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LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2014 The University of Hawai’i women’s basketball team takes a season-high seven-game winning streak into its regular-season finale at Long Beach State on Saturday, March 7 at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. Pacific Time (noon Hawai’i Time). \u00a0\u00a0HEAD COACH LAURA BEEMANAt Hawai’i: 241-179 (14th season)<\/p>\n ‘BOWS NOTES
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\nThe Rainbow Wahine\u00a0extended their current streak \u2014 the longest active run in the Big West \u2014 with an 89-56 rout at UC Riverside on Thursday to open their final road trip of the season. The ‘Bows\u00a0have won 13 of their last 14 games to rise to fourth place in the conference standings.
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\n\t\t\tGAME 30:\u00a0HAWAI’I\u00a0RAINBOW WAHINE (19-10, 13-6 BIG WEST) at LONG BEACH STATE BEACH (5-24, 4-15 BIG WEST)
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\n\tUH’s enters the regular-season finale riding its longest winning streak of the season. The ‘Bows are in the midst of a remarkable turnaround in going 13-1 following a 6-9 start to the season overall and 0-5 in Big West play.
\n\tUH has a 14.6-point\u00a0scoring margin over the last 14 games, holding opponents to 51.5 points per game and 33% shooting from the field over that span.\u00a0
\n\tThe Rainbow Wahine passed the program’s single-season record for blocked shots during last week’s homestand. The ‘Bows broke the previous record of 163 set in 2002-03 season and raised their season total to 176 with nine more block on Thursday at UC Riverside.
\n\tUH leads the Big West and ranks sixth in the nation with 6.1\u00a0blocks per game. UH’s rate of blocked shots remains ahead of the program record of 5.6 set in the 2004-05 season.
\n\tFreshman guard Bailey Flavell<\/a> continues to lead UH with 12.9 points per game and is on track to become the first freshman to lead the team in scoring since the 2010-11 season.
\n\tSaniyah Neverson<\/a> has surged late in her senior season, averaging a team-best 14.7 points and 6.6 rebounds during UH’s seven-game winning\u00a0streak. She is shooting 61.3% from the field, and is 8-for-13 from 3-point range over that span.
\n\tSenior forward Imani Perez<\/a> continues to anchor the UH defense and ranks first in the Big West and 41st nationally with 1.64 blocked shots per game. On the offensive end, Perez is shooting high percentages in all three categories,\u00a049% from the field,\u00a045.8% from 3-point range, and 85.1% from the free-throw line.
\n\tUH leads the Big West and moved up to ninth nationally in field-goal percentage defense in holding opponents to 35.2% shooting this season.
\n\tUH has held its last 15 opponents under 60 points and leads the Big West and ranks 27th in the nation\u00a0in scoring defense at 57.3 points allowed per game. During their seven-game winning streak, the ‘Bows are limiting opponents to 52.1 points per game on 31.6% shooting.
\n\tThis season marks UH’s farewell campaign in the Big West before joining the Mountain West starting with the 2026-27 season.
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\nSeries Record:\u00a0Hawai’i leads 29-23
\nStreak: UH won 2
\nLast Meeting: UH 67, LBSU 44; Jan. 31, 2026; Honolulu<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Rainbow Wahine and Beach meet for the 53rd time in a series that began on Jan. 31, 1986, a 91-59 Long Beach State win in Honolulu.
\n\tThe teams split last year’s series with both teams winning on the road.
\n\tUH won this season’s first meeting 67-44 in Jan. 31. Imani Perez<\/a> led UH with 15 points and Ritorya Tamilo<\/a> posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
\n\tThe Beach holds a 12-11 lead in games played in Long Beach. UH has won in its last two visits to the Pyramid.
\n\tUH has won five of the last six meetings since LBSU swept the regular-season series in 2023.
\n\tUH is 21-8 against the Beach under head coach Laura Beeman<\/a>.
\n\tLBSU coach Amy Wright is in her third season leading the Beach and has a record of 36-56.
\n\tThe Beach opened the week with a 59-56 loss at UC Davis on Thursday. JaQuoia Jones-Brown led the Beach with 23 points.
\n\tJones-Brown is the reigning Big West Player of the Week and leads the Beach and ranks third in the Big West with 18 points per game. The sophomore also leads LBSU with 6.9 rebounds per game.
\n\tJones-Brown ranks sixth in the nation with 37.26 minutes per game.
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