Hawaii Tribune-Herald
For the last six years, UH-Hilo has played the Rainbow Wahine in a basketball exhibition game, and each time the differences between the two are laid bare.
On one hand, the Wahine have won by an average score of 77-48 because they’re usually taller, deeper, and, quite simply, more talented.
On the other hand, they’re a Division I program and enter each battle fully loaded with a maximum allotment of 15 scholarships.
The Vulcans, under coach David Kaneshiro, are a struggling Division II outfit and offer roughly seven out of 10 scholarships.
In 2014, UHH chancellor Donald Straney wrote a column in the Tribune-Herald, pleading the local community to help with sponsorships, raise scholarship funds, and attend games.