Playing spoiler in more ways than one, visiting UC Irvine flexed its first-place muscle Saturday night and denied upset-minded Hawai’i, 70-63, in tense Big West Conference men’s basketball action.
A national ESPN2 TV audience and electric season-best “White-Out” crowd of 5,949 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Eyassu Worku score a game-high 21 points and Evan Leonard add 16 points as the Anteaters improved to 17-10 overall and 9-2 in the Big West. Drew Buggs scored 17 points, dished seven assists and grabbed four rebounds and Eddie Stansberry added 10 points for the Warriors, who dropped their fourth straight game and fell to 14-10, 5-5.