Kyle Allman scored a career-high 40 points, Austen Awosika made two free throws with 11.4 seconds left and Cal State Fullerton rallied to defeat Hawaii 69-66 on Saturday night.
Kyle Allman scored a career-high 40 points, Austen Awosika made two free throws with 11.4 seconds left and Cal State Fullerton rallied to defeat Hawaii 69-66 on Saturday night.
Allman scored six straight points to tie the game with 2:21 remaining and Jackson Rowe followed with a layup to give the Titans their first lead since 12-11.
Drew Buggs missed the first of two free throws with 12 seconds to go, forcing the Rainbow Warriors to foul. After Awosika’s free throws Buggs missed a 3-pointer from the right wing. Hawaii missed its last five shots after taking a 65-59 lead with 3:51 to play.
Allman was 16 of 19 from the field, including 5 of 6 on 3-pointers, for the 20th 40-point game in Division I this season and the fifth highest game in Fullerton history, six behind Bobby Brown’s record.
Mike Thomas scored 26 for Hawaii (13-6, 4-2), which is now one of four teams with two league losses.
