GEORGE F. LEE / SEPT. 24 Hawaii forward Ritorya Tamilo tied a career high with 16 points in her second game back this season after missing most of fall camp with an injury.
GEORGE F. LEE / SEPT. 24 Hawaii forward Ritorya Tamilo tied a career high with 16 points in her second game back this season after missing most of fall camp with an injury.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRitorya Tamilo gave Hawaii the lead for good on a layup assisted by Bailey Flavell with 47 seconds left and the Rainbow Wahine pulled out another close win, 66-61, over Portland to win the Bank of Hawaii Classic today at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
Flavell, who made her fourth foul with more than six minutes left, made all four free throws attempted after that to help Hawaii to improve to 4-0 for the first time in Laura Beeman’s 14-year tenure as head coach.
Portland (2-5 ) missed its last 10 shots from the field.
UH’s last three wins have all been by five points or less.
A crowd of 958 watched Tamilo tie a career high with 16 points, including nine on 4-for-4 shooting in the first quarter.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFlavell finished with nine points, five rebounds and three assists and Imani Perez added eight points with two key 3-pointers.
Hawaii forced 20 turnovers and held Portland to 33.9 % shooting (20-for-59 ) from the field.
UH will next play three games in three days in the American Savings Bank Rainbow Wahine Showdown starting Friday against Vermont.
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