The University of Hawai’i basketball team appeared to find its offense, but it was the defense that went missing in an 86-82 road loss at CSUN on Saturday.
A crowd of 1,624 at The Matadome in Northridge, Calif., watched a back-and-forth contest in the regular-season finale for both teams.
The Rainbow Warriors finished the regular season at 17-13 overall and tied for fourth place in the Big West Conference at 8-8. They will be the No. 4 seed for next week’s Big West Conference Championship Tournament at Anaheim, Calif., and will face No. 5 UC Davis in a quarterfinal game at 8:30 p.