HONOLULU-- The University of Hawai'i women's basketball team returns to SimpliFi Arena to host UC Davis on Thursday, followed by a matchup with UC Riverside on Saturday. Tipoff against the Highlanders has an hour earlier start time for 6:00 p.m. HT, but Thursday will have the usual start of 7:00 p.m. HT.
| GAME 17 & 18 | HAWAI'I (8-8, 4-2) VS. UC DAVIS (9-7, 3-3) | UC RIVERSIDE (5-8, 2-4) |
| Date | Time |
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 7:00 p.m. HT | Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 6:00 p.m. HT |
| Location |
Honolulu, O'ahu- SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center |
| Television |
Spectrum Sports |
| Live Stream |
ESPN+ (Thursday) | ESPN + (Saturday) |
| Radio |
CBS 1500 |
| Tickets |
Purchase Here |
| Live Stats |
UC Davis | UC Riverside |
| Game Notes |
Hawai'i | UC Davis | UC Riverside |
| Social Media |
@HawaiiWBB  | #HawaiiWBB | @hawaiiwbb  | Facebook  |
| Promotions |
Hawaiian Airlines is the game sponsor for Thursday's Chinese New Years Celebration and will award great prizes throughout the game. Fans can register to participate at the sports marketing table located at Gate A. Fans are encouraged to wear red as a symbol of good luck and good fortune in celebration of the Chinese New Year. The Majestic Culture and the Arts Association invite fans for picture taking with the Lion Dance group from 5:30p.m. located on the concourse level (Ewa Side) of the Stan Sheriff Center and they will perform a traditional Lion Dance at halftime.
Outrigger Hotels and Resorts is the sponsor on Saturday and will award great prizes throughout the night. Fans can register to participate at the sports marketing table located at Gate A. |
NEWS & NOTES
- UH comes into the week slotted at the No. 4 spot of the Big West Conference standings as Long Beach State, UC Irvine, and UC San Diego sit atop the standings with a three-way tie. Due to COVID-19 and the possibility of cancelations, the conference standings are measured by win percentage, instead of total wins and losses.
- The 'Bows split their most recent road trip after suffering a setback at UC Santa Barbara but bounced back with a win at CSUN. Freshman forward Daejah Phillips led the way over the weekend as she tallied a combined 25 points, 11 rebounds, and five assists in the two games. She also extended her streak of double-digit scoring games to five.
- Head coach Laura Beeman quickly etched her name into the Rainbow Wahine record book, passing Jim Bolla as the No. 2 winningest coach at UH back in 2016. She then recorded her 100th win in 2018; in 2022, she is approaching another milestone. Beeman currently sits at 149 win at UH entering the weekend, one win away from 150.
- Thursday's matchup with UC Davis features the two top scorers against conference opponents with graduate forward Amy Atwell (18.8) and Cierra Hall (17.3). Both are similar in each recently crossed the milestone of 1,000 career points and has been at their institutions for five years plus.
- UC Davis is the well-established team to beat in the Big West after notching their fifth consecutive regular-season championship in 2021. UCD and UH are the two winningest programs in the conference's history, and the Aggies hold a 14-10 overall record against the 'Bows. It's UH though, who hold a grudge as UCD has knocked them out of the conference tournament in two of the last three played, including last year's semifinals game.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
On Jan. 22, in a 73-66 win over CSU Bakersfield, graduate forward Amy Atwell became the 23rd Rainbow Wahine 1,000 point club member, draining a step-back three-pointer in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter. Atwell's name joins Sarah Toeaina and Julissa Tago, who reached the same milestone in the last four years. She also became the seventh player of the Laura Beeman era to reach the milestone. Recently she passed Tondi Redden and Tago to No. 20 in all-time scoring at UH. Next up is Jade Abele at 1,057.
SIGHTS SET ON THREE-POINT RECORD
Atwell currently sits at the No. 2 spot of the all-time three-pointers made list at 163. Megan Tinnin, the all-time leader in made threes, sits at 167. Atwell is currently recording two made threes a game and has made three or more long-distance buckets in five of 16 games this season. She has been held without a three-point bucket in only two games this season, at San Diego (11/9/21) and against Eastern Illinois (11/26/21). With 10 games remaining on the schedule, she has a clear path to the record and could add on to it before the year is over.
LOVE THY THREE-BALL
Anyone watching Atwell over her career knows she loves to shoot the three, leading to her pursuit of the made three-pointers record at UH. She has attempted 445 three-pointers going into the weekend, putting her at No. 3 overall recently passing former teammate Julissa Tago at with 444, followed by Ashleigh Karaitiana at No. 2 with 448. At Atwell's current pace of 6.5 attempts per game, she will eclipse 500 attempts during her career. The only other player to attempt 500 or more threes at UH is Tinnin with 526. Even more astonishing is her career shooting percentage currently sits at .366, now No. 3 in the UH record book. If her trajectory stays as is, Atwell will be the only student-athlete to finish in the top 3 of career makes attempts and shooting percentage at UH.
NOW THAT'S IMPRESSIVE
Atwell is putting herself in rarefied air as one of the elite players to ever play for the Rainbow Wahine. Atwell will be the first 'Bow to average better than 17 points per game in a single season in over 20 years with her current pace. After 16 games, Atwell is averaging 19 points per game. In the women's basketball program history, only two players have averaged 18.3 points or better as a senior. Judy Mosley averaged 25.7 points per game in 1989-90, and Nani Cockett averaged 19.4 in 1997-1998.
PRODUCTION FROM THE PINE
A year ago, Daejah Phillips was named Big West Conference Sixth Man of the Year, averaging 9.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She has started in four games but has come off the bench in nine others, including her last six. She has scored double-digit points in five straight games, bringing her season up to 10.3 points per game.
MAKE ROOM IN THE TROPHY CASE
On Jan. 24, Atwell was named the Big West Conference Player of the week for a third time this season putting her with elite company at UH. In terms of the two stints, the Rainbow Wahine have been a part of the Big West Conference, only Judy Mosley was named the Player of the Week three times in one season, during the 1989-90 campaign. While UH was in the Western Athletic Conference, the feat happened five times: Nani Cockett 97-98, Rayleen Howard 98-99 & 99-2000, Crystal Lee 00-01, and Tanya Smith 07-08. No player in the history of the Wahine program has been tabbed with the honor four times in a season.
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