The University of Hawai’i basketball team has a lot of offensive weapons. Getting them to all work properly – and together – is still a work in progress.
Six players scored double-figure points, including four players with 20 or more, during a 40-minute intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday afternoon in steamy Klum Gym.
“This week I think things went pretty well,” junior forward Isaac Fotu said. “We were more structured and more disciplined than last time.”
The scrimmage was divided into three separate periods – two 12-minute periods, then a 16-minute period. The rosters were mixed for each period.
“We were much better this week than we were last week,” said associate coach Benjy Taylor, who was the winning coach for all three periods. “We executed a lot better in all our stuff, offensively and defensively.”
Fotu led the scoring with 27 points. He shot 9 of 15 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range. He also went 7 for 8 on free throws, and grabbed seven rebounds.
“First time I came back, I felt like I was 60-70 percent,” Fotu said. “But I’ve been going up about 5 percent every day and I’m feeling a lot better than last week.”
Another standout was junior point guard Roderick Bobbitt, who finished with 20 points on 6-for-11 shooting, three assists, two rebounds and two steals. He was also the only player to be on the winning squad for all three periods.
“It was tough for me at first to get most of the plays down and everything, but now I’m getting more comfortable,” Bobbitt said. “I’m learning things better, so it’s been positive.”
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Among other players:
• Sophomore forward Stefan Jankovic had 22 points, five rebounds and three steals. He shot 7 for 11 from the field, including 3 for 6 from 3-point range.
• Senior guard Garrett Nevels had 20 points and four rebounds. He shot 8 for 14 from the field, including 4 of 8 from 3-point range. In two scrimmages this preseason, he connected on 11 3-pointers in 18 attempts.
• Sophomore forward Aaron Valdes scored 16 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds. He had an efficient shooting day: 5 for 7 from the field, 2 for 2 from 3-point range, 4 for 4 on free throws.
• Freshman guard Isaac Fleming scored 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field.
• Sophomore forward Mike Thomas finished with nine points and five rebounds.
• Freshman forward Sammis Reyes had eight points and four rebounds. He was cleared to practice earlier in the week, so this was his first intrasquad scrimmage with the Warriors.
• Redshirt freshman Niko Filipovich scored five points and passed for a team-high six assists.
• Sophomore Dyrbe Enos knocked down two 3-pointers for six points, and also had four assists.
• Two players did not participate – junior point guard Quincy Smith is still resting a sore back, and junior guard Brandon Jawato was not feeling well.