On a monster night in Manoa, center Tanner Christensen boosted the Hawaii basketball team to an 80-69 victory over San Jose State in Sunday’s second round of the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic in SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

The University of Hawaii men’s basketball team rallied to defeat San Jose State 80-69 on Sunday, setting up a de facto Rainbow Classic championship game on Monday. A Stan Sheriff Center crowd 2,735 of watched as Five players scored in double digits for the Rainbow Warriors, led by Tanner Christensen’s game-high 20 points with eight rebounds.

Led by Tanner Christensen's 20 points, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors defeated the San Jose State Spartans 80-69 at the Rainbow Classic.

HONOLULU (AP) — Tanner Christensen had 20 points in Hawaii's 80-69 victory over San Jose State on Sunday night at the Rainbow Classic.

San Jose State finished 1-12 on the road and 9-23 overall a season ago. The Spartans averaged 69.6 points per game last season, 31.7 in the paint, 11.2 off of turnovers and 7.7 on

Point Goals_San Jose St. 6-12 (Yap 3-4, Davis 1-2, McClendon 1-2, Washington 1-2, Hall 0-1, Uduje 0-1), Hawaii 6-19 (Rouhliadeff 2-4, Williams 2-4, Greene 1-2, Beattie 1-3, Nemeikša 0-1, Jacobs 0-5).