It looked like the party was over early Saturday for the University of Hawaii women’s basketball team. But then Mia ‘Uhila and some of her friends showed up.

‘Uhila scored a career-high 23 points, as the Wahine came back from a 19-point first-quarter deficit, and UH extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 65-58 comeback for the ages against visiting UC Santa Barbara.

Somebody’s good times had to end at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, as the Gauchos came in with a three-win streak.

Early on it looked like UH’s 10-game streak might bite the dust, as UCSB’s barrage of bombs in the first quarter gave it a 26-7 lead.

Meawhile, UC Irvine was winning at UC San Diego to climb into a tie with UH at the top of the conference standings at 10-2.

Hawaii improved to 11-2 in the Big West and 17-6 overall.

UC Santa Barbara fell to 14-9 and 7-6.

UH’s last loss was to UCSB on Jan. 2.

Hawaii shot and hustled its way back into the game in the second quarter, outscoring the Gauchos 18-10.

This time UH hit three bombs in a row, one from each corner by MeiLani McBee, who finished with 12 points, and then the third by Brooklyn Rewers to cut the deficit to 26-18.

A controversial blocking call against a stationary Rewers when Skylar Burke bounced off of her let UCSB cut the lead back to double digits at halftime, 36-25.

Burke led UCSB with 20 points.

But ‘Uhila and Kelsie Imai attacked the Gauchos lower-post like human bowling balls in the second half, hitting layups and free throws seemingly at will, and ‘Uhila hit two clutch 3-pointers, too.

Starting guard Lily Wahinekapu scored 11 points for UH after a one-game absence due to illness.