For the second straight day, the University of Hawai’i basketball team started slow and could not consistently keep in step with a team of “Jersey Boys” who were in smooth rhythm by comparison.
This time, it was Princeton that capitalized in a 75-62 victory Wednesday in the finale of the FS1 Pearl Harbor Invitational at Bloch Arena, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. A mixed crowd of about 1,200 civilians and military personnel — plus a national TV audience — watched the Tigers drain seven 3-pointers in the game’s first 15 minutes in improving to 3-4.
Noah Allen scored 19 points with four rebounds and Gibson Johnson also had 19 points, but without a rebound, to lead the Rainbow Warriors (4-5).