HONOLULU Eddie Stansberry scored 15 points, Zigmars Raimo had a double-double and Hawaii held on to beat Cal Poly 65-61 on Thursday night.
HONOLULU — Eddie Stansberry scored 15 points, Zigmars Raimo had a double-double and Hawaii held on to beat Cal Poly 65-61 on Thursday night.
Raimo finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Hawaii (11-5, 2-1 Big West Conference) led 45-29 with 15 minutes to play but the Mustangs used a pair of 10-2 runs and then scored six consecutive points to pull within a point with three minutes remaining. Stansberry answered with a 3-pointer and Cal Poly (4-13, 1-2) got no closer.
Colby Rogers led the Mustangs with 18 points and Kyle Colvin scored 11.Cal Poly has lost 13 consecutive road games dating to last season.
• Women
Hawaii 80, UC Riverside 57: Julissa Tago scored 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting as the Wahine picked up their first Big West Conference win.
Freshman point guard Nae Nae Calhoun flirted with her first-career double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds, while totaling six assists as UH (7-9, 1-2) snapped a four-game losing streak.
“Tonight was fun,” Calhoun said in a school release. “I loved playing at such a fast pace. I have shooters to my left and my right; I just have to find them. Tonight was a blast.”
The Highlanders (5-11, 1-1), who have lost three in a row to Hawaii, shot just 39%, including 2 of 16 from 3-point range.
