HONOLULU
— The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team (10-8, 2-4) will round out its two-game road trip with a meeting versus UC San Diego on Saturday, Jan. 20. Tipoff is 4:00 p.m. PT/2:00 p.m. HT at LionTree Arena.
Both teams are coming off Thursday night losses. The Tritons (11-7, 5-1) started Big West play with a five-game win streak but lost 76-65 at UC Irvine in a showdown of first-place teams. The Rainbow Warriors, meanwhile, aim to salvage a road split after falling at Long Beach State 79-71 for just its second loss to the Beach in the last seven meetings.
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOTOverall record: 149-98 (10th season)
At Hawai'i: 146-96 (9th season)
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD vs. UC SAN DIEGOOverall: UH leads, 6-0
In La Jolla: UH leads, 2-0
Streak: UH, 6
GAME STORY LINES
- UH remains in seventh in the Big West with a 2-4 record following its 79-71 loss at Long Beach State on Thursday.
- UC San Diego lost its first Big West game this year at UC Irvine, 76-65, to drop to 5-1 and third in the Big West.
- The Tritons are second in the Big West in scoring offense (78.3) and scoring margin (+10.8) through the first six league games.
- UCSD is led by reigning Big West Player of the Week Bryce Pope who is averaging 18.1 ppg.
- The game will feature the top two teams in the league in 3-pointers made per game. UCSD averages 9.0 and Hawai'i averages 7.9 per game.
- UH and UC San Diego meet for the seventh time overall and third time in La Jolla.
- UH has won the previous six, including the previous two at UCSD by an average of 11.5 points.
- Justin McKoy is coming off a career-high 22 point performance at Long Beach State in which he drilled six 3-pointers and scored 19 first-half points.
- Following its game at UCSD, UH returns home to host UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 25) and Cal Poly (Jan. 27).
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