Eddie Stansberry scored 18 points and Zigmars Raimo and Jack Purchase each added 14 points today to help Hawai’i rally past Colorado in overtime, 70-62, in the consolation bracket of the 10th Annual Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.
A sparse-but-vocal crowd of about 3,500 and national TV audience on ESPNU watched Brocke Stepteau add 13 points for the Warriors, who improved to 7-5 and will play for fifth place 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 8-2 and into the seventh-place game.