HONOLULU — The College of Hawai’i males’s basketball staff closes out its 11-game homestand and the nonconference portion of its schedule when it takes on UTEP on Saturday, Dec. 13. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m at Bankoh Enviornment at Stan Sheriff Middle.
The Rainbow Warriors (9-2) are driving a five-game win streak and have been a glowing 9-1 in its earlier 10 dwelling contests. The matchup with UTEP (3-5) is a gathering each rooted up to now and going through the long run. The staff’s locked horns within the Western Athletic Convention for greater than 25 years, earlier than going separate methods in 2005. This would be the second-ever nonconference assembly between the applications earlier than they rekindle their rivalry as Mountain West members subsequent season.
UH Soccer Staff – Autograph Session & Halftime Recognition
A free autograph session with choose members of the Rainbow Warrior soccer staff will likely be held on the concourse inside the sector from 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Followers will need to have a ticket to the lads’s basketball sport to take part. As much as 20 choose members of the soccer staff will likely be accessible. As part of the halftime festivities all members of the soccer staff, together with head coach Timmy Chang and employees will likely be honored for his or her memorable season.
Mele Kalikimaka Day with Teddy Bear Toss: ‘Assist those that be rather less lucky by dropping off a brand new toy as you enter Bankoh Enviornment throughout our Toys for Tots Drive. We additionally encourage you to carry a fluffy stuffed animal to observe the sport with you. After the sport, you’ll be able to be a part of us with our Third Annual Teddy Bear Toss. All donations thrown on the ground will likely be donated to Toys for Tots.
Elevating Cane’s Keiki Runout Tunnel
Just a few fortunate youngsters will achieve pre-game entry to the tunnel by the gamers locker room, a staff photograph on the court docket, and can make a tunnel for the staff with excessive fives as they take the court docket for the sport! When you’ve got a youth staff enthusiastic about reserving this expertise for a future sport later within the season, click on right here to be taught extra.
“4 Da ‘Ohana Pack”: A $79 buy that consists of 4 higher stage baseline seats and $50 in concession credit score. A most of two packs per sport could also be bought. This provide have to be bought on-line no less than 2 hours previous to the occasion.
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOTGeneral file: 183-122 (twelfth season)
At Hawai’i: 180-120 (eleventh season)
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDUTEP leads, 35-18
In Honolulu: UTEP leads, 15-13
Streak: UH, 1
NEWS & NOTES
- UH and UTEP confronted off yearly between 1980 to 2005 (except for 1997 & ’98) as members of the Western Athletic Convention.
- Subsequent yr they may grow to be convention rivals once more as members of the Mountain West.
- The groups final met within the opening spherical of the 2019 Diamond Head Traditional with UH prevailing, 67-63, in the one different nonconference assembly.
- UH is off to its greatest 11-game begin because the 2015-16 staff that started 16-2. Their five-game win streak is the longest because the begin of the 2023-24 season.
- UH is within the prime 25 nationally in eight totally different classes together with thirteenth in scoring protection (63.3), and tenth in 3FG% protection (.263).
- The Miners rank nineteenth nationally in turnovers pressured per sport (16.5). UH is 291 in turnovers dedicated per sport at 13.9.
- Following its assembly versus UTEP, the ‘Bows is not going to play once more till they resume Huge West play on the highway with video games at UC Riverside (Jan. 1) and UC San Diego (Jan. 3).
- UH’s subsequent dwelling sport is not going to be till Saturday, Jan. 10 when it hosts UC Irvine.
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