UPDATED: UC Riverside stymies Warriors on Senior Night

Photo courtesy Matt OsumiTaking all the color out of Hawai’i’s offense on “White Out” Senior Night, visiting UC Riverside slipped past the Warriors, 49-43, in Big West Conference men’s basketball action.

An anxious crowd of 5,467 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Arinze Chidom score 14 points and grab nine rebounds and Callum McRae add 12 points and 10 boards as the Highlanders closed out the game with a 10-3 run in the final three minutes to improve to 15-16 overall and 6-9 in the Big West.

Samuta Avea scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead UH, which dropped its sixth game in the past eight outings and fell to 16-12, 7-7. Hawai’i is now in fifth place in the Big West with two…