Men\u2019s basketball brings home a powerful win against Manhattan in an 86-56 blowout on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.<\/p>\n
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Sophomore point guard Aaron Hunkin-Claytor from Wahiawa, O\u02bbahu, begins his second year with UH basketball. He helps the team kick off the season with six wins and only one loss.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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The team listens intently to head coach Eran Ganot on the left, and to assistant coach Brad Davidson holding a clipboard on the right.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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One of the UH Rainbow Warrior Dancers shakes her pom poms to pump up the crowd. The UH Rainbow Warrior Dancers are the official dance team of the University of Hawai\u02bbi and perform in conjunction with cheerleaders for UH athletics.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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Hawai\u2019i\u2019s graduate student Yacine Toumi (10) goes up for a heavily contested layup against Manhattan\u2019s Marko\u00a0Ljubicic (21).<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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Head coach Eran Ganot gets up and motions to a referee, pleading for a fowl.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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Aaron Hunkin-Claytor (30) looks for an open pass while forward Gytis Nemeik\u0161a (5) tries to make himself available. Nemeik\u0161a begins his second season with UH Manoa and his senior year. He comes from Lithuania.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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The Hawai\u02bbi bench erupts after one of Isaac Johnson\u2019s three pointers. He completed four of his five attempts, adding to his 25 points that night. He also made 2 blocks.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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Senior transfer student, Isaac Johnson (20) from American Fork Utah congratulates teammate Aaron Hunkin-Claytor (30) on a good play. Johnson is becoming a major piece of the Hawai\u02bbi team and scored 25 points by the end of the night.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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At the start of the game, Manhattan guard Erik Oliver Bush (5) goes up for a huge dunk on a fast break. Deflated Hawai\u02bbi including Dre Bullock (4) and Isaac Johnson (20) turn back to get on offense.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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Manhattan guard Devin Dinkins (0) goes up against Hawai\u02bbi guard Hunter Erickson. The graduate student, Erickson, is originally from Provo Utah. He played four seasons of Division-I basketball at Utah and BYU before coming to UH.<\/p>\n
Alec Johnson<\/p>\n
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The Rainbow Warrior cheer squad lifts the crowd’s energy, giving the audience spirit late in the game.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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Hawai\u02bbi defender Dre Bullock (4) rises to the rim to challenge a tough Manhattan attempt in front of the home crowd at the UH M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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Sophomore guard Aaron Hunkin-Claytor (30) surveys the floor during Friday night’s nonconference matchup against Manhattan.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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UH center Isaac Johnson (20) signals to his coach as the Bows battle the Jaspers, a MAAC opponent coming off a 12-8 conference season.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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A tough moment for the ‘Bows, as Manhattan’s Terrance Jones (22) rises for a highlight dunk over Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s Isaiah Kerr (7).<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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Hawai\u02bbi’s seven footer, Isaac Johnson (20) puts up a three-pointer with confidence as the Rainbow Warriors continue to build their lead.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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A UH Manoa guard Isaac Johnson (20) signals for the ball, calling for a play as the offense resets.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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Forward Gytis Nemeiksa (5) rises for the block, denying the Jaspers’ drive to the rim.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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UH teammates celebrate their win over Manhattan highlighted by senior Isaac Johnson (44) and his career-high with 25 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n
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Battle at the rim! A 2-on-1 advantage, with the Bows seen dominating rebounds during the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Lauren Retsky \/ Ka Leo o Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s basketball brings home a powerful win against Manhattan in an 86-56 blowout on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,28985,28986,9,24,63,7300,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-59592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-mosaic-sports","12":"tag-multimedia","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-photos","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}