FULLERTON, Calif.
— The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team (11-10, 3-6) looks to climb its way back up the Big West standings when it plays at Cal State Fullerton in a key Big West contest on Thursday, Feb. 1. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. PT/5 p.m. HT at Titan Gym.
At 3-6, the Rainbow Warriors are in a tie for eighth in the league standings, one game behind the Titans who are tied for sixth with CSUN at 4-5. UH hopes to earn a season split with Fullerton while avenging a 63-61 overtime loss in the team's league opener in Honolulu back on Dec. 30.
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOTOverall record: 150-100 (10th season)
At Hawai'i: 147-98 (9th season)
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD vs. CAL STATE FULLERTONOverall: UH leads, 15-10
In Fullerton: UH, 6-3
Streak: CSF, 5
GAME STORY LINES
- UH snapped a season-long three-game slide with an 83-73 win over Cal Poly last Saturday.
- Fullerton won its third straight game with a 68-50 home win over CSU Bakersfield the same night.
- UH looks to snap a five-game series slide versus the Titans.
- In the last four meetings, three have gone into overtime and one was decided by a single point in regulation. The Titans squeezed past UH, 63-61, in an overtime affair in the first meeting between the team on Dec. 30.
- UH has had a different starting lineup in each of the last four games. UH is 1-3 in those games.
- Noel Coleman averaged 21.0 ppg in UH's recent homestand, while shooting 12-of-23 from the field and 7-of 15 on threes. For the season, the senior is averaging a team-best 13.7 ppg..
- Following its game versus CSUF, UH meets up with first-place UC Irvine on Saturday, Feb. 3.
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