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JoVon McClanahan scored 19 points, including a pair of free throws with 9.7 seconds left to help seal the University of Hawaii men's basketball team's 67-63 victory over first-place UC Riverside on Saturday in Riverside, Calif.
Bernardo da Silva added 18 points and eight rebounds, and Noel Coleman had 10 points for the Rainbow Warriors, who improved to 15-5 overall and 6-2 in Big West Conference play.
UH held the Highlanders (14-7, 7-2) to 31.9 percent shooting.
On Saturday night, the UH women's basketball team registered a 55-51 win over the Highlanders (4-11, 2-7) at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.
Lily Wahinekapu led the Rainbow Wahine (7-10, 5-3) with 14 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals. Kallin Spiller chipped in 10 points and seven rebounds.
Wahinekapu scored 10 straight points for UH in the fourth quarter after the Highlanders closed within one.
UH next plays UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, the men at home and women on the road.