HONOLULU – A 10-0 USC run that took just more than two minutes near the end of the second quarter proved to be the difference Sunday night as the Hawai'i women's basketball team fell 71-60 to the Women of Troy in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown finale.

USC (7-0) won for the third consecutive night to win the tournament, but not without a fight from the Rainbow Wahine. The lead changed seven times in the first quarter before USC eventually took a four-point advantage into the second.

Hawai'i (4-3) quickly erased the deficit, scoring the first four points of the second quarter to tie the game at 25-25, and was within a bucket of the Trojans until the decisive run. With UH trailing 32-30, USC's Minyon Moore got a layup, and back-to-back Trojan 3s coupled with two straight UH turnovers ballooned the Trojan advantage to 40-30. Moore capped the run with a steal and a layup to give USC a 42-30 advantage.

UH responded in the third quarter, cutting a 14-point halftime deficit to nine points, 58-47 early in the fourth quarter, but USC's Kristen Simon, who picked up Tournament MVP honors, answered with a three-point-play to put the Trojans back ahead by double-digits, and Hawai'i would never get any closer.

Junior Lahni Salanoa led Hawai'i with 17 points on 5-of-10 shooting and hit 7-of-8 at the free throw line and added six boards. Tia Kanoa finished with a career-high 10 points and added nine assists and three rebounds. Kanoa finished the three-game tournament with 21 assists and just six turnovers.

Sarah Toeaina, who earned all-tournament team honors, finished with eight points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Hawai'i shot 42 percent (21-of-50) from the field in the game, while USC hit 43 percent (24-of-56). The Rainbow Wahine finished with a 35-31 advantage on the glass, and 12-7 edge in second-chance points.

The Rainbow Wahine will wrap up their seven-game home-stand against Montana State (Dec. 4) and Idaho State (Dec. 8).

Rebekah Hand - Marist
Ae'Rianna Harris - Purdue
Andreona Keys - Purdue
Sarah Toeaina - Hawai'i
Aliyah Mazyck - USC
MVP: Kristen Simon - USC