From start to finish, the University of Hawaii at Hilo men’s basketball team closed out the 2016 portion of the Pacific West Conference season just the way they hope to open the new year.
The Vulcans (4-6, 3-2 in the PWC), raced out to an 11-2 lead and never looked back Monday night at Hilo Civic when they put together their most complete game of the season in a 78-41 romp over Dominican (3-8, 2-3) that nudged them over to the winning side of the conference schedule one-fourth of the way through the season.
Last year, UHH didn’t get its second conference win until the second week in January and that team had a chance to gain the conference’s final tournament berth on the last day of the season.