The University of Hawai’i women’s basketball pulled off the improbable, rallying from a 15-point deficit in the second half to defeat UC Santa Barbara, 61-59, in the championship game of the Hercules Tires Big West Conference Championship Tournament on Saturday.
A crowd of 1,216 – most of them cheering for Hawai’i – at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nev., watched the Rainbow Wahine win the conference tournament for the second consecutive season. Hawai’i, which improved to 18-14 overall, will find out its seed and opponent for the 2023 NCAA Tournament on Sunday.