During a team meeting in October, the members of the Hawaii basketball program set a goal of winning the Big West’s regular season title.

Five months later, on what is billed as “White-Out Night,” that goal remains on the whiteboard.

“The players chose it, they wrote it, and it’s still in play,” offensive coordinator Brad Davidson said. “They know what’s at stake.”

Entering the final day of the Big West’s regular season, the Rainbow Warriors and UC Irvine are tied atop the standings at 14-5. If the ’Bows defeat Long Beach State, they will claim at least a share of their first regular-season title since 2016, Eran Ganot’s first year as UH head coach. The ’Bows already are assured two byes into the semifinal round of next week’s Big West Tournament in Henderson, Nev.

Tonight’s game at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center will celebrate six UH seniors, including forward Harry Rouhliadeff, a fourth-year ’Bow. It also will serve as a reunion for LBSU head coach Chris Acker and assistant John Montgomery. Both are former UH assistant coaches.

“It’s similar to (Thursday) night,” said UH defensive coordinator Rob Jones, referencing how LBSU, like UC Riverside, did not secure a berth in the eight-team Big West Tournament. The Beach have “nothing to lose. They’re playing for pride. They have two guys who coached here. That means something to them. But we’re also playing for something bigger than that. I think our guys recognize that.”

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Rouhliadeff added: “We haven’t had this opportunity to win a regular season in, what, 10 years now. It’s something we’re really ready for and really pumped for.”

Freshman guard Gavin Sykes, who leads the Beach in scoring (18.8-point average), is iffy. Sykes did not play in Thursday’s loss to UC Davis.

“We have to prep for (Sykes) if he’s there,” Jones said. “(Shaquil) Bender is good. (Rob) Diaz had 30 (points) the other night. … They’ve played a lot of close games. Their record does not reflect how good they’ve been over the past year. They’ve got talented players.”

In Thursday’s game, UCR pressured the wings, leaving a gap into the lane. The ’Bows shifted into overdrive, hitting 16 layups and soaring for three dunks. In a play often rehearsed but never run in a game, Quandre “Dre” Bullock cut across the baseline, took an inbounds pass from Hunter Erickson, and dunked. Yacine Toumi’s block set up Bullock’s breakaway jam. The Highlanders missed 15 of 24 layups.

UH’s aggressiveness also draws fouls. The ’Bows are 20th nationally in free-throw attempts at 25.2 per game.

The ’Bows have been able to adjust to their own foul situations this season. In what is becoming a familiar sequence, when 7-foot center Isaac “Big Fish” Johnson picks up his first foul, 6-8 Gytis Nemeiksa is summoned.

“And we can play a different way or a little quicker,” Jones said.

When Johnson and Rouhliadeff are both in foul trouble, as they were on Thursday, there is another option.

“When Yacine comes in, we don’t lose any speed. “All four of our (post) guys can go.”

Jones noted there is depth on an active roster that has dwindled to 10 players because of injuries.

“Teams are looking at us and … ‘those are guys off the bench?’” Jones said of Nemeiksa, Isaiah Kerr and Toumi. “It’s a tough things for teams to scout. This team is deep. I think we’ve proven that with our injuries to not only hold on to this thing but compete for the title. That’s a tribute to our depth.”

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