Jack Purchase scored 15 points, Sheriff Drammeh added 14 points and Noah Allen and Gibson Johnson each added 13 points this evening as Hawai’i rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to rally past Texas State, 74-68, in thrilling Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Rainbow Classic men’s basketball action.
A vocal and energized “White-Out” crowd of about 3,400 watched the Rainbow Warriors even their record at 1-1, while the Bobcats fell to 1-1. UH will face Florida Atlantic at 11:15 p.m. Monday in the Rainbow Classic finale, as part of ESPN’s “Tipoff Marathon.”
Texas State jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the game’s first two and a half minutes, and after Hawai’i closed it to 14-13 on Allen’s alley-oop layup with 10:33 remaining in the half, the Bobcats used a 16-5 run to extend the lead to 38-24 on a layup by Bobby Conley with 59 seconds left.