JoVon McClanahan scored a career-high 23 points and Bernardo da Silva and Justus Jackson each added 12 points tonight to help Hawai’i rally past UC Davis, 74-66, in a tense Big West Conference men’s basketball opener for both teams.
An anxious and vocal crowd of 4,063 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched the Warriors overcome a five-point second-half deficit to improve to 10-3 overall. Christian Anigwe scored 21 points and Elijah Pepper added 16 points for the Aggies, who fell to 7-6.
UH led 25-23 after Jackson’s 3-pointer from the right wing at the halftime buzzer, but UC Davis went ahead, 37-32, on three free throws by Robby Beasley III seven minutes into the second half.