HENDERSON, Nev. — In this cool desert air just outside of Las Vegas, everything dries up quickly. Except for teardrops.
Cal State Fullerton stubbornly and abruptly ended the Hawai’i men’s basketball season here Thursday afternoon with a heartbreaking 62-60 overtime victory in the Hercules Tires Big West Conference quarterfinals. Latrell Wrightsell Jr. scored the go-ahead basket with 1:11 remaining and the Warriors missed a chance to tie the game on free throws with 3.4 seconds left in OT.
A mostly partisan and vocal Hawai’i crowd of about 1,000 at the Dollar Loan Center Arena watched the Warriors’ season likely end at 22-11, while the Titans (19-12) advanced to Friday’s semifinal game vs.