GAME INFO GAME 25 • ’Bows Look To Avenge January Loss To Highlanders Saturday, Feb. 16, 8:00 p.m. PT HAWAI‘I RAINBOW WARRIORS (15-9, 6-4 Big West) Home Record Record: 12-4 • Current Streak: Won 1 Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) Head Coach: Eran Ganot • Record at UH: 74-44 (4th season) Honolulu, HI VS Spectrum Sports • BigWest.tv UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS (9-17, 3-7 Big West) Felipe Ojastro & Arite Wilson Road Record: 1-11 • Current Streak: Won 1 ESPN 1420 AM • espn1420am.com Head Coach: David Patrick • UC Riverside Record: 9-17 (1st season) Bobby Curran & Jeff Portnoy Game Story Lines TEAM COMPARISON HawaiiAthletics.com 4UH looks to continue to move up the Big West UH Category UCR standings when it faces UC Riverside on Saturday. @HawaiiMBB • #HawaiiMBB 72.0 Scoring Avg. 66.7 4Hawai‘i is currently in a tie for third place with 67.5 Opp. Scoring Avg. 68.5 UC Santa Barbara and one game behind Cal State 2018-19 SCHEDULE +4.5 Scoring Margin -1.7 Fullerton for second. .447 FG Pct. .446 Opponent _______________ Time/Result .440 FG Pct. Defense .466 November (4-4) 4This will be the second meeting this year 1 Hawai’i Pacific (exh.) __________ W, 81-45 between the team with the Highlanders defeating .355 3FG Pct. .377 9 Portland! ____________________ W, 82-64 UH, 75-71, in Riverside on January 19. .330 3FG Pct. Defense .353 10 Humbodlt State! ______________ W, 90-54 .677 FT Pct. .704 11 North Texas! __________________ L, 51-68 4UC Riverside has defeated UH in each of its last 33.9 Rebounds 31.8 18 Northern Arizona______________ W, 85-68 three trips to Honolulu. +0.8 Rebound Margin +1.3 22 vs. Utah# ____________________ W, 90-79 23 vs. Seton Hall# ________________ L, 54-64 4UH is coming off a 75-54 win over Cal Poly on 11.8 Turnovers 12.7 25 vs. Fresno State# ______________ L, 64-79 Thursday, a game in which the UH bench scored +1.0 Turnover Margin -1.5 28 at UCLA ______________________ L, 61-80 more than half the team’s points (38). 15.3 Assists 13.5 5.5 Steals 4.9 December (5-1) 4 Senior Jack Purchase tied Zane Johnson’s UH 1.9 Blocks 1.8 8 UH Hilo _____________________ W, 82-75 career mark of 180 three-pointers made against 16 Mississippi Valley State ________ W, 76-51 5,386 Attendance 640 22 UNLV ________________________ L, 59-73 Cal Poly and will look to take sole ownership of 23 Colorado ________________ W, 70-62 (OT) the record against UC Riverside. SERIES HISTORY 25 Rhode Island _________________ W, 68-60 4 29 Alabama A&M ________________ W, 71-63 Following its game vs. UC Riverside, UH will Overall: UCR leads, 6-5 head to Central California for games at UC Santa In Honolulu: UCR leads, 3-2 January (4-2) Barbara (Feb. 21) and Cal Poly (Feb. 23). In Riverside: Tied, 3-3 9 Cal State Fullerton* ___________ W, 79-68 Streak: UCR, 1 17 at CSUN* ____________________ W, 84-79 19 at UC Riverside* _______________ L, 75-71 23 UC Irvine* _______________ L, 74-75 (OT) 26 UC Davis* ___________________ W, 80-60 Rainbow Warrior Lineup 31 Long Beach State* ____________ W, 74-57 LAST GAME STARTERS February (2-2) Pos # Name Ht Wt Cl PPG RPG APG Note 2 UC Santa Barbara* ____________ L, 75-54 G 1 Drew Buggs 6-3 195 So 9.0 4.1 5.7 28 assists-5 TOs in last 5 contests 7 at Long Beach State* _________ W, 77-70 G 3 Eddie Stansberry 6-3 190 Jr 11.3 2.8 0.7 Double-digit scoring just once in last 8 9 at UC Irvine* __________________ L, 56-67 G 2 Brocke Stepteau 5-9 170 Sr 9.4 1.4 3.0 90% FT in Big West play 14 Cal Poly* ____________________ W, 75-54 F 12 Jack Purchase 6-9 210 Sr 11.3 5.9 2.0 Tied for UH mark w/ 180 career 3FG 16 UC Riverside* ____________________8 pm F 14 Zigmars Raimo 6-8 230 Jr 11.4 6.4 1.2 4th in Big West in FG% (.550) 21 at UC Santa Barbara* _____________8 pm RESERVES 23 at Cal Poly* ______________________7 pm G 23 Sheriff Drammeh 6-3 160 Sr 7.5 3.1 1.6 8.9 ppg, 39% 3FG in Big West games F 32 Samuta Avea 6-6 195 So 4.8 3.7 0.7 Just 4 points in the last 3 contests March C 44 Dawson Carper 7-0 250 Fr 2.5 1.6 0.3 