{"id":223903,"date":"2025-10-17T15:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=223903"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:07:31","slug":"wahine-basketball-preseason-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/wahine-basketball-preseason-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine basketball tops Big West preseason poll"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women’s basketball<\/a> team will enter its final season in the Big West as the favorite in the conference’s preseason poll and with two Rainbow Wahine returnees voted to the preseason all-conference team.<\/p>\n

Coming off a second straight Big West regular-season title, the Rainbow Wahine topped the Big West preseason coaches\u2019 poll. UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa received 91 points in the poll to place one point ahead of UC<\/abbr> Irvine, with the \u2018Bows and Anteaters both receiving four first-place votes.<\/p>\n

Rainbow Wahine forward Imani Perez and center Ritorya Tamilo were voted to the seven-member All-Big West preseason coaches’ team.<\/p>\n

Perez earned All-Big West second team and All-Defensive Team honors each of the last two years, and was an All-Freshman team selection in 2023. Tamilo was named the Big West Freshman of the Year last season while also earning a spot on the conference’s All-Freshman Team. She set the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa freshman record for blocked shots with 41, breaking the previous mark of 33 that stood since 1984.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Bows went 22-10 overall and 16-4 in Big West play last season to earn the program’s sixth Big West regular-season title and third in the last four years. Head coach Laura Beeman enters her 14th season with a roster featuring seven returnees and eight newcomers. The 15-player roster also includes 11 international players.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine will play exhibition games against Chaminade on October 21, and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University on October 28, at Bankoh Arena. They open the regular season on November 4 against Portland State. Season tickets are on sale online<\/a> and at the Bankoh Arena box office.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UH<\/abbr> Manoa women\u2019s basketball team edged out UC <\/abbr>Irvine for the No. 1 spot. <\/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":[58,82,9,550],"class_list":["post-223903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-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