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By Billy Hull
Feb. 13, 2025
Lily Wahinekapu’s 3-pointer from the right wing with 48 seconds left provided the dagger for a 12th straight win for the Hawaii women’s basketball team as it knocked off Long Beach State 72-65 tonight at The Gold Mine in Long Beach, Calif.
The Beach were held without a field goal for more than eight minutes in the fourth quarter, with Jada Crawshaw’s layup with 17 seconds remaining snapping an 0-for-12 drought from the field by Long Beach State (12-11, 8-6 Big West).
By then, the Rainbow Wahine were already well ahead to improve to 18-6 overall and 12-2 in the Big West, avenging an overtime loss to the Beach in early December in Hawaii.
Freshman center Ritorya Tamilo scored a team-high 15 points with seven rebounds, two steals and two blocks and Wahinekapu added 14 points. Kelsie Imai provided 11 points, seven rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal off the bench and MeiLani McBee chipped in 10 points, five rebounds, four steals and two blocks.
Hawaii won despite committing 24 turnovers that led to 19 Long Beach State points.
UH outrebounded the Beach 40-32 and outscored Long Beach State 39-27 in the second half.
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Hawaii will end the road trip on Saturday at UC Irvine, which was tied for first place with UH in the loss column at 10-2 entering tonight’s game against UC Santa Barbara.
Tipoff Saturday is noon at Bren Events Center.
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HONOLULU (AP) Marcus Greene scored 10 points, including two free throws with five seconds to play, to help Hawaii beat Long Beach State 62-60 on Thursday night.
Ryan Rapp and Tanner Christensen also scored 10 points apiece for Hawaii (13-11, 5-8 Big West Conference). Harry Rouhliadeff added nine points and nine rebounds.
TJ Wainwright led Long Beach State (7-19, 3-11) with 20 points, 11 in the final seven minutes. Devin Askew added 16 points and Kam Martin scored 11. The Beach has lost nine games in a row.
The Rainbow Warriors won for just the second time since an 81-70 victory over Cal State Bakersfield on Jan. 19.
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Long Beach State plays next Thursday on the road at UC Riverside. Hawaii plays host to UC Irvine on Saturday.
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