Eddie Stansberry scored 23 points with five rebounds and four assists and Justin Webster added 15 points today to help Hawai’i race past visiting Samford, 94-73, in nonconference men’s basketball action.
A sparse Sunday afternoon crowd of about 2,900 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Dawson Carper add 14 points and five boards and Samuta Avea 12 points and seven boards as the Warriors improved to 7-3 heading into this next week’s Diamond Head Classic. Samford, based in Birmingham, Ala. and representing the Southern Conference, fell to 6-6.
UH came out firing and rained five 3-pointers in the first eight minutes in dashing out to a 26-7 lead.