Led by career games from Kawaha, Shimizu, UHH women turn back Point Loma

JOE POELLOT/UHH Mandi Kawaha steered UHH to a 78-66 win Monday at Hilo Civic.

Before the season began, UH-Hilo women’s basketball coach David Kaneshiro was asked in an interview if he felt slighted by his team’s preseason ranking in the PacWest coaches’ poll.