Showing it’s coaches and fans something it did not two nights earlier — the ability to scratch for a victory — the youthful and inexperienced University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team overcame a 12-point halftime deficit Sunday evening to rally past Texas State, 74-68, in thrilling Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic action.
A vocal and energized “White-Out” crowd of about 3,400 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Jack Purchase score 15 points with four assists, Sheriff Drammeh add 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and Noah Allen and Gibson Johnson each contribute 13 points as the Rainbow Warriors evened their record at 1-1, while the Bobcats fell to 1-1.