Colorado State overcame a 36-34 halftime deficit to take a 74-58 win over the University of Hawai‘i last night. Hawai‘i fell behind, finishing with a .327 field goal percentage compared to Colorado’s .510 percentage. From the 3-point arc, Hawai‘i finished
Colorado State overcame a 36-34 halftime deficit to take a 74-58 win over the University of Hawai‘i last night.
Hawai‘i fell behind, finishing with a .327 field goal percentage compared to Colorado’s .510 percentage.
From the 3-point arc, Hawai‘i finished 2-15 while Colorado was 5-14.
Colorado also had 15 assists to Hawai‘i’s 11 and turned the ball over 14 times to Hawai‘i’s 18.
With the loss, Hawai‘i drops to 6-4 while Colorado State improves to 4-8.
Earlier in the day, Maurice Joseph led four players in double-figures with 18 points to lift Vermont to a 83-72 win over George Washington.
The Catamounts (7-3) led throughout the game in the first round of the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic.
They also got 15 points from Mike Trimboli, 14 from Colin McIntosh, while Marqus Blakely had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Vermont led by as many as 14 points with 12:33 to play after Blakely hit a mid-range jumper off an assist from Joey Accaoui to make it 55-41.
Rob Diggs led the Colonials (6-3) with 25 points and 14 rebounds.
George Washington pulled within five points on Damian Hollis’ turnaround banker to make it 70-65 with 3:57 to play.
But Vermont’s Garvey Young answered with a 3-pointer and the Colonials could get no closer. Vermont outrebounded George Washington 37-30.
The Rainbow Classic, running through Dec. 30, is one of the favorite sports traditions in Hawai‘i and the longest running eight-team tournament in the nation.
This will be the final year as an eight-team holiday event as the format changes to a four-team early-season round robin in 2009.
