RAINBOW BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK
@ Tulsa
Tip-off -- Tomorrow, 10 a.m. HST, Reynolds Center (8,355), Tulsa, Okla.
Coaches -- UH: Riley Wallace (14th, 207-132); UT: Buzz Peterson (1st, 13-6).
Season -- Hawaii 8-9 overall, 2-4 WAC. Tulsa 13-6 overall, 4-2 WAC.
On the air -- Live on Fox Sports West (OC21) and KCCN (1420-AM).
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Top players -- Hawaii: Predrag Savovic (6-6 Jr., G, 16.8 ppg), Nerijus Puida (6-5 Sr., F, 9.2 ppg, 4.5 apg). Troy Ostler (6-10 Sr., C, 15.9 ppg, 6.5 rpg). Tulsa: Marcus Hill (6-5 Sr., F, 13.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg), Kevin Johnson (6-7 So., F, 12.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg), Greg Harrington (6-2 Jr., G, 11.8 ppg)
Interesting facts -- This is the ninth meeting between the teams. Tulsa leads, 5-3. Hawaii won the earlier meeting this season in Honolulu, 68-65. ... The Golden Hurricane is 8-2 at home this season, 29-4 in Reynolds, which opened on Dec. 29, 1998. ... Tulsa's Kevin Johnson was named the WAC Player of the Week on Monday after he averaged 22 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks in wins over TCU and UTEP.
Game keys -- Hawaii needs to learn how to win on the road and not allow the opponent to dictate the tempo of the game. ... The Rainbows also need to take control in the final minutes. They are 1-7 when trailing with five minutes remaining. Hawaii also needs to box out Johnson, who had career highs of 30 points, 10 rebounds and 8 blocks in the win at TCU.
Cindy Luis, Star-Bulletin
UH Athletics
Ka Leo O Hawaii
WAC
|
Conference |
|
|
All Games |
|
W |
L |
Pct. |
W |
L |
Pct. |
| Fresno St. |
6 |
0 |
1.000 |
17 |
2 |
.895 |
| SMU |
5 |
2 |
.714 |
14 |
5 |
.737 |
| UTEP |
4 |
2 |
.667 |
15 |
3 |
.833 |
| Tulsa |
4 |
2 |
.667 |
13 |
6 |
.684 |
| Rice |
3 |
2 |
.600 |
11 |
6 |
.647 |
| TCU |
3 |
3 |
.500 |
14 |
6 |
.700 |
| Hawaii |
2 |
4 |
.333 |
8 |
9 |
.471 |
| San Jose St. |
0 |
6 |
.000 |
8 |
9 |
.471 |
| Nevada |
0 |
6 |
.000 |
7 |
10 |
.412 |
Today
UTEP at Nevada
San Jose State at Rice
SMU at TCU
Tomorrow
Hawaii at Tulsa, 10 a.m., HST
