UC DAVIS (13-9, 6-4 BIG WEST) VS. HAWAI'I RAINBOW WARRIORS (16-6, 7-3 BIG WEST)
THURSDAY, FEB. 2 | 6 P.M. | UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CENTER
STREAM: ESPN+
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Davis, Calif. — UC Davis Men's Basketball returns to the University Credit Union Center for a highly anticipated rematch with the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors. 

Hosting Boba and Basketball presented by Student Housing, it is lining up to be one of the most entertaining games of the year for those in attendance. There will be a T-Shirt Giveaway to the first 300 students, along with free boba for all students with a meal plan. Boba will also be available for purchase to those who do not have a meal plan. Tickets for students can be found at ucdavisaggies.com/studenttix. 

The Aggies and Rainbow Warriors will tip off at 6 P.M. PT on ESPN+. Fans will also be able to tune into KHTK and the Varsity Network to listen in on the action. 

The Aggies enter tomorrow's contest 13-9, with a record of 6-4 in the Big West. UC Davis lost their last game Saturday on the road at Long Beach State. That game saw Ty Johnson tie his career-high in scoring with 32 points and Elijah Pepper record 28 points for the second consecutive game.

Pepper and Johnson spearhead the attack on both sides of the ball for UC Davis as Pepper enters tomorrow as the only player in the Big West to be averaging 20+ points per game. He is also fifth in the conference in steals with 1.6 per game. Johnson on the other hand, is fourth in the Big West in scoring, pouring in 16 points per game while being tops among leaders in steals per game with 1.8 per contest.

The Rainbow Warriors, who won the first meeting between the two teams in Honolulu on Dec. 29, enter Davis with a record of 16-6, and 7-3 in the Big West. Leading the Rainbow Warriors in the first matchup against the Aggies was their point guard, JoVon McClanahan who scored 23 points, going a perfect 3-3 from three point range.

Hawai'i is also led by Noel Coleman who is leading the Rainbow Warriors with 13.7 points per game, as well as Kamaka Hepa, the 6-10 forward who played three years at the University of Texas and leads the team in three pointers made.

UC Davis is currently fifth in the Big West standings while Hawai'i is fourth. Playing a staggering amount of games at home, Hawai'i is just 2-2 in "true" away games, while UC Davis is 6-3 at the University Credit Union Center this season. 

The Aggