In a game strangely similar to last year's loss against BYU in Salt Lake, Hawaii scored only 4 points in the last 7 and a half minutes and lost to the Gonzaga Zags by 19 Saturday night. The Rainbow Warriors kept it close for 32 minutes, but fell apart in the final minutes to lose 73-54.

It was a memorable night for at least one reason.  Coach Arnold got ejected after picking up his second technical foul. One reason for the technicals might have been the foul disparity as Gonzaga shot 28 free throws to the Bows 8 ( they only made 18)

The game saw the good and bad you get with a freshman point guard. Shaq Stokes was the leading Rainbow scorer with 17 points on 6-17 shooting, but he had 6 turnovers to go with a single assist. Bobby Miles had three points in 38 minutes, but had 5 assists against only 2 turnovers.

As i have said many times already this year, as Zane goes, so go the Warriors. Zane had, for him, a poor night. Only 12 points on 4-12 field goals. Vander had 12 rebounds but only 6 points. Rozitis had his best game with 9 points and 9 rebounds. And we talked about on the show Thursday, you cannot expect double-doubles from Wiseman on a regular basis. Tonight he had 3 points and 6 rebounds in 20 minutes. Solid, but not spectacular.

The Bows went into the game as 13 point underdogs and were down by 6 at the half. Just like last year when they were a big underdog against a top 25 team in BYU, they kept it close until they faltered down the stretch.

They have now beaten a team they were supposed to beat easily, and lost to one they were supposed to lose to, all by pretty predictable margins. The game Tuesday against a decent Eastern Washington team should be pretty competitive and may give us a few more hints about how good this team will be.