Roderick Bobbitt went coast-to-coast and softly layed in the ball off the glass with 1.4 seconds remaining tonight to lift Hawai’i to a thrilling 76-75 victory over Nevada to the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic championship.
Aaron Valdes scored 19 points, Quincy Smith added 10 points and six rebounds and Sai Tummala added 10 points and five rebounds off the bench for the Rainbow Warriors. Bobbitt also finished with 10 points.
An energetic and vocal “Blackout” crowd of 2,143 at the Stan Sheriff Center and a national ESPN2 TV audience braved the 11 p.m. tip-off and watched the Rainbow Warriors improve to 3-0 when the final horn sounded at 1:20 a.