by By Sarah Zetlmeisl, UCI communications
HONOLULU, Hawai’i – UC Irvine dropped a 62-61 overtime decision to Hawai’i in Big West action at the Stan Sheriff Center, Saturday evening.
With the loss, UCI snaps a seven-game win streak and drops its first Big West game of the season for a 5-1 record. The Anteaters are 9-5 on the season. UH improves to 5-5 overall and 3-5 in the Big West.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Collin Welp finished with a season high 20 points on 7-15 shooting overall and a perfect 5-5 from the free throw line. He also grabbed nine rebounds and a steal
> Brad Greene (Shoshone/Paiute) had his second double-double of the weekend and third overall this season with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Greene added two blocks and an assist
> Jeron Artest led the team with two assists
> UCI shot 39.7 percent (25-63) from the field overall and 3-13 (.231) from long range while the ‘Bows were 20-53 (.377) shooting from the field and 38.9 percent (7-18) from behind the arc
> UH out-rebounded UCI 36-35 and held a 9-5 advantage in assists. UCI outscored UH 32-22 in paint points and 19-12 in second chance points
> The Rainbow Warriors’ Junior Madut led all players with 22 points
> UCI committed 19 turnovers and the ‘Bows were able to convert 21 points on the ‘Eaters mishaps
FIRST HALF
> The ‘Eaters got out to an early 6-2 lead (17:17) after four points from Welp and two from Greene
> Welp and UH’s Justin Webster exchanged three’s followed by a jumper from Baker to give UCI a three-point, 11-8 lead at 14:44
> The ‘Bows used a 13-2 run to go up by eight, 21-13 (11:20) before UCI responded with a 7-2 run to come within three, 23-20, at 8:24. The run was capped by a three from Dawson Baker
> Webster made a three for the ‘Bows at 6:55 to make it 26-20 in favor of the hosts
> UCI held UH scoreless the rest of the way and two made jumpers from Welp and layup from Greene tied the game, 26-26, at the half
SECOND HALF
> The ‘Eaters came out of the break on a 10-0 run to go up by 10, 36-26 (15:28)
> A three-pointer from Davis gave UCI its largest lead, 41-28, with 14:19 to play
> UH broke their scoring drought with an 8-0 run to make it 41-36 with 11:26 to go
> UCI used a 7-2 run to go up by 10, 53-43, with 3:49 to play and stayed ahead by double-digits, 57-47, with 2:32 left to play
> The ‘Bows would use a 10-0 run down the stretch tying the game, 57-57, to send it to overtime
OVERTIME
> Dawson Baker made a jumper to give UCI a 59-57 lead at 4:44 to start the scoring in the extra period
> UH scored four-straight points to go up 62-60 with 2:52 remaining
> A pair of made free throws from Welp brought the ‘Eaters within one, 62-61, at 2:52
> UCI was unable to score in the final 2:52 and UH was able to walk away with the one point win
