The magic number is now down to 1.
The University of Hawai’i basketball team is now one victory away from clinching its first Big West Conference regular-season championship after a convincing 89-78 victory over CSUN on Saturday night.
A sellout crowd at the Stan Sheriff Center watched the Warriors improve to 23-4 overall and 12-2 in the conference. The Warriors are one game ahead of UC Irvine and two games ahead of Long Beach State with two games remaining.
CSUN dropped to 10-19 overall and 5-10 in the conference, including two losses to Hawai’i.
Stefan Jankovic continued his mastery of the CSUN defense with 28 points on 8-of-9 field goal shooting and 10-of-12 free-throw shooting to lead the Warriors.