Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors at Long Beach State Beach
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 74
72 - 74
Long Beach State rallies past Hawaii 74-72
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.
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Statistics
 HAW |
 LBSU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 26-61 | FG | 22-54 |
| 43 | Field Goal % | 41 |
| 8-26 | 3PT | 9-21 |
| 31 | Three Point % | 43 |
| 12-16 | FT | 21-32 |
| 75 | Free Throw % | 66 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 27 | Fouls | 19 |
Game Information
Venue: LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid
Location: Long Beach, CA
Attendance: 3,722 | Capacity:
Location: Long Beach, CA
Attendance: 3,722 | Capacity:
2025-26 Mountain West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State | 15-5 | - | 29-7 |
| San Diego State | 14-6 | 1 | 22-11 |
| New Mexico | 13-7 | 2 | 26-11 |
| Grand Canyon | 13-7 | 2 | 20-12 |
| Nevada | 12-8 | 3 | 24-13 |
| Boise State | 12-8 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Colorado State | 11-9 | 4 | 21-13 |
| UNLV | 11-9 | 4 | 18-17 |
| Wyoming | 9-11 | 6 | 18-15 |
| Fresno State | 7-13 | 8 | 13-19 |
| San José State | 3-17 | 12 | 9-24 |
| Air Force | 0-20 | 15 | 3-29 |
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |