UPDATED: Warriors beat Auburn for third place in Diamond Head Classic

With a third straight impressive effort against a marquee program, Hawai’i got 30 points, four rebounds and two steals from point guard Roderick Bobbitt and 21 points and eight boards from forward Stefan Jankovic on Wednesday to rally past Auburn, 79-67, for third place in the seventh annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.

A spirited Christmas Day crowd of 7,251 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched the Rainbow Warriors overcome a nine-point deficit midway through the second half and finish the game with a 10-0 run in the final 2:42 to seal the victory and improve to 9-2. The Tigers fell to 6-5.

“We played to the end, we came together and we played hard,” said Bobbitt, who was named to…