The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team concludes a six-game Big West homestand with a pair of contests against conference co-leader UC Santa Barbara. The teams will face off on Friday, Feb. 12 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 13 at 5:00 p.m. at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
| HAWAI’I (7-5, 5-5 Big West) vs UC Santa Barbara (12-3, 6-2 Big West) | |
| Date | Time | Friday Feb. 12, 7 p.m. HT and Saturday Feb. 13, 5 p.m. HT |
| Location | Honolulu, O’ahu – SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center |
| Television | Spectrum Sports – Ch. 12 [SD] and 1012 [HD] |
| Live Stream | BigWest.tv |
| Radio | ESPN Honolulu / Sideline Hawaii App |
| Live Stats | HawaiiAthletics.com |
| Game Notes | Hawai’i (PDF) | UCSB |
| Social Media | @HawaiiMBB  | #HawaiiMBB | @HawaiiBasketball  | Facebook  |
| Sponsors | American Savings Bank (Fri.) | First Insurance (Sat.) |
| POSSIBLE STARTERS (last game starters) | |||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | PPG | RPG | APG | Note |
| G | 3 | JoVon McClanahan | 5-11 | 170 | So. | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | Season-high 7 assists vs Cal Poly |
| G | 2 | Justin Webster | 6-3 | 180 | So | 13.8 | 3.4 | 1.1 | Reigning Big West Player of the Week |
| G | 0 | Noel Coleman | 6-6 | 180 | Jr. | 5.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Has started 7 of 10 games played |
| G | 22 | Casdon Jardine | 6-7 | 215 | Sr. | 11.0 | 5.9 | 1.4 | Big West leader in 3FG% (.556) |
| F | 1 | Mate Colina | 6-8 | 230 | Sr. | 6.8 | 6.0 | 0.9 | Team’s top rebounder |
HEAD COACH ERAN GANOT
Overall record: 96-63 (7th season)
At Hawai’i: 93-61 (6th season)
SERIES VS UCSB
Overall record: 10-13
In Honolulu: 7-5
Streak: UCSB, 1
OPENING TIP
- UH takes on Big West co-leader UC Santa Barbara to conclude a stretch of six straight home games. UH is 3-1 so far during the homestand.
- The Rainbow Warriors have climbed to fifth in the Big West standings with three straight wins and four wins in their last five contests.
- UCSB has won eight straight games and are tied for first in the Big West with UC Irvine at 6-2.
- The Gauchos rank in the top 10 nationally in scoring margin (9), assists (9) and assist/turnover ratio (4) and are 12th in field goal percentage.
- UH is coming of a sweep of Cal Poly in which it averaged 82.5 points and shot 58 and 55 percent, respectively, on back-to-back nights.
- Sophomore Justin Webster leads the team at 13.8 ppg and shot a phenomenal 13-of-15 from the floor and 8-of-9 from three last weekend to earn Big West Player of the Week honors.
- Following its games vs UCSB, UH will head to the road for the first time in more than three weeks with a trip to CSUN.