It was an afternoon of firsts for the Hawaii Hilo men’s basketball team Sunday in the Vulcans’ campus gymnasium when everything started off wrong but finished well at the end.
The Vulcans snapped a five-game losing streak and won their home opener in exasperating fashion when they outlasted Notre Dame de Namur 68-63 in a game that was a struggle from start to finish.
The UHH men’s and women’s teams both opened their games with a 1-0 deficit before the tipoff after officials charged an administrative technical foul to the school for having a shot clock that wasn’t working properly and a horn on the clock that was barely audible.