The Spartans wore blue and felt that way after giving Hawaii a run on the road before falling 67-61. Elvis was obviously not in the building. Otherwise, it would have been blue Hawaii.
With 11:25 remaining, the score was 47-42, with SJSU down by five.
Later, Justin Graham's jumper at the 6:33 mark cut the deficit to 53-52.
But UH then went on a mini-run, boosting the margin to 61-54 with 4:50 showing.
At that point, Adrian Oliver made one of two free throws but UH's Joston Thomas countered with a pair at the foul line. Hiram Thompson connected on 1 of 2 at the charity line to make it 64-55. An Oliver runner cut the lead to seven.
Bill "Famous" Amis then got free for a dunk and the contest was over minus additional trips to the foul line.
It was inconsistent free-throw shooting hindered SJSU.
Amis totaled 20 points and nine boards. Fellow frontcourter Joston Thomas put up a 14/14 double-double.
Justin Graham led the Spartans with 20 points. He also notched six rebounds and four assists with nary a turnover. Keith Shamburger totaled 12 points with Oliver and Wil Carter contributing 10 apiece. Matt Ballard led in rebounding, corralling 10 boards. SJSU shot 31% overall.
At the half, it was 31-24.
Adrian Oliver returned to the starting lineup tonight. He picked up a pair of somewhat early fouls, thereby missing some of his usual playing time early on. Rebounding totals were fairly even, it seemed like UH big Vander Joaquim was having a block-athon.and the teams went back and forth. Late in the initial 20 minutes, a 9-0 run pushed Hawaii to a 10-point lead until Graham's trey cut it to seven.
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