You can score this one a technical knockout.
There was more to it than that, but two technical fouls on the University of Hawaii at Hilo men’s basketball team came at critical junctures at the end of the first half and deep into the second half made a big difference in each instance Thursday at Hilo Civic.
Dixie State University (5-4 in the Pacific West Conference, 8-7 overall), with a lineup that towered over the Vulcans, opened a trip through the islands with a 97-79 victory over UH Hilo (3-6, 3-10) that snapped a three-game conference win streak.