The win also marked Beeman's 50th victory in just her third season. She is now 50-35 at Hawai'i. Prior to UH, she recorded a 390-110 as the head coach at Mt. San Antonio Junior College.

At 8-2, the 'Bows are off to its best conference start since the 2000-01 season when the Rainbow Wahine under Vince Goo started their WAC season with a 10-2 record. On Thursday night Long Beach State overwhelmed UC Santa Barbara, 68-38 to improve to 7-3 in conference while UC Davis knocked off Cal State Fullerton on the road in overtime, 74-67 to keep pace with the 49ers at 7-3 for second place. UCR falls into fourth place with the loss to UH at 6-4 along with Cal Poly who fell at home to CSUN, 70-58.

Overall, Kuehu continues to lead UH averaging 12.1 points per game and she is second on the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. She still leads UH with 30 steals, 28 blocked shots and is third with 51 assists. Karaitiana is second on the squad, averaging 10.5 points per game. She leads UH with 31-made 3-pointers this season and she is fourth on the team with 5.3 boards per game. King is scoring a career-high 10.5 points per game. Karaitiana leads UH with 29 made 3-pointers and is second on the team with 28 steals and 52 assists. King Leads UH with 6.5 rebounds per game and is tied with Karaitiana with 28 steals. In conference games, King has come on strong to lead UH with 12.4 points and 7.0 rebounds per game; 24 assists, 14 steals and 63 rebounds.

In Hawai'i's win at UC Riverside, UH's twin towers-Megan Huff and Connie Morris-led UH with 12 points apiece to help UH to the 72-69 win over the Highlanders on Thursday night. Briana Harris came off the bench to score 11 points-including three key 3-pointers all in the second half to lift the 'Bows to the win.

Huff scored 10 of her 12 points in the first half. She shot 6-for-8 from the floor and pulled down five rebounds. Morris was 6-of-9 in field goals and tied her career-high with seven rebounds. She also had an assist and a blocked shot. Harris had three rebounds to go with her 11 points and she tied her career-high with five assists. Ashleigh Karaitiana chipped in with 10 points with six boards and four assists.

Hawai'i out-rebounded UCR, 47-to-25 and outscored UCR, 36-to-18 in the paint. UH's reserves out-scored their counterparts, 32-to-0.

Currently Hawai'i sits atop the Big West alone in first place. Two years ago, in their first year back in the Big West, UH defeated Pacific in overtime in Honolulu to claim a share of the conference lead with the Tigers for one week (Feb. 16, 2013).

The last time Hawai'i had sole possesion of a conference lead was in 1997-98 when UH led the Western Athletic Conference's Pacific Division for the last eight weeks to end the season No. 1. That was also the last season the Rainbow Wahine went to the NCAA tournament--and that was 496 games ago.

Prior to that, Hawai'i finished the last two weeks of the Big West seasons in 1992-93 and 1993-94 in first place. The 1993-94 team took UH to their third NCAA tournament appearance.

Our average attendance (tickets issued) right now is 1,811--which is the most since the 2001-02 season averaged 1,828.

The Titans enter this week with a 9-13 overall record and a 3-6 mark in conference. They have lost six of their last seven games. But on Thursday night, the Titans fell in a tightly contested matchup with UC Davis at Titan Gym, 74-67, behind 27 points from the Aggies' Sydnee Fipps and 16 points from Alyson Doherty.Fullerton's senior Chante Miles poured in a game-high 33 points, falling two points shy of her career-high point total of 35 set earlier this year on Nov. 24 in a win at Weber State. Miles was the only player tonight for either team to go the complete 45 minutes without a rest while dishing out two assists and grabbing five rebounds.

CSF is led by Miles who is averaging 20.1 points per game. She leads the Titans with 102 assists and is second on the team with 29 steals. Miles also has made 62 3-pointers and 85 free throws--both team-highs. Kathleen Iwuoha is the other Titan averaging double-digits in scoring with 11.9 points per game. Iwuoha also leads CSF with 136 total rebounds which equals to 7.2 boards per game.

Game 24 Information
Who: Hawai'i (16-7, 8-2 Big West) vs. Cal State Fullerton (9-13, 3-6 Big West)
When: Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Where: Titan Gym (4,000)
Live Audio/Video/Stats: www.fullertontitans.com
Coaches: Hawai'i head coach Laura Beeman is in her third season and has led UH to back-to-back WNIT appearances. She has a 50-35 record at Hawai'i after recording a 390-110 record at the junior college level with Mt. San Antonio. Cal State Fullerton is led by Daron Park who is in his second year with a 21-31 career record.
Series History: Cal State Fullerton has a slight 15-14 edge over Hawai'i. Last season, the two teams split their two-game series with both home teams winning. UH defeated CSF at home on Feb. 15, 65-52, but fell at Titans Gym, 61-42 on Feb. 27.

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