Gibson Johnson scored a layup with 6.3 seconds remaining early this morning to lift the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team to a thrilling 64-63 victory over Florida Atlantic in final game of the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic.
A vocal black-clad crowd of about 2,500 at the Stan Sheriff Center and ESPN “Tip-off Marathon” national TV audience watched as the Rainbow Warriors improved to 2-1. The Owls fell to 0-3.
Johnson, a 6-foot-8 junior, took an entry pass in the low post on the right side of the basket, pump-faked a pass to teammate Jack Purchase cutting near the 3-point line, then sneaked the layup past 7-foot defender Ronald Delph.