UC Irvine, April 17, at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Set scores were 25-17, 25-18, 25-13.
The Rainbow Warriors also finished with a perfect conference season for just the third time in school history and the first since 1996.
UH hosts next week’s Big West Conference Tournament and will enter as the No. 1 seed with a 16-match win streak.
UH will receive a first round bye into the semifinals where they will meet one of the quarterfinal round winners.
Following the match, six seniors
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UC Riverside beats Hawaii 62-52 in Big West Tournament
March 12, 2021 GMT
LAS VEGAS (AP) Dominick Pickett registered 14 points and six steals as UC Riverside got past Hawaii 62-52 in the Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night.
Third-seeded Riverside plays No. 2 seed UC Irvine in the semifinals Friday.
Jock Perry added 13 points for the Highlanders (14-7). Zyon Pullin added 10 points.
Hawaii totaled 28 second-half points, a season low for the team.
Junior Madut had 12 points for the No. 6 seed Rainbow Warriors (11-10). Mate Colina added 10 points. Casdon Jardine had eight rebounds.
Justin Webster, the Rainbow Warriors’ leading scorer coming into the contest at 13 points per game, failed to make a shot from the floor (0 of 6).