LAS VEGAS — The No. 6 seed University of Hawai'i men's basketball team opens the Air Force Reserve Big West Championship with a quarterfinal match-up vs. No. 3 seed UC Riverside on Thursday, March 11. Tipoff is at 8:00 p.m. PT/6:00 p.m. HT at the Michelob ULTRA Arena.
  

HAWAI'I (11-9, 9-9 Big West) vs UC RiVERSIDE (13-7, 8-4 Big West)
Date | Time				Thursday, March 11 |  8 p.m. PT/6:00 p.m. HT
Location				Las Vegas, Nev.  - Michelob ULTRA Arena
Television				ESPN3 - Matt Brown (play-by-play), Richie Schueler (analyst), Courtney Sweet (sideline)
Live Stream				ESPN3
Radio				ESPN Honolulu / Sideline Hawaii App
Live Stats				StatBroadcast.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i | UC Riverside
Social Media				@HawaiiMBB  | #HawaiiMBB | @HawaiiBasketball  | Facebook

 
 

POSSIBLE STARTERS (last game starters)
Pos.				No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	APG	Note
G				14	Biwali Bayles	6-1	185	Fr.	6.1	3.2	2.6	Assists leader, 6 straight starts
G				2	Justin Webster	6-3	180	So	12.7	3.5	1.2	Shot 51% FG, 43% 3FG in BW play
G				0	Junior Madut	6-6	180	Jr.	10.4	4.2	1.7	Leads team in FGA and steals
F				22	Casdon Jardine	6-7	215	Sr.	11.1	5.4	1.3	Only  player to start all 20 games
C				1	James Jean-Marie	6-8	230	Sr.	12.6	5.1	0.3	Team-best four 20-point games

  
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOT
Overall record: 100-67 (7th season)
At Hawai'i: 97-65 (6th season)

SERIES VS UC Riverside
Overall record: 8-8
In Honolulu: 3-4
In Riverside: 5-4
Streak: UCR, 1

OPENING TIP

• This will be the first-ever meeting between the teams in the post-season.
• The 'Bows and Highlanders split a pair of games in Riverside to open the Big West season in January.
• The average win margin has been 3.5 points in the last four matchups and 11 of the last 12 meetings have been decided by single digits.
• After a 1-4 Big West start, UH went 8-5 after, including wins in three of its last four games.  
• UH is the only Big West school to have played all 18 (countable) conference games this season.
• UH is seeking its first Big West Tournament win since the 2016 title game. UH has been bounced from the quarterfinals three straight times. Its last two losses have come by a combined three points.   
• The 'Bows are led by the quartet of Casdon Jardine, James Jean-Marie, Junior Madut and Justin Webster, who were each named all-Big West honorable mention on Monday.
  

UH IN THE BIG WEST TOURNAMENT

• UH makes its eighth appearance in the Big West Tournament.
• The 'Bows are 5-6 (.454) all-time.
• UH has one tournament title (2016) and has reached the finals twice ('15, '16).
• UH was knocked out in the quarterfinals in its five other appearances (13, 14, 17, 18, 19).
• This is the second time UH is the No. 6 seed.
• Tte 'Bows were the No. 6 seed in 2018, losing to UC Irvine on a last-second shot in the quarterfinals.

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