On Black Friday, the University of Hawai’i basketball team found a special in the upset department. Drew Buggs scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Rainbow Warriors to an 85-75 victory over previously undefeated San Francisco.
A crowd of around 4,000 (6,200 tickets issued) at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Hawai’i improve to 5-2 with what qualifies as its most significant win of the season so far. The Dons, who won their previous seven games by an average of 19.6 points per game, dropped to 7-1.
USF entered the game ranked fourth in the nation in scoring at 88.