{"id":172259,"date":"2026-02-10T19:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172259\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:20:42","slug":"womens-basketball-faces-csu-bakersfield-to-open-homestand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172259\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Basketball Faces CSU Bakersfield to Open Homestand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     HONOLULU \u2014 The University of Hawai&#8217;i women&#8217;s basketball team opens the next-to-last homestand of the regular season by taking on Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday, Feb. 12 at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Rainbow Wahine will look to re-start their momentum after seeing a six-game winning streak end with a road loss to Big West leader UC San Diego. They&#8217;ll also face CSUN on Saturday, Feb. 14 to cap this week&#8217;s homestand.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tGAME 23:\u00a0HAWAI&#8217;I\u00a0RAINBOW WAHINE (12-10, 6-6 BIG WEST) vs. CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD ROADRUNNERS (7-16, 2-11 BIG WEST)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tDate | Time&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tThursday, Feb. 12, 2026\u00a0 |\u00a0 7:00 p.m. HT&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tLocation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tBankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tTelevision&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oc16.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spectrum Sports\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; Ch. 12 [SD] and 1012 [HD]&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tLive Stream&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/595ce734-e3b5-4e1f-8829-267bea95489f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+\u00a0<\/a>(Blacked out in Hawai&#8217;i)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tRadio&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/player.listenlive.co\/27971\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN Honolulu<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tLive Stats&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.statbroadcast.com\/broadcast\/?id=617667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tTickets&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/app.hawaiiathletics.com\/WBBTickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">etickethawaii.com<\/a>\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tGame Notes&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tHawai&#8217;i | Cal State Bakersfield&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tPromotions&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tComing soon.&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0UH HEAD COACH LAURA BEEMANAt Hawai&#8217;i: 234-179 (14th season)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;BOWS NOTES&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Rainbow Wahine enter the week in sixth place in the Big West standings. After an 0-5 start, the &#8216;Bows reversed their fortunes with six consecutive wins prior to last week&#8217;s loss at UC San Diego.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshman guard <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/bailey-flavell\/22417\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22417\" target=\"_blank\">Bailey Flavell<\/a> continues to lead the UH offense with 13.8\u00a0points per game. The freshman has led the &#8216;Bows\u00a0in scoring in 13 games this season and is on track to become the first freshman to lead the team in scoring average since the 2010-11 season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFreshman guard <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/keiara-curtis\/22421\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22421\" target=\"_blank\">Keiara Curtis<\/a> has scored in double figures in 10 of the last 12 games and is averaging 11.1 points per game in Big West play.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior forward <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/imani-perez\/22415\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22415\" target=\"_blank\">Imani Perez<\/a> continues to anchor the UH defense and ranks first in the Big West and 31st nationally with 1.81\u00a0blocked shots per game. She ranks second in the conference with 38 total blocks this season and had at least one in 18 of 21 appearances this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAs a team, UH leads the Big West and ranks seventh in the nation with 6.0\u00a0blocks per game. UH&#8217;s rate of blocked shots remains ahead of the program record of 5.6 set in the 2004-05 season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior forward <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/saniyah-neverson\/22423\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22423\" target=\"_blank\">Saniyah Neverson<\/a> is averaging 10 points per game in Big West games while shooting 53.8% from the field in Big West contests to rank second in the conference.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tUH remains second in the Big West and 22nd nationally in field-goal percentage defense in holding opponents to 36.3% shooting.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>THE MATCHUP<\/p>\n<p>Cal State\u00a0Bakersfield Roadrunners<br \/>\nSeries Record: UH leads 15-5<br \/>\nStreak: UH won 12<br \/>\nLast Meeting: UH 64, CSUB 52; Jan. 22, 2026; Bakersfield, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Rainbow Wahine and Roadrunners meet for the 21st time in a series that began on Nov. 21, 2009, a 105-75 CSUB win. The game remains the last time a UH opponent scored 100-plus points.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUH has won the last 12 meetings with CSUB, starting with an 81-67 win on March 10, 2021 in the quarterfinals of the Big West Championship in Las Vegas.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCSUB last defeated UH on Jan. 16, 2021, 51-43 in Bakersfield.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUH is 7-0 against CSUB in Honolulu. The closest contest in M\u0101noa came on Jan. 20, 2022, a 69-52 UH win.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUH won this season&#8217;s first meeting led by <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/bailey-flavell\/22417\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22417\" target=\"_blank\">Bailey Flavell&#8217;s<\/a> first career double-double on Jan. 22 at the Icardo Center in Bakersfield. The freshman tied her season high with 22 points and set a season best with 10 rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/keiara-curtis\/22421\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22421\" target=\"_blank\">Keiara Curtis<\/a> added 13 points for UH. Maria Dias led CSUB with 13 points.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAri Wideman is in her second season as the Roadrunners&#8217; head coach and has a record of 9-44. Wideman played at Nevada from 2010-14 and competed against UH when both schools were members of the Western Athletic Conference.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore guard Crishawn Coleman ranks fifth in the Big West with 16.9 points per game. Coleman leads the conference with 152 free-throw attempts.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCenter\/forward Tena Ikidi ranks fourth in the conference with 7.7 rebounds per game.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore guard Morgan Hawkins played at Hawai&#8217;i Pacific University last season. She has 21 starts this season and averages 8.9 points per game.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCSUB assistant coach Fa-Ko-Fiame&#8217;a Hafoka-Latu is a 2016 graduate of Lahainaluna High School on Maui.&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">#HawaiiWBB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; HONOLULU \u2014 The University of Hawai&#8217;i women&#8217;s basketball team opens the next-to-last homestand of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-172259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172259","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=172259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}