The Hawaii basketball team gets to enjoy one last game on Oahu before the Rainbow Warriors fly away for Big West play.

Today’s nonconference finale against Delaware State represents a chance at an uncommon winning streak before the ’Bows take to the air for the first time. Their season high is two in a row, when they wrapped up the Rainbow Classic at 2-1.

UH (5-7) has played 10 of 12 games in the Stan Sheriff Center, with the other two down the H-1 all the way to Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena. The Hornets (3-11) of the financially challenged Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference have played 11 true road games by comparison.

“We want to build off our last game (vs. Southern Miss), continue to have some momentum going into conference,” UH coach Eran Ganot said. “It’s a really good challenge. It’s a Delaware State team that’s been on the road quite a bit, and have performed. So they’re not going to be afraid of the atmosphere.”

It’s a “White-out” game following Rainbow Wahine basketball vs. Grand Canyon at 5:30 p.m. A men’s ticket covers both games.

UH has had a different starting lineup in each of the last three games, but Ganot has settled on a three-guard lineup (Brocke Stepteau, Sheriff Drammeh, Leland Green) in the last three halves, with top scorer Noah Allen (12.5 points per game) coming off the bench as the ’Bows finished seventh in the Diamond Head Classic.

“That lineup currently — that doesn’t mean it’ll always be the case — has given us the best energy,” Ganot said. “With the turnover issue we’ve had over the course of the year, the second halves of the last two games we’ve had the least amount of turnovers.”

UH committed just three after halftime in a 14-point loss to Utah and four in the latter period of the 60-46 win over Southern Miss on Christmas.

“You’ll see Noah Allen back in there at the 3 (at some point) without question,” Ganot said. “You might see (him at) some undersized 4. More than anything, it gives us another look.”

The understated Allen took the demotion in stride in practice this week. He’s scored just seven points combined in the last two games.

“Whatever the coach thinks is best,” Allen said. “We’re just trying to get better each and every game.

“Nothing changes,” he added of coming off the bench. “At the end of the day, it’s basketball. Once I’m in there, it doesn’t matter when I come in. I just have to be ready to perform.”

DSU is making its second trip to the islands in three years. The ’Bows of Benjy Taylor defeated the Hornets 75-60 on Dec. 2, 2014.

Last time Keith Walker’s team traveled from the East Coast, it experienced mechanical problems and flight delays en route, and had almost no time to settle in.

“We promised the guys we’d try to make it up for them one day and come back. (This trip) is fortunate for us,” Walker said.

“They do a good job of attacking the basket,” he said of UH. “We’ll certainly have to prepare ourselves for that.”

DSU won at St. John’s 79-72 on Nov. 29, but has gone 0-6 against Division I competition since.

Top scorer Devin Morgan (13.7 ppg) stands only 5 feet 11 but earned MEAC Freshman of the Year in 2015-16. He’s complemented by 6-foot-5 forward Kavon Waller, who’s converted 53.7 percent (36-for-67) of his 3-point attempts this season, good for fifth in the country.

“But we don’t take 3-pointers just to take them,” Walker said.

UH has been ineffective at defending the 3 so far, allowing opponents to make 36 percent of their attempts.

“That’s been one of our weaknesses, so that’s something we’re trying to focus on in our preparation,” Allen said.

The Hornets top out at 6-9 and have just two seniors on the roster. They’ve been hammered on the glass by a margin of 7.3 per game.

To make matters worse, 6-7 forward DeVaughn Mallory was left home from the trip because of a family illness, DSU said. It will mark the first time this season DSU deviates from its regular starting five.

The Rainbow Warriors are 14-0 all-time against MEAC teams.

UH BASKETBALL TIPOFF

Delaware State (3-11) at Hawaii (5-7), 8 p.m.

Today at Stan Sheriff Center

TV: OC Sports

Radio: KKEA, 1420-AM

Series: UH leads 1-0

Projected starting lineups

Delaware State

When Delaware State has the ball

Joe Lewis is expected to make his first start of the season in the frontcourt. Besides Morgan’s 87.5 percent shooting at the line, DSU is 57 percent there as a team. Morgan and Waller have hit 36 3-pointers each, or 2.6 per game. They comprise 65 percent of the Hornets’ made 3s.

Hawaii

When Hawaii has the ball

Look for Noah Allen to play as a reserve again coming off UH’s success against Southern Miss in the Diamond Head Classic seventh-place game. Purchase shot 8-for-17 (47.1 percent) on 3-pointers in the last two games, ending a 6-for-26 (23.1 percent) slide over the previous four.