UH men in another midnight game

For the seventh straight year, the Hawaii men’s basketball team will participate in a late-night game for ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-off Marathon.

The Rainbow Warriors will face High Point of the Big South Conference in an ESPN2-televised game tipping off at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 18. The game is also the finale of the 50th Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic.

It will be the third game of the season, following standard contests against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 14 and 15. For ESPN, the UH-High Point game bridges nearly two full days of basketball on Nov. 17 and 18.

UH is 4-2 in the event. Last season it lost to New Mexico State in the midnight game, 95-88.

Weightlifting medals for Kobayashi

Hawaii’s Brey Kobayashi won three bronze medals during last weekend’s USA Weightlifting Senior National Championships in Salt Lake City.

Kobayashi, competing in the 56kg class, placed third in the snatch (89 pounds), clean and jerk (105) and total (194). The 2013 ‘Iolani graduate was the lightest competitor out of seven in the weight class and was 41 pounds off the winning total of 235 by Michael Fox.

In the 69kg division, Maui’s Keaka Paleka, representing Vernon Patao Strength & Conditioning, tied for 17th out of 33 lifters. His total was 226 pounds, with 102 in snatch and 124 in clean & jerk.

Enriques and Fey win bronze medal

The U.S. Men’s Junior National Team, with two players from Hawaii in the lineup, defeated Puerto Rico in straight sets on Sunday to earn the bronze medal at the NORCECA U-21 Men’s Continental Volleyball Championships in San Salvador, El Salvador.

University of Hawaii outside hitter Kupono Fey played sparingly in all three sets, finishing with one kill in the 26-24, 25-19, 27-25 victory. Kamehameha-Hawaii graduate Evan Enriques, who has committed to Stanford, was the libero and led the U.S. in digs with five.