Long Beach State Beach @ Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors

11-12, 5-3 Big West

Final

	1	2	T
Long Beach St LBSU	34	44	78
Hawai'i HAW	31	33	64

Hawai'i Rainbow WarriorsHawai'iHAW

16-3, 5-1 Big West

Long Beach State drops Hawaii 78-64 for first Big West loss

Jan 31, 2016, 03:42 am

HONOLULU -- Nick Faust had 28 points and a career-high 14 rebounds on Saturday night and Long Beach State beat Hawaii 78-64 for the Rainbow Warriors' first conference loss.

The 49ers (11-12, 5-3 Big West) led the entire way after the opening minutes and pulled away late with a 12-0 run. The Rainbow Warriors (16-3, 5-1) ended an eight-game winning streak and missed an opportunity to take sole possession of first place in the conference. UC Irvine (6-1) also lost earlier Saturday night, 76-60 to UC Santa Barbara.

Gabe Levin added 11 points and Mason Riggins and Travis Hammonds scored 10 each for Long Beach State. The 49ers converted 14 offensive rebounds into 22 second-chance points.

Michael Thomas had a career-high 20 points for Hawaii. Quincy Smith scored 13 and Roderick Bobbitt 12.

Hawaii rallied within 66-63 with 3:37 left in the game, but Faust's 3-pointer made it 73-63 at 1:20 remaining.

Game Information

Honolulu, HI

Referee:Tim Marion

Referee:Ian Caldwell

Referee:John Butler

NCAA Division I

Big West Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UC Irvine	15-5	-	23-12
Hawai'i	14-6	1	24-9
UC San Diego	12-8	3	23-11
Cal State Northridge	12-8	3	20-14
Cal State Fullerton	12-8	3	18-16
UC Davis	11-9	4	19-14
UC Santa Barbara	11-9	4	18-14
Cal Poly	10-10	5	14-19
Long Beach State	6-14	9	10-22
UC Riverside	5-15	10	10-22
Cal State Bakersfield	2-18	13	8-24

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