Season-high 15 pts vs. Cal Poly 2 CSUN* __________________________8 pm G 0 Leland Green 6-2 185 Jr 2.1 0.9 0.3 Scored 8 key 2H points vs. Cal Poly 7 at UC Davis* _____________________7 pm 9 at Cal State Fullerton* _____________6 pm C 11 Mate Colina 7-0 230 Fr 3.2 1.7 0.1 Has appeared in 22 of 24 games F 15 Owen Hulland 7-0 230 Fr 3.0 1.4 0.1 Just 1 minute played last 11 contests 14-16 Big West Tournament (Anaheim) G 4 Brandon Thomas 6-4 190 Jr 1.3 0.4 0.4 Hit first 3FG of the year vs. Cal Poly ! = Outrigger Resort Rainbow Classic F 42 Justin Hemsley 6-5 185 R-Fr 1.5 0.5 0.0 19 points in 29 min played this year. # = Wooden Legacy $ = Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic G 24 Huthifah Abdeljawad 6-0 160 Fr 0.0 0.1 0.1 Former team manager; walk-on * = Big West game G 20 Zoar Nedd 6-5 210 Fr - - - Will redshirt 2018-19 2018-19 University of Hawai‘i Men’s Basketball 1 Feb. 15, 2019 SCOUTING UC RIVERSIDE A UH Win Would... ’Bow Bits Give UH its fifth win in its last seven games 4The UH coaching staff will be wearing an 4UCR snapped a four-game slide with a ...improve UH to 13-4 at home this year and Autism Speaks blue puzzle piece pins on resounding 71-57 home win over then-sec- 5-2 in Big West home games...give UH its Saturday to help increase understanding ond-place UC Santa Barbara on Thursday. first home win against UC Riverside since and acceptance of people with autism. 4Junior guard Dikymbe Martin scored 18 in 2015...give UH a season split with UCR. 4Cal Poly’s 19 first-half points were a sea- the win and surpassed 1,000 career points son low for a UH opponent. at UCR. He leads the team at 15.6 ppg A UH Loss Would... 4Eddie Stansberry failed to hit a three- 4UCR improved to 3-7 in the Big West and Give UH its second loss in its last three home pointer for just the second time this season into a tie for seventh in the standings. games...drop UH to 4-3 in Big West home when he went 0-1 vs. Cal Poly. 4The Highlanders shot 58% against the games...give UH its fourth straight loss to 4UH is shooting 50.0% (31-62) on three- Gauchos, including 11-of-17 (65%) on three- UCR in Honolulu...give UCR its first-ever sea- pointers in its last three games. UH shot 24% pointers. son sweep of UH. (12-50) in its previous two games. 4UCR leads the Big West in 3FG% (.378). 4UH leads the Big West in three-pointers SERIES HISTORY UH In The Big West Regular Season made (8.7), turnover margin (+1.0) and 4This will be the 16th all-time meeting 4UH is in its 7th season in the Big West. assist-turnover ratio (1.3) in overall games. between the programs. 4UH is 43-46 all-time in Big West regular- 4In league games, UH leads the Big West in 4UC leads 6-5 (four UH wins vacated in season games (19 wins vacated in 2013 & assists (16.1), turnover margin (+2.8), and 2013 and ’14). ’14 due to NCAA sanctions). three-pointers per game (8.9). 4UCR has won in Honolulu in each of the 4UH has never finished the regular-season 4Brocke Stepteau leads the team in free- last three seasons. with a losing record. throw percentage (.864) and is shooting at a 4The visitor had won six straight overall in 4UH is 24-19 all-time in Big West regular- 90.3% clip (28-31) in conference play. the series until Riverside defeated UH at season homes games (record following 12 4UH has held a double-digit lead at some home on Jan. 19. vacated wins). point in 8 of 10 Big West games. 4The last seven meetings, and eight of the 4UH is 19-27 all-time in Big West regular- 4UH’s average margin of victory in its five last nine, have been decided by single digits. season road games (record following 7 Big West wins is 13.5 points. vacated wins). 4All three home wins have come by double- All-Time Meetings digits and an average margin of 17.3 ppg. Date Score Mar. W/L Site Bounce Back Bows 4 According to KenPom.com the Rainbow 2/23/08 62-79 -17 L A 4The ’Bows have bounced back after each Warriors rank 14th nationally in assisted 12/23/08 56-46 +10 W H of its last three Big West losses in convinc- field goals (61.4%).