UC Irvine scored the first seven points of overtime Thursday night en route to an 87-76 victory over visiting Hawai’i in Big West Conference men’s basketball action.
A crowd of 2,873 at the Bren Events Center watched Kyle Evans and Julian Dixon each score 19 points and record a double-double with 11 and 10 rebounds, respectively, as the Anteaters improved to 15-7 overall and 8-2 in league play, good for first place. Isaac “Big Fish” Johnson scored 17 points and Harry Rouhliadeff added 15 points and six boards for the Warriors, who fell to 15-5, 7-3.