Rebounding quickly in both the literal and figurative sense, Hawai’i rallied past visiting Colorado in overtime, 70-62, on Sunday afternoon in the consolation bracket semifinals of the 10th Annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.
A sparse-but-vocal crowd of about 2,300 and national TV audience on ESPNU watched Eddie Stansberry score 18 points and Zigmars Raimo and Jack Purchase each add 14 points as the Warriors improved to 7-5 and advanced to the fifth-place game against either Rhode Island or Charlotte at 10 a.m. Christmas Day.
McKinley Wright scored a game-high 20 points and Lucas Siewert added 19 points for the Buffaloes, who fell to 8-3 and into the seventh-place game.