{"id":1984,"date":"2024-12-14T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T04:13:35","slug":"warriors-host-texas-am-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/14\/warriors-host-texas-am-corpus-christi\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors host Texas A&M – Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hawai’i senior guard Marcus Greene (right) has moved into the starting lineup with his consistent scoring off the bench in recent games. (Chris Kadooka file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

After its first Mainland road trip resulting in close losses at tough environments, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team returns home to face Texas A&M – Corpus Christi in nonconference action Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center, with the game being televised live statewide on Spectrum OC Channel 12 and broadcast live via radio on ESPN 1420AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Warriors are 5-3 coming off last week’s defeats at Grand Canyon (78-72) and Long Beach State (76-68). The visiting Islanders come in at 6-4 after a 64-48 home victory over Stephen F. Austin last Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was good to go on the road and get experience — good and bad,” UH coach Eran Ganot said. “It can help us if we use it right. You’ve seen a team that has shown flashes in every game, we’ve had double-digit stretches in a positive way, but we’ve had some things go away from us, too. So we’re finding consistency … There are some things we can build off of, and certain things that we’ve been exposed on and will continue to attack.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing to build off is senior guard Marcus Greene, who has earned a starting position after showing consistent scoring ability off the bench. Greene scored 17 points in each of last week’s games, finishing drives with impressive shot-making layups or short jumpers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My mindset is always the same: to give it my all, win, and do it together as a team,” said Greene, who transferred from Houston Christian last summer. “So whatever way that is — coming off the bench or being a starter, it’s the same mindset. I’m just gonna do the things I always do.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s recent win over SFA, forward Garry Clark, a 6-foot-8 senior, led the way with 15 points and 12 rebounds, and 6-8 junior forward Owen Dease added 10 points, four boards and three assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although fans here may not be familiar with that program, Ganot said the Islanders are legit and need to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If not for one loss that didn’t go their way, they might be coming in here with a sux-game winning streak,” Ganot said. “It’s gonna be a heckuva challenge, and we’re very fortunate to get that kind of challenge.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After its first Mainland road trip resulting in close losses at tough environments, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team returns home to face Texas A&M – Corpus Christi in nonconference action Saturday night. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center, with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warriorinsider.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}