The Rainbow Warriors remained undefeated in the early WAC season with its overtime victory over Fresno State last night. After  Hawai1 jumped out to a 16-3 lead, Hawaii led the entire game until Fresno and took the lead with under 15 seconds to play, but Vander tied it at the 5 second mark and the Bows took it to Fresno in the overtime. It was Hawaii's first road win of the season and only the second time in 9 tries Hawaii has won at the Save-Mart Center. Hawaii is one of three undefeated teams in the WAC along with its next opponent, Nevada, and New Mexico State.

Hawaii was led by Zane and Vander who had great games, and by Miah's 11 assists. On the other side of the ledger, they didnt get much from Thomas, Hans, or Stokes. Jefferson did a great job defensively on Fresno's leading scorer and chipped in with a solid offensive game as well, and Wiseman had his usual steady game on both ends of the court.

Two negative stats do need to be addressed. Hawaii allowed Fresno to take 20 plus more shots , primarily because Fresno had 20 offensive rebounds and Hawaii turned the ball over 20 times. It is not often that a team wins a game with those negative stats, but good Hawaii defensive pressure and 50 percent shooting compensated for these issues.

Lat year Hawaii began the WAC season with 5 straight losses, so this year's solid start is a real plus. Hawaii now travels to Reno to play at a place they have never won against the best and hottest team in the WAC. Nevada has won 10 straight and is 3-0 in the WAC with wins at Idaho and Utah State. Can Hawaii win Saturday night. Yes. Will they?. It will take almost a perfect performance. But after getting last night's road win, the team will go into tomorrow night's game with confidence. I think Hawaii will give Neveda a game, but dont think they will win. However, looking at the league results early in the conference season, I do think Hawaii is the third best team right now in the Conference behind Nevada and New Mexico State. Utah State is really struggling ( they got killed last night at New Mexico State), and Idaho is up and down ( a win last night in Ruston). I think Fresno, La Tech, and San Jose are the likeliest teams to fill out the bottom of the league.