10th Annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
Who: Hawai'i (6-4, 0-0 Big West) vs. UNLV  (5-4, 0-0 Mountain West)
When: Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018
Time: 12:00 p.m. HT
Where: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) - Honolulu, HI
Television: ESPNU. Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) and LaPhonso Ellis (color) on the call.
Streaming Video: WatchESPN (subscription required).
Radio:  ESPN 1420 AM with Bobby Curran and Jeff Portnoy. Neighbor islands can listen live on KNUI on Maui, KPUA on the Big Island, KTOH on Kaua'i, and KNWJ in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
Audio Webcast: ESPN1420am.com/Sideline Hawai'i App.
Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics.com
Ticket Information: Individual: $10-$30; Package: $70-$110. Available for purchase online.
Coaches: Eran Ganot is in his fourth season at UH (65-39). Marvin Menzies is in his third season at UNLV (36-38) and 13th season overall (234-149).
Series Information: UNLV leads, 23-9.
Special Promotion: Bring your SoFi Hawaii Bowl tickets to the Stan Sheriff Center box office and receive a Buy One Get One Free on tickets to any session of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.

'Bow Bits

• UH opens the 10th annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic versus UNLV. Also in the tournament are Bucknell, Charlotte, Colorado, Indiana State, Rhode Island and TCU.
• UNLV has won five straight in the series with the last game in 2012. 
• This will be the second meeting between the team in the HADHC. UNLV defeated UH in the semifinals of the inaugural tournament in 2009.  
• The Rainbow Warriors are coming off a 76-51 win over Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 16, holding the Delta Devils to a season-low point total for a UH opponent.
• The 'Bows are 5-1 at home so far this year with its lone loss coming to North Texas, a squad that is 11-1 this year and receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Nine of UH's 10 games this year have been decided by double-digits. The team's closest game was an 82-75 win over UH Hilo on Dec. 8.  
• UH has had a different leading scorer in each of its last six games.
• This will be the team's third three-game tournament. UH has already competed in the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic and the Wooden Legacy in November.
• Following its game against UNLV, UH will face either Colorado or Indiana State. 

 
About UNLV: The Running Rebels improved to 5-4 with a 92-90 overtime win over BYU on Dec. 15...that win snapped a three-game losing streak...this will be just the second road game for UNLV....the Rebels were picked sixth in the MW preseason poll...senior guard Kris Clyburn leads a balanced attack at 12.3 ppg.
 
UH in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic:  UH is 11-13 all-time in the tournament (three wins vacated in 2012 and '13)...UH is 3-6 in DHC openers and has advanced to the championship bracket three times overall...UH's best finish is third place, which occurred in 2014 and '15...UH finished sixth last year after going 1-2.