UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Madut, Hepa help Hawaii rally, beat UC Santa Barbara 65-62
Hepa hit each of his season-high four 3-pointers during a 19-3 run in the second half. He opened the spurt with back-to-back 3s and added another that made it 44-42 and gave Hawaii Hawaii (11-5, 6-0 Big West) the lead for good before Amoro Lado and Hepa hit 3-pointers 35 seconds apart to stretch the lead to seven points with 6:39 to play.
Ajay Mitchell scored eight of his 16 points from there, including a step-back 3-pointer that pulled the Gauchos to 62-61 with 6.7 seconds left but Noel Coleman — who shot just 2 of 12 from the field — made two free throws and Hepa made 1 of 2 from the foul line to seal it.
UCSB scored 13 consecutive points in a 23-4 run over the first 9 minutes of the game but the Rainbow Warriors scored 12 of the next 13 points before going into halftime trailing 30-19 — Hawaii's lowest scoring half of the season.
Amadou Sow had 13 points and 13 rebounds for UC Santa Barbara (8-8, 1/3 Big West) but shot just 5 of 19 from the field.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 62 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 62 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Kamaka Hepa made Free Throw. | 62 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Hawai'i Deadball Team Rebound. | 62 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Kamaka Hepa missed Free Throw. | 62 - 64 |
Statistics
 UCSB |
 HAW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 22-57 | FG | 22-52 |
| 39 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 6-17 | 3PT | 9-23 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 39 |
| 12-20 | FT | 12-17 |
| 60 | Free Throw % | 71 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 8 | Assists | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 20 | Points Off Turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 20 | Fouls | 19 |
| 19 | Largest Lead | 7 |
Game Information
Location: Honolulu, HI
Attendance: 3,735 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawai'i | 2-0 | - | 10-2 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 2-0 | - | 8-3 |
| UC Irvine | 2-0 | - | 7-4 |
| UC San Diego | 1-0 | 0.5 | 9-1 |
| Cal State Northridge | 1-1 | 1 | 6-5 |
| UC Riverside | 1-1 | 1 | 5-6 |
| Cal Poly | 1-1 | 1 | 5-6 |
| UC Davis | 0-1 | 1.5 | 5-4 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 0-2 | 2 | 5-7 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 0-2 | 2 | 4-8 |
| Long Beach State | 0-2 | 2 | 2-9 |