HONOLULU — Jack Purchase scored 23 points and hit five of Hawaii’s 13 3-pointers and the Rainbow Warriors never trailed in their 87-64 win over UC Riverside on Saturday night.
Purchase, who shot 8 of 12 from the field, came in tied with Zane Johnson atop the program’s career list for made 3s with 180.
Brocke Stepteau added 17 points and Eddie Stansberry scored 15 for Hawaii (16-9, 7-4 Big West Conference).
Stepteau scored 11 points, including three 3-pointers, in the first five minutes as the Rainbow Warriors jumped to a 16-6 lead and Stansberry hit three 3s in a 14-0 run that made it 48-25 with 1:46 left in the first half. UC Riverside trailed by at least 21 points the rest of the way.
Dikymbe Martin made a career-high six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points for the Highlanders (9-18, 3-8). Callum McRae added 13 points.
Hawaii shot 58.9 percent (33 of 56) from the field and 56.5 percent (13 of 23) from 3-point range — both season highs.
• UH women 63, Long Beach State 49: Junior guard Courtney Middap hit a career-high five 3-pointers, including one to break a tie game midway through the fourth quarter at Stan Sheriff Center, and finished with 17 points as the Wahine moved into a tie for second place in the Big West.
Over the final five-plus minutes, the Rainbow Wahine (11-13, 7-4) went on a 19-5 run to close out The Beach (7-17, 4-7).
Baseball ‘Bows split
Kamehameha graduate DallasJ Duarte punctuated a seven-run eighth inning with a two-run single as Hawaii beat Portland 9-5 for its first win of the season and a split at Les Murakami Stadium.
Duarte, a true freshman, finished 3 for 4 at second base and catcher and is 5 of 10 in his first three games. Earlier in the eighth, Duarte singled and scored on Alex Baeza’s three-run home run to tie the game.
Cade Halemanu (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to get the win. Duarte’s former Warriors teammate Daylen Calicdan was 2 for 3 in right field.
Adam Fogel hit two solo home runs for UH (1-2) in the first game, a 7-4 win for Portland (2-1).
Aaron Davenport (0-1) struck out six in 5 1/3 but took the loss.
