Bol Dengdit gets the layup here in the first half on an assist from teammate Jaden Matingou! Dengdit went on to 12 points and 13 rebounds in the 116-44 win!
It was a night for making history!
The University of Hawaiʻi Men’s Basketball team opened up the 60th annual 2026 OUTRIGGER Rainbow Classic with a giant, 116-44, win over the Bethesda Lion Angels on Friday! 72 points is the program’s biggest winning margin since a 67-point win over BYU-Hawaiʻi, 110-43, on November 20, 1962, and it was also Head Coach Eran Ganot’s 200th career win with all but three coming at UH!
After the conclusion, the jumbotron highlights Coach Eran Ganot’s 200th career win with all but three coming at the University of Hawaiʻi!
All 11 Rainbow Warriors who suited up got playing time and into the scoring column with Zack Davidson leading a group of seven double-digit scoring ‘Bows with 20! Chance Trujillo followed with 14 and sank four of UH’s 12 total triples! Tanner Cuff also had 14 after a scoreless outing against Seattle! Kellen Hampton chipped in 13, and Bol Dengdit and Marcus Adams Jr. each scored 12 with Dengdit adding 13 rebounds for a double-double!
Zack Davidson makes this tough layup in traffic in the second half as part of his 20 points on the night! Davidson led a 7-pack of ‘Bows in double figures!
Shane Sands led the Lion Angels with 12, and Jaden Peters was next with 10.
Both UH and Bethesda were close out of the gates. Bethesda took an early 5-3 lead. That did not last long, though.
UH unleashed multiple unanswered runs that began with an 8-0 run to take an early 11-5 lead! It was all the home team from then, and they ended the first half up, 61-21, which included a 20-0 run to end the first half!
Lueth Awan (21) was able to beat the buzzer on this layup here to conclude a 61-point first half performance for the ‘Bows!
UH continued its onslaught into the second half! With 7:15 to go, Lueth Awan drained a triple to put UH over 100 points for the 43rd time in the program’s history! Awan finished with nine points and nine rebounds!
Newcomers Aloïs Leyrolles (in his season debut) and Scotty Belnap each got in the scoring column! Leyrolles made a layup in the first half, and Belnap sank a triple with 14 seconds left in the second half!
Aloïs Leyrolles (27) breaks to the hoop in the first half for his first bucket as a Rainbow Warrior! Leyrolles had 4 points in the win!
UH outrebounded Bethesda big, 62-23, including a 26-6 advantage on offense! That’s the most rebounds logged since they put up 70 against Redlands in January 1972!
Kaleb Salazar gave Bethesda a small consolation with a triple at the buzzer for the final score!
UH will return to the Stan Sheriff Center on Sunday, Nov. 8, for their semifinal match in the Rainbow Classic against the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks, who defeated Portland, 89-85, in the game prior to this. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 pm HST, and you can watch the game on K5 or listen on the radio at ESPN Honolulu.
Newcomer Scotty Belnap (5) finally got in the scoring column with this triple with 14 seconds to go!
