RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The University of Hawai'i women's basketball team closes its second Big West road trip of the season with a meeting with UC Riverside on Saturday, Jan. 13 at SRC Arena in Riverside, Calif. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. Pacific Time/4 p.m. Hawai'i Time.
The Rainbow Wahine opened the trip with a 56-49 win at UC Irvine on Thursday and are off to the program's first 4-0 conference start since the 1997-98 season.
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| GAME 14: HAWAI'IÂ RAINBOW WAHINE (7-6, 4-0 BIG WEST) AT UC RIVERSIDEÂ HIGHLANDERS (7-8, 2-3 BIG WEST) |
| Date | Time |
Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024; 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:00 p.m. Hawai'i Time |
| Location |
Riverside, Calif. — SRC Arena |
| Television |
None |
| Live Stream |
ESPN+ |
| Radio |
None |
| Live Stats |
gohighlanders.com |
| Game Notes |
Hawai'i | UC Riverside |
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HEAD COACH LAURA BEEMANAt Hawai'i: 187-154 (12th season)
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDHawai'i leads 16-6
Last meeting — Hawai'i 60-49, Feb. 23, 2023; Riverside, Calif.
TIPOFF
• UH has won the last eight meetings with UC Riverside and nine of the last 10 with three wins in Riverside during that span. UCR last defeated UH on Jan. 30, 2019.
• UH is 7-3 in road games against the Highlanders.
• UH last started 4-0 as a Big West member in the 1995-96 season when the 'Bows went 12-0 before their first conference loss.
• The 4-0 start is tied for the third longest run to open conference play in program history. UH started 13-0 in 1997-98 and 12-0 in 1995-96 and also started 4-0 in 1986-87 and 1987-88.
• UH is the lone undefeated team in Big West play and held its first four conference opponents to an average of 44.8 points per game.
• The Rainbow Wahine have held each of their last four opponents — and six of the last eight — under 50 points. UH last allowed fewer than 50 points in four consecutive games in 1977, the program's third year of existence.
• UH sophomore
Imani Perez moved back into the team scoring lead with a career-high 17-point performance in a 56-49 win at UC Irvine on Thursday. The 6-foot-4 forward went 7 for 7 from the field with a career-best three 3-pointers. She leads the team with 9.4 points per game and a 55.7 field-goal percentage.
• Seven UH players have led the team in scoring in at least one game this season.
• UCR has won its last two games and picked up a 64-53 win at Cal Poly on Thursday.
• UCR guard Jordan Webster leads the Big West with 16.6 points per game overall and 17.2 ppg in conference games.
• Webster's brother, Justin, played two seasons with the UH men's basketball team, 2019-20 and 2020-21.
• UCR assistant coach Brad Langston served on the UH coaching staff in the 2016-17 season.
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