You could have looked at the schedule last summer and identified these days as the time the University of Hawaii at Hilo men’s basketball program needed to come together and rack up some conference victories.
It hasn’t been easy, but the Vulcans seem to have gotten the message after an 88-80 victory over Fresno Pacific University Monday night in the second game of an important five-game homestead that probably deserves a gold star by the scoreline.
That would be the notation served for junior transfer Parker Farris who broke the school record for 3-point baskets in a game when he dropped through nine of them — eight in the first half — and finished with 32 points, his season high.