Henderson, nev. >> The University of Hawaii held UC Riverside to a 68-67 win tonight in the quarterfinals of the Big West Men's Basketball Tournament at Dollar Loan Center.
The Rainbow Warriors advanced to the semi-finals of the Big West Championship for the first time since 2016, ending a streak of four consecutive opening-round losses.
Dhanush will face Cal State Fullerton, who defeated UC Davis in the second night's quarterfinals. Junior Madut made two free throws to extend Boz's lead to 68-65 in 16 seconds.
UH fouled Dominic Piquet with a time of 6.1 seconds. Piquet hit both free throws to close the Highlanders 68-67.
Piquet fouled Madat with 5.2 seconds remaining. This time, Madat missed the front end of 1-and-1. UCR retaliated and ran down the court. But Will Tattersall's 3 was off the mark as time ran out.