If only the University of Hawai’i basketball team could play UC Davis every game. For the second time this season, the Rainbow Warriors rallied from a significant deficit and beat the Aggies with a last-second 3-pointer.
This one came in the improbable form of a 67-65 Hawai’i road win, as Samuta Avea drained a 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds to cap a comeback from 13 points down in the final five minutes.
A crowd of 1,648 at The Pavilion in Davis, Calif., was stunned as the Warriors finished the game on an 18-3 run. Hawai’i improved to 17-12 overall and is now tied for fourth place in the Big West Conference at 8-7 with one regular-season game remaining.