reputation the last two years, looks poised for a breakout season. Raimo beasted his way to […]
In an impressive preview, the Rainbow Warriors overpowered HPU, 81-45, in an exhibition tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Zigmars Raimo led the way with 20 points (a career high, if the game had counted). * * * * * The Rainbow Warriors, led by a share-the-wealth offense and Zigmars Raimo’s point-thirsty play, dominated in taking a 41-23 lead over HPU into the intermission. Raimo, a 6-foot-8 junior, scored all of his 12 first-half points in the low post. The […]
