HONOLULU — The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team embarks on just its second road trip of the season when it heads to California for a pair of Big West road games. First up is a clash with UC Riverside on Thursday, Jan. 9. Tipoff is 7:00 p.m.PT/5:00 p.m. HT at the SRC Arena.
The Rainbow Warriors (9-5, 1-2 Big West) concluded a six-game homestand last Saturday with a 68-55 win over Cal Poly on Saturday. UH held the Mustangs to season lows in points (55), field goal percentage (.338) and three-pointers (7). After a hot 3-0 conference start, the Highlanders suffered their first Big West loss of the year at UC Irvine, 81-57.
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOTOverall record: 168-109 (11th season)
At Hawai'i: 165-107 (10th season)
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDUH leads, 12-11
In Riverside: UH leads, 7-5
Streak: UH, 2
GAME STORY LINES
- UC Riverside is 6-0 at home this season while UH is 0-2 on the road.
- Ten of the last 11 meetings between the teams have been decided by single-digits, including a 73-70 OT win by UH in the last meeting.
- UH has won four of the last five in the series.
- UH won both regular-season meetings last year, enjoying the first season sweep by either team since 2014.
- The Rainbow Warriors rank 25th nationally in rebound margin (+7.8) and have been out-rebounded just twice in 13 games this year.
- UH has held four of its last five opponents under 40 percent shooting en route to an average of 11.5 points below their scoring averages.
- Senior forward Gytis Nemeikša leads UH in scoring (14.9 ppg), three-pointers (21) and steals (10) and is second in rebounding (7.0 rpg).
- UCR sophomore guard Barrington Hargress is averaging 19.4 ppg, including a league-best 21.0 ppg in Big West contests.
- Following its game vs. UCR, the 'Bows stay in SoCal for a game at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Jan. 11.
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