Men’s basketball to face UC Irvine in road showdown

Honolulu — The University of Hawaii men’s basketball team (14-4, 5-1 Big West) will face UC Irvine (12-6, 5-1) Thursday, January 16. Tip-off is at the Bren Event Center at 7:00 PM PT/5:00 PM HT.

At 5-1, the Rainbow Warriors and Anteaters are in a three-way tie for second with Big West’s UC Santa Barbara, half a game ahead of first-placed UC Reversi.

de (6-1) UH’s opponents on Saturday 21st January.

Head coach Elan Ganotwhole record: 131-83 (9th season)
In Hawaii: 128-81 (8th season)

All-Time Record vs. UC Irvinewhole: UC Irvine lead 19-8
In Honolulu: UCI Lead, 6-4
Irvine: UCI, Lead 10-4
Streak: UCI, 1

‘BOW BITS

• The match pits the Big West’s top offensive team from the University of California, Irvine (77.3 ppg) against Hawaii’s top defensive team (60.3).
• The Anteaters rank 7th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.400) and UH ranks 4th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.272).
• UH have won 9 of their last 10 games, including two wins at home against Long Beach State (79-70) and CSUN (58-51).
• After five straight wins, UC Irvine suffered its first Big West loss on Monday night in a 73–65 home setback to UC Irvine.
• The teams split last season’s series. At their last meeting on February 19, 2022, Anteater handed his UH his third-largest losing margin (77-52) ever in a Big His West match.
• UH will be looking for their third win in their last four meetings with the UCI and their first win in Irvine since 2018.
• Bowes is 1-2 this year in his fourth game on the mainland. UH fell to his UNLV in Henderson, Nevada while he split two games at UC San Diego (W) and Fullerton, CA (L, OT) on his first Big West road trip two weeks ago .
• conference games, Bernardo da Silva They lead the Big West in blocks (2.3), rank third in rebounds (8.8), and rank eighth in field goal percentage (.554).
• UH is one of only nine teams in the nation to have the same starting line-up for every game this year.
• UH’s starter has accounted for 134 of the team’s 137 points over the past two games.
• Noel Coleman has made 31 of his last 32 attempts, making 20 consecutive free throws in his last three games.
• Coleman leads the Big West in making 94.4% (34 of 36) free throws in conference games to date.
• He also leads the conference in minutes/game (34.4). Over the past three games, Coleman has played 121 of his 125 minutes.
• Thursday’s game will be the third in a row of four games in eight days for Bowes, who wrap up at UC Riverside on Saturday.

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