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Rainbow Wahine win on senior night

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Hawaii guard/forward Destiny King (34) grabs the rebound from Cal Poly guard Beth Balbierz (14) as guard Sarah Toeaina (5) assists on the play during the first half of a women’s college basketball game between the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine and the Cal Poly Lady Mustangs.

Before bidding farewell to its senior class, the University of Hawaii women’s basketball team extended another meaningful tradition.

The Rainbow Wahine won on senior night for the eighth straight year with a dominant 68-47 victory over Cal Poly tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center.

With their ninth win in the last 10 games, the Rainbow Wahine closed the regular season at 19-10 overall and 12-4 in the Big West and secured the second seed in the conference tournament, which comes with a double bye into the semifinals.

The Wahine will open the tournament on Friday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., against the second-lowest remaining seed to survive the first two rounds. UC Riverside (16-0) will be the tournament’s top seed.

UH junior Briana Harris and sophomore Megan Huff led a balanced scoring night with 11 points each. Senior Destiny King scored nine points and grabbed 12 rebounds in her final appearance at the Sheriff Center.

Senior center Connie Morris also finished with nine points and senior guard Marissa Wimbley had eight, as did sophomore Sarah Toeaina. Ashleigh Karaitiana posted four points and three assists in her second senior night game.

The Wahine outscored Cal Poly 32-12 in the paint and held the Mustangs to single-digit scoring in each of the first three quarters to take command early and led by as many as 28 in the fourth quarter. Cal Poly shot 24 percent from the field.

Amanda Lovely led Cal Poly (14-15, 7-9) with eight points. The Mustangs will be the sixth seed in the Big West tournament.

One response to “Rainbow Wahine win on senior night”

  1. lokela says:

    Good job. Go Wahine!

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