The University of Hawai’i basketball team’s roller-coaster season took an unexpected drop on Thursday night in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Alex Hart scored on a tip-in with 2.5 seconds remaining to give UC Santa Barbara a stunning 56-54 victory over the Warriors in a Big West Conference game at The Thunderdome.
The buzzer-beating shot was not the surprising part. The Gauchos, who are statistically one of the worst teams in the nation this season, snapped an eight-game losing streak and avenged a 22-point loss to the Warriors just three weeks ago in Honolulu.
Hawai’i dropped to 12-13 overall and is now in sixth place in the Big West at 6-6.