UC Irvine’s Hunter Hernandez led all scorers with 20 points and the Big West-leading Anteaters survived a tremendous effort from the Hawaii women’s basketball team in a 50-47 victory today at Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif.
Jada Wynn added 15 points, including a turnaround jumper in the key with 20 seconds remaining to put the Anteaters up by three.
Hawaii, which held UCI to 23 points less than its season average, ran the clock down to 5.1 seconds before calling timeout.
On the ensuing inbounds play, UH couldn’t get a three off and instead took a meaningless runner in the lane despite being down three points.
UC Irvine (15-2, 6-0) remained undefeated at home this season with its 14th consecutive win.
Hawaii fell to 6-9 overall and 0-5 in conference.
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Bailey Flavell led UH in scoring with 13 points and six assists and Keiara Curtis added 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting the 3-point line.
Imani Perez played all 40 minutes and had 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks.
The Rainbow Wahine return home for games against Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara next week.
