Worku, Leonard help UC Irvine beat Hawaii 70-63
HONOLULU -- Eyassu Worku scored 19 points, Evan Leonard added 18, and UC Irvine beat Hawaii 70-63 on Saturday night.
Collin Welp added 15 points for UC Irvine, which has won six in a row against Hawaii.
Welp made two free throws to give UCI (17-10, 9-2 Big West Conference) a 13-point lead with 2:26 to play but Drew Buggs and Justin Webster answered with back-to-back 3-pointers to spark a 10-0 run that made it 66-63 when Zigmars Raimo made a layup with 36 seconds left but Leonard and Worku each made a pair of foul shots to cap the scoring.
Buggs led Hawaii (14-10, 5-5) with 17 points and seven assists and Eddie Stansberry scored 10 points.
The Rainbow Warriors have lost their last four games.
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2020-2021 Big West Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
UC Santa Barbara | 13-3 | - | 22-5 |
UC Irvine | 10-4 | 2 | 18-9 |
UC Riverside | 8-4 | 3 | 14-8 |
UC Davis | 6-4 | 4 | 10-8 |
CSU Bakersfield | 9-7 | 4 | 15-11 |
Hawai'i | 9-9 | 5 | 11-10 |
CSU Fullerton | 5-7 | 6 | 6-10 |
CSU Northridge | 5-9 | 7 | 9-13 |
Long Beach State | 4-8 | 7 | 6-12 |
Cal Poly | 1-15 | 12 | 4-20 |
UC San Diego | -- | -- | 7-10 |