After a week of waiting, the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team finally hit the floor on Friday for their first game in the Big West Conference Tournament. Hawaii who is the 1-seed in the Big West Tournament matched up with 4-seed UC San Diego in the Semifinals.

The top-seeded University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team begins its postseason run in the Big West Championship semifinals on Friday, March 14, at Lee’s Family Forum. The Rainbow Wahine (22-8, 16-4 Big West) secured their second consecutive Big West regular-season title and enter the tournament as the No.

Sophomore guard Sumayah Sugapong hit a driving layup in the final second Friday afternoon to defeat top-seeded Hawaii 51-49 and put UC San Diego in the Big West Conference Tournament women’s championship game in their first season of Division I eligibility.