The University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors men’s basketball team has moved past the quarterfinals, snapping a four-year streak of first round exits in tournament play.
The Rainbow Warriors men’s basketball team pulled off a dramatic 68-67 quarterfinal victory over UC Riverside at the Hercules Tires West Championships in Henderson, Nevada.
The 17-10 Warriors, the third-seeded, entered the game after, being bounced four straight times from the Big West tournament quarterfinals.
With their first victory in the Big West Tournament since 2016, the ‘Bows removed that monkey off their shoulders. The Rainbow Warriors beat the same 16-12 UC Riverside Highlander team that eliminated them in last year’s quarterfinals.
The Rainbow Warriors win, advances them to the tournament semifinals, where they will face the Cal State Fullerton Titans, the two seed at 8:30 p.m.
