Roderick Flemings scored 22 points Monday night to lead Hawaii to a 78-70 win over Prairie View A&M.
With the game tied at 62 with four minutes remaining, the Rainbow Warriors (3-2) scored six straight points to take the lead for good. Bill Amis scored four of his 16 points during Hawaii’s late run. Lasha Parghalava added 11 points.
Derek Johnson scored 18 points, Christopher Jones had 14 and Darnell Hugee added 10 for the Panthers (3-5).
Hawaii rallied from a 37-29 halftime deficit and tied it 43-43 on Kareem Nitoto’s free throw with 13:54 remaining. The game was tied five more times until Flemings made two free throws with 3:44 left to give Hawaii a 64-62 lead.
