Dawson Carper’s putback with 31.1 seconds proved to be the winning basket in the University of Hawai’i basketball team’s 56-55 road win at UC Riverside on Thursday at the SRC Arena in Riverside, Calif.
It capped a wild game of surges, and allowed Hawai’i to take the victory after allowing the Highlanders to rally from a 17-point deficit in the second half.
The Rainbow Warriors improved to 15-10 overall and 6-5 in the Big West Conference while snapping a four-game losing streak. The Highlanders dropped to 14-14 and 4-8 with their fifth consecutive loss.
Freshman guard Justin Webster led the Warriors with a career-high 18 points – all in the first half.