{"id":169121,"date":"2022-11-15T15:56:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T01:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=169121"},"modified":"2022-11-15T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T01:56:46","slug":"hilo-mens-basketball-wins-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/15\/hilo-mens-basketball-wins-season-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo men\u2019s basketball wins season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Darren Williams with the breakaway layup to beat the first-half buzzer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo men\u2019s basketball<\/a> team opened the 2022\u201323 season with a 99-79 victory over Southwestern Assemblies of God University American Indian College (SAGU<\/abbr> AIC<\/abbr>) on November 11.<\/p>\n

Darren Williams<\/strong> shot an astounding 81.8% from the field to put up 27 points for the Vulcans. The senior shot 6-of-8 from beyond the arc while dishing out nine assists to fall one shy of a double-double. Williams also collected four rebounds and had three steals.<\/p>\n

“This is how you want to start the year, for sure,” said UH<\/abbr> Hilo men\u2019s basketball Head Coach Kaniela Aiona<\/strong>. “The guys were making the hustle plays, getting on the ground; lot’s of positives with the effort and attitude.”<\/p>\n

SAGU<\/abbr> AIC<\/abbr> got off to a 5-0 lead, but a barrage of 3-pointers from Williams and Jarin Edwards<\/strong> provided the push to propel the Vulcans out front.<\/p>\n

Several other Vulcans also had a great scoring night.<\/p>\n

Carlos Ramsey Jr.<\/strong> contributed 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting (71.4%) with six rebounds.<\/p>\n

Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones<\/strong> also finished with double-digit scoring figures, going 5-for-9 from the field (55.6%) with six rebounds.<\/p>\n

Drew Yezbek<\/strong> shot 5-of-7 from the three-point line to rack up 15 points in the game.<\/p>\n

Nadjrick Peat<\/strong> and Edwards both brought in nine rebounds, with Peat also totaling five blocks.<\/p>\n

For more, visit hiloathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Hilo men\u2019s basketball player Darren Williams put up 27 points for the Vulcans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,14,151],"class_list":["post-169121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t