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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai`i Rainbow Warrior basketball team got back on the winning track with a 96-78 feel-good win over Lamar Sunday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. With the win, the Rainbow Warriors ended their four-game slide and improved to 3-4 overall.

 

The 96 points were the most by a Rainbow Warrior squad in six years as all 13 players who suited up got in the scoring column. UH shot a season high 55 percent, while dishing out 23 assists on 33 field goals made. UH also buried a season-high nine 3-pointers.

 

Petras Balocka led the way by turning in one of the biggest performances by a Rainbow Warrior in years. Balocka recorded 20 points and 20 rebounds for this his second double-double of the season and fifth of his career. The senior forward grabbed more than half of UH's rebounds as the 'Bows beat the Cardinals on the boards, 39-31. Balocka's double-double was the highest combination of points and rebounds, since head coach Bob Nash's playing days. Nash recorded 28 points and 30 rebounds in the 1971 Rainbow Classic.  

 

Roderick Flemings led UH in scoring with 22 points for his second straight 20-point performance. Hiram Thompson directed the UH offense with a career-high nine assists.  Meanwhile, junior college transfer Douglas Kurtz made his UH debut after sitting out the season's first six games. The 7-0 center finished with three points and four rebounds in seven minutes of action.

 

UH led virtually the entire game but broke the game open early in the second half. After taking a 40-31 lead into the break, the 'Bows came out of the locker room with a 24-6 run to turn a nine-point margin into a 27-point cushion against a Cardinal (3-6) playing on the road for the sxith time in the last seven contests.

 

UH next hits the court on Wednesday, Dec. 9 when they face Chaminade. Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center.