Freshmen Seck, Rouhliadeff add needed depth for home stretch

Mor is certainly not less for the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team. Especially heading down the home stretch of the brutal 20-game Big West Conference regular season, with the league’s postseason tournament immediately to follow.

Photo courtesy Matt OsumiSo just in the nick of time, 7-foot-1 freshman Mor Seck and fellow rookie Harry Rouhliadeff, a 6-9 forward, stepped up last Saturday night and provided surprising but much-needed low post support after 6-9 starting center Bernardo da Silva was scratched that morning due to a sprained ankle.

Seck responded with career highs of 14 points and 16 rebounds, to go along with four blocks in 29 minutes played — by far the most action he…