{"id":176390,"date":"2026-02-13T10:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176390\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:26:16","slug":"rainbow-warriors-roll-on-the-road-stay-atop-big-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176390\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Warriors Roll On the Road, Stay Atop Big West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CSUN_2023.png\" alt=\"CSUN\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at CSUN<\/p>\n<p>2\/14\/2026 | 3:00 P.M. HT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN Honolulu&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 14 (Sat) \/ 3:00 P.M. HT&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CSUN_2023.png\" alt=\"CSUN\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0CSUN&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/csun\/13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    BAKERSFIELD, Calif. \u2013 The Hawai&#8217;i men&#8217;s basketball team maintained its place atop the Big West standings with a 89-74 win at CSU Bakersfield Thursday night at the Icardo Center.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Rainbow Warriors (18-5, 10-3 Big West) won their fifth game in the last six and moved into first place alone in the conference following a UC Irvine loss Thursday night. The &#8216;Bows now sit half a game ahead of UC Santa Barbara and a full game up on the Anteaters. The win is also UH&#8217;s third conference road victory by 15 or more points and fifth Big West win overall by at least 15.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFive Hawai&#8217;i players finished in double figures with <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/dre-bullock\/22122\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22122\" target=\"_blank\">Dre Bullock&#8217;s<\/a> 19 points leading the way. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/harry-rouhliadeff\/22118\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22118\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Rouhliadeff<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/isaac-johnson\/22129\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22129\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Johnson<\/a> each added 17 points while Gytis Nemeiksa scored 12 off the bench and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/isaac-finlinson\/22128\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22128\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Finlinson<\/a> put in 10 points.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe &#8216;Bows shot 8-for-21 from three-point range and 50 percent from the field, and went 25-for-32 from the free throw line, including 20-of-25 in the second half. On the defensive end, Hawai&#8217;i held CSUB to just one made three on 13 attempts after coming into the game ranked fourth nationally in three-point field goal defense.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTrailing 16-14 five minutes in after hot starts offensively by both sides, the &#8216;Bows used a 9-0 run to go up by seven at the 10:37 mark. The Roadrunners cut the UH lead back to three, but an 18-6 run over the next seven minutes highlighted by a trio of three-pointers and a three-point play made it 41-26 with 1:54 to go in the half.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJohnson and Bullock scored 11 points apiece in the first half while UH went 6-for-11 from three-point range to help open up a 43-32 lead after 20 minutes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Roadrunners (9-17, 2-12 Big West) trimmed the Hawai&#8217;i lead to eight a few possessions into the second half, but the Rainbow Warriors opened up a big lead with a 21-6 run over the next five minutes to go up 66-43 with 11:44 left.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCSUB fought back, cutting the UH lead to single digits with a 16-2 run to make it a nine-point game with under eight minutes to play, but the &#8216;Bows again pulled away to finish off their fourth road victory in Big West play.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Rainbow Warriors close out its two-game road swing with a contest versus CSUN on Saturday, Feb. 14 Tipoff is 5:00 p.m. PT\/3:00 p.m HT at the Premier America Credit Union Arena.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at CSUN 2\/14\/2026 | 3:00 P.M. 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