The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team (19-8, 10-5 Big West) looks to complete its first Big West road sweep of the season when it takes on CSU Bakersfield on Monday, Feb. 20. Tipoff is 5:00 p.m. PT/3:00 pm HT at the Icardo Center.
The 'Bows are coming off a 70-67 win at Long Beach State on Saturday for its third win in its last four road contests. Meanwhile, CSU Bakersfield has won four of its last five games overall. UH sits in fourth in the Big West standings and are two games behind first-place UC Irvine. Following its game versus CSU Bakersfield, UH will return to the island to host its final two home games of the year versus UC Riverside (Feb. 23) and UC Irvine (Feb. 25).
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOTOverall record: 136-87 (9th season)
At Hawai'i: 133-85 (8th season)
ALL-TIME RECORD vs. CSU BAKERSFIELDOverall: UH leads, 4-2
In Honolulu: UH leads, 3-2
In Bakersfield: UH leads, 1-0
Streak: UH, 3
'BOW BITS
- UH has won the last three versus the 'Runners, including a 72-69 home win last month. CSUB has won four of its last five games since then.
- This will be just UH's second-ever visit to Bakersfield after last year's 63-59 win.
- Following its 70-67 win at Long Beach State, UH remains in fourth in the Big West standings and are two games behind first-place UC Irvine.
- With its win over the Beach, the 'Bows improved to 7-1 coming off a loss.
- Kamaka Hepa scored 19 points vs. LBSU to lead UH in scoring for the third time in the last four games.
- CSUB had a bye on Saturday after coming off a 70-62 road win at Cal Poly on Wednesday.
- The game features two of the top three Big West teams in scoring defense (UH - 61.9/1st; CSUB -64.5/3rd) and FT% (UH -.744/2nd; CSUB - .759/1st).
- UH picked up it 19th win of the year versus Long Beach State for its highest season win total since its school-record 28-6 season in 2015-16.
- With its 10th league win, UH also extended its streak of non-losing seasons in Big West play to 11 straight years.
- UH didn't trail at all during the game verus Long Beach State. It was the fifth time that's happened in a game this year and the fourth time in conference play (also vs. Cal Poly, UCSD and CSUB).
- UH is 3-4 in games decided by three points or less.
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