{"id":142961,"date":"2026-01-21T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142961\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:12:09","slug":"csu-bakersfield-takes-on-hawaii-on-3-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142961\/","title":{"rendered":"CSU Bakersfield takes on Hawaii on 3-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/colorado-state-rams-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CSU<\/a> Bakersfield Roadrunners (8-12, 2-6 Big West) at Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (13-4, 5-2 Big West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Honolulu; Friday, 12 a.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: CSU Bakersfield enters the matchup with Hawaii as losers of three in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Rainbow Warriors have gone 11-1 in home games. Hawaii has a 1-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Roadrunners are 2-6 in Big West play. CSU Bakersfield is 3-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Hawaii is shooting 46.8% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 45.3% CSU Bakersfield allows to opponents. CSU Bakersfield has shot at a 41.8% clip from the field this season, 2.6 percentage points greater than the 39.2% shooting opponents of Hawaii have averaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Rainbow Warriors and Roadrunners meet Friday for the first time in conference play this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/hunter-erickson-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter Erickson<\/a> averages 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Rainbow Warriors, scoring 8.6 points while shooting 34.4% from beyond the arc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/isaac-johnson-3-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Johnson<\/a> is averaging 12.6 points and 6.1 rebounds over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/dailin-smith-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dailin Smith<\/a> is shooting 33.6% and averaging 14.9 points for the Roadrunners. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/jaden-alexander-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaden Alexander<\/a> is averaging 14.7 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Rainbow Warriors: 8-2, averaging 77.6 points, 34.7 rebounds, 15.7 assists, 7.4 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.7 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Roadrunners: 4-6, averaging 72.3 points, 32.2 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 8.2 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 41.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.4 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners (8-12, 2-6 Big West) at Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (13-4, 5-2 Big West) Honolulu; Friday, 12&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-142961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}