Some nights, you just can’t keep up with a team on a roll.
The Vulcans ran into that scenario Monday night when Cal Baptist shot the lights out in the first half and used a deep and talented bench to avoid foul trouble in the second half for a 85-77 win over the University of Hawaii at Hilo men’s team in a Pacific West Conference game at Hilo Civic.
The victory improved the Lancers, ranked 12th nationally, to 8-3 in conference play and 17-4 overall while it dropped the Vulcans to 4-7 and 4-11.
Michael Smith, the conference’s second leading scorer, averaging 19.