UH-Manoa roundup: Allen, Purchase help Hawaii top Fullerton in OT 64-58

HONOLULU — Noah Allen scored 21 points and Jack Purchase hit two 3-pointers in overtime to lead Hawaii to a 64-58 win over Cal State-Fullerton on Saturday night.

Purchase drained a 3-pointer 14 seconds into the extra session when Sherriff Drammeh found him in the left corner. The Titans were within one when Drammeh found Purchase again to make it 54-50 with 2:32 to play.

Gibson Johnson had a blocked shot on Fullerton’s next possession and made a hook shot on the other end to push the lead to six. Drammeh made 5 of 6 free throws in the final minute to help seal the win.

Hawaii (14-13, 8-6 Big West) forced overtime when Drammeh made the first of two free throws with 4.2 seconds left to tie the game at 46 and Khalil Ahmad did not get a final shot off in time.

Both teams struggled from 3-point range from the outset. Before Noah nailed a 3-pointer, the teams were 0 for 11 and they finished the first half a combined 1 of 22. Noah had 13 points as Hawaii led 23-21 with no other player in the game scoring more than four points.

Tre’ Goggins had 15 points for the Titans (13-13, 7-6), who had a four-game winning streak snapped.

• The Rainbow Wahine hit nine 3-pointers to pick up their second consecutive road victory, 55-45 at Cal Fullerton.

Senior Briana Harris led the Rainbow Wahine (10-17, 6-9 Big West) with 20 points.

• Neil Uskali pitched seven strong innings, UH manufactured the go-ahead run in the fifth and Tyler Murray and Alex Fitchett hit doubled in the sixth inning to tack on another run for the Rainbow Warriors, who beat San Francisco 3-1 in Honolulu to to snap a three-game losing streak.

• Dana Thomsen pitched a three-hitter and Heather Morales and Heather Cameron homered as the Wahine softball team bounced back from a lopsided loss to beat UNLV 6-1.

Earlier, Oregon routed UH (5-6) 17-0.