Is it possible to produce one of the top individual performances in recent memory and get overlooked? That may be the case for University of Hawai’i senior Kamaka Hepa.
The 6-foot-10 forward recorded 30 points and 14 rebounds in the Rainbow Warriors’ 90-66 win over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sunday. That is just the fourth time since the year 2000 that a Hawai’i player had a double-double with 30 or more points and 10 or more rebounds. The only others to do it since 2000 are:
• Troy Ostler (34 points and 10 rebounds in 2000)
• Christian Standhardinger (31 points and 16 rebounds in 2013)
• Noah Allen (30 points and 12 rebounds in 2017)
Hepa was one rebound short of becoming just the fifth player in UH basketball history to record a double-double with 30 or more points and 15 or more rebounds.