Knowing there would be no such thing as “easing into” league play this season, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team withstood its first stiff conference test Thursday night, rallying past UC Davis, 74-66, in a tense Big West opener for both teams.
An anxious and vocal crowd of 4,063 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched JoVon McClanahan score a career-high 23 points — all after halftime — and Bernardo da Silva and Justus Jackson each add 12 points as the Warriors overcame a five-point second-half deficit to improve to 10-3 overall.