Warriors shoot past St. Francis, 90-66

Kamaka Hepa scored a career-high 30 points and Samuta Avea added 18 points tonight to help Hawai’i shoot past visiting St. Francis (Pa.), 90-66, in exciting non-conference men’s basketball action.

Photo courtesy Chris KadookaA sparse-but-awe-struck Sunday evening crowd of 1,695 in SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center watched Beon Riley add 13 points off the bench as the Warriors snapped a two-game losing streak and overcame a 40-point performance by Red Flash center Josh Cohen to improve to 6-3. St. Francis fell to 3-7.

The first half was an entertaining back-and-forth affair with multiple lead changes, ending with UH ahead 37-36 at the break. But the Warriors used a 9-4 run to extend it to…