A pair of Big West Conference rivals meet on Thursday in San Luis Obispo, California and the Robert A. Mott Athletics Center when the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (14-11, 6-7 Big West) visit the Cal Poly Mustangs (4-21, 0-13 Big West). Hawaii defeated UC Davis 87-80 last Saturday behind 19 points from Bernardo da Silva. Hawaii has won two straight and four of the last five. Cal Poly was defeated by Long Beach State last Saturday 77-68. The Mustangs have lost each of the last 13 which are all Big West Conference games. Hawaii's Jovan McClanahan is questionable. Cal Poly does not have any players listed on its injury report.
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Hawaii is averaging 72.4 points per game which is 226th in the nation. The Rainbow Warriors are shooting 45.5% (135th) overall and 32.8% (238th) from three point land. Hawaii is shooting 70.1% from the free throw line which is 243rd. Noel Coleman is leading Hawaii in scoring with an average of 13.7 points per game and Justin McCoy is second with an average of 11.3 points per game. Hawaii has two other players averaging double figures in scoring. JoVon McClanahan, who has missed each of the last two games and is questionable for Thursday, is the leader in assists with an average of 3.6 per game.
Hawaii's defense is allowing an average of 69.3 points per game which is 109th in the nation. The Rainbow Warriors are allowing opponents to shoot 45.1% (270th) overall and 32.5% (124t h) from three-point land. Hawaii is averaging 34.2 rebounds per game led by Bernardo da Silva with an average of 7.0 boards per game. Coleman is the leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per game and Mor Seck is the rim protector with an average of 1.1 blocked shots per contest.
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