The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors were defeated by UC Irving 71-55 on the road Saturday. Hawaii ended their road trip with the Big West’s top team in the conference, The ‘Bows trailed 11-0 before scoring their first basket.

The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine hosted the number 1 team in the Big West Conference, UC Irvine. Hawaii trailed for most of the game, until the 4th quarter with 6:51 left when a Imani

The Hawaii women’s basketball team faces the two teams that stood in their way of a third consecutive Big West Conference championship last season this week.

But Hawaii’s squad came away with a 56-46 win over UCD (6-3 in the Big West Conference, 12-7 overall) inside SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on Thursday night. Sabel led the Aggies with 11 points and six rebounds. This was her second straight game in scoring 11 points.

A season-high crowd of 2,978 watched Hawaii hold UC Irvine without a field goal for over nine minutes to close out a 46-42 victory on Saturday night.

HONOLULU (AP) Tanner Christensen had 17 points in Hawaii's 81-70 victory against Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday night. Christensen also contributed nine rebounds for the Rainbow Warriors (12-6, 4-3 Big West Conference). Gytis Nemeiksa scored 17 points ...

HONOLULU — Scotty Washington scored 24 points to lead Cal State Northridge to an 83-60 victory over Hawaii on Thursday night. Washington made 9 of 15 shots with three 3-pointers for the Matadors (12-6, 4-3 Big West Conference). Marcus Adams Jr. had 18 ...

Coming off their first loss in Big West play, the first-place Anteaters score the first 11 points of the game and hold the Rainbow Warriors to 31.1% shooting in a 71-55 win.

The official attendance for Saturday’s Hawaii women’s basketball game promoted as “Beeman’s Bigger Bash” ended up at 2,978 fans — much less than the 4,080 people that came through the gates for the original “Beeman’s Big Bash” a year ago against UC Santa Barbara.

HONOLULU — Scotty Washington scored 24 points to lead Cal State Northridge to an 83-60 victory over Hawaii on Thursday ... for the Matadors (12-6, 4-3 Big West Conference).

IRVINE, Calif. -- Myles Che's 17 points helped UC Irvine defeat Hawaii 71-55 on Saturday. Che also added five assists for the Anteaters (18-3, 8-1 Big West Conference). Justin Hohn scored 13 points and added five assists. Kyle Evans shot 6 of 6 from the field to finish with 12 points.

Hawaii ranks seventh in the Big West with 12.4 assists per game led by Marcus Greene ... The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play. TOP PERFORMERS: Gytis Nemeiksa is shooting 51.7% and averaging 14.6 ...