The Hawaii men’s basketball team remained undefeated at home with an 86-67 rout of its Division II counterpart Hawaii Hilo tonight.

A season-low crowd of 2,154 saw UH (6-1) improve to 6-0 at the Stan Sheriff Center this season behind a season-high 33 points from Aaron Valdes, who shot 15-for-20 from the field and grabbed seven rebounds.

It was Valdes’ third career 30-point game, and second against the Vulcans.

The game counted officially for UH but went down as an exhibition for Hilo, which remained at 0-5.

Coach Eran Ganot was able to insert his bench mob by the second half’s five-minute mark up by 22.

Guard Isaac Fleming registered 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Center Stefan Jovanovic added 10 off the bench, while reserve guard Niko Filipovich scored a career-high eight.

Valdes poured in 22 points on 10-for-12 shooting in the first half, including three acrobatic putbacks.

Forward Stefan Jankovic was a pregame scratch with a sore back. Sai Tummala got his first career start in his place.

Hilo hung around early by hitting seven of 14 3-point attempts in the first half, including a 3-for-4 effort by Patrick Ball. Ball hit one to beat the halftime buzzer and make it 44-33 at the break.

Valdes got the second half started with a 3, but the Vulcans got back within single digits on a corner 3 by Vandyon Lockett with 17 minutes to play.

Hilo’s only active player with size, 6-foot-6 Nate Walker, picked up an offsetting technical foul along with UH’s Mike Thomas with 17:37 to play. For Walker, it counted as his fourth personal foul and he had to take a seat.

Fleming lobbed a ball up for Valdes to jam with two hands with 15 minutes to go for a 53-40 lead.

Lockett caught Fleming in the face with a swung elbow with 13:03 left. The officials reviewed the play on a monitor and called a flagrant 1 foul. Fleming made one of two foul shots and followed it up with a 3 for a 59-40 advantage.

Jovanovic scored inside and Fleming stole the ball for a layup to keep a 12-0 run going.

Filipovich hit a corner 3 with eight minutes left for his first points of the season and a 70-48 lead. He added another trey and two free throws to surpass his old career best of five points.