HONOLULU
— The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team (10-7, 2-3) faces a challenging road slate when it heads to Southern California for a pair of games. First up is a meeting with Long Beach State (11-7, 3-3) on Thursday, Jan. 18. Tipoff is 7:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. HT and the Walter Pyramid.
Following its game versus the Beach, the Rainbow Warriors will head south to take on UC San Diego on Saturday, Jan. 20 (4:00 p.m. PT/2:00 p.m. HT). The Tritons (11-6, 5-0) have started Big West play with a five-game win streak.
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOTOverall record: 149-97 (10th season)
At Hawai'i: 146-95 (9th season)
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD vs. LONG BEACH STATEOverall: LBSU leads, 19-17
In Long Beach: LBSU eads, 11-4
Streak: UH, 2
GAME STORY LINES
- UH and Long Beach State face off in the 38th all-time meeting between the squads.
- UH has won five of the last six meetings between the teams and three of its last four in Long Beach. The last 10 matchups have been decided by single-digits.
- At 2-3, UH sits in seventh in the Big West, a half game behind Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara who are tied for fifth.
- The game will pit the league's top scoring offense in Long Beach State (80.1) versus the top scoring defense in Hawai'i (65.8).
- LBSU also leads the Big West and ranks 17th nationally in FT attempts per game (24.6).
- Long Beach State's Lassine Traore ranks 9th in the NCAA in double-doubles (9) and 11th in rebounding (10.2).
- Bernardo da Silva is second in the Big West to Traore with five double-doubles this season and is shooting a league-best 69 percent in Big West games.
- Following its game versus LBSU, UH will travel south to play UC San Diego on Saturday, Jan. 20. The Tritons are undefeated in league play (5-0).
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