HONOLULU (AP) — Zane Johnson scored 24 points, Trevor Wiseman added 19 points and 16 rebounds, and Hawaii pulled away in the second half to beat Cal State Northridge 86-67 on Monday night.
Hawaii (1-0) went on a 38-11 run over the first 11:30 of the second half for a 70-45 lead. Shaquille Stokes hit a pair of 3-pointers early in the surge.
Cal State Northridge (0-2) scored the next 11 points to pull to 70-56 with 5:22 remaining, but couldn’t get closer than 13 the rest of the way.
Stokes added 14 points and Vander Joaquim had 12 for the Rainbow Warriors.
Hawaii shot 27 for 57 (47 percent), while Northridge was just 22 for 71 (31 percent) — including 3 for 23 from 3-point range.