Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors @ Long Beach State Beach
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
HAW | 36 | 36 | 72 |
LBSU | 37 | 37 | 74 |
Long Beach State rallies past Hawaii 74-72
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Nick Faust scored 19 points with six rebounds, and Travis Hammonds made two free throws with ten seconds left as Long Beach State beat Hawaii 74-72 on Saturday night.
Hawaii (24-5, 13-3 Big West) shares the Big West regular-season title with UC Irvine but earned the No. 1 seed in next week's conference tournament. Long Beach State (18-13, 12-4) is the No. 3 seed.
Aaron Valdes hit a 3 for Hawaii to put the Rainbow Warriors up 69-60 with 5:48 to go.
The 49ers' A.J. Spencer made 1 of 2 free throws then hit a 3 to make it 69-64. Gabe Levin made two free throws and Faust hit a pair to make it 69-68.
Valdes made 1 of 2 free throws and Sai Tummala hit a jumper for Hawaii to make it 72-68 with 2:56 left.
Levin and Faust then made back-to-back layups to tie it at 72 before Hammonds game-winning free throws.
Valdes led Hawaii with 19 points and Stefan Jankovic had 14 rebounds.
Game Information
Long Beach, CA
Referee:Donn Berdahl
Referee:Jeremy Dente
Referee:Phil White
2025-26 Standings
| Big West Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |
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