Brandyn Akana can remember with some clarity the last regular-season college basketball game to be played on his native Molokai.

"Chaminade played Cal State-L.A. … I was actually a ball boy for that game," the Hawaii assistant coach said of the December, 1984 contest won by CSLA. "Merv Lopes coached Chaminade at the time. I remember it very, very clearly."

Akana will create some fresh memories when Hawaii and Chaminade meet at his alma mater, Molokai High School, on Dec. 15, a game officially announced on Wednesday to complete UH’s schedule. Molokai’s gym at Ho‘olehua — The Barn — seats an estimated 2,000.

"This is definitely a dream come true for me to go back home and take the guys over to Molokai, and to show the fans what true college basketball is all about," said Akana, a Farmers alumnus. "I never thought it would happen back at The Barn. Especially with a (Division I) college team."

According to UH, it will be the school’s first regular-season game on the Friendly Isle in any sport. UH also finalized a Nov. 2 exhibition against HPU at the Stan Sheriff Center, set one week before the regular-season opener vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Division II Chaminade is designated the home team for the Molokai game, which was in the works for months but was only recently finalized on both teams’ ends.

"Our guys have been looking forward to playing UH. We’ll see what we’ve got," second-year Silverswords coach Eric Bovaird said. "Our guys love playing against the best competition. We have the toughest schedule in Division II basketball, and we just made it even a little bit tougher."

By game time, Chaminade will have its usual experience going against Division I teams at its EA Sports Maui Invitational in late November. The ‘Swords host Cedarville on Dec. 14, meaning they’ll have to fly into Molokai the day of the game.

It is an open week for the Rainbow Warriors, aside from final exams. They don’t play again until the Diamond Head Classic on Dec. 22.

The game continues a theme for UH, which has played regular-season games on Maui and Hawaii island in the last two years.

"It makes a lot of sense with Brandyn being from there and a part of what we’ve done here and continue to do here," UH coach Gib Arnold said. "I wanted to give him a chance to come home and show off his island to the team and to everyone. We’re thrilled about it. We’re glad it worked out, it’s something I’m really, really excited about."

Akana said his older brother Jarinn, a fellow Molokai graduate and a member of UH’s 1994 NCAA Tournament team, will fly back from California for the game.

"I think the people of Molokai love sports, they love the game of basketball," Akana said. "I think the atmosphere is going to be a little wild."

It will be only the fifth meeting between UH and Chaminade in a regular-season game, despite less than a mile separating the schools. The ‘Bows took the last one 70-61 in the 2009-10 season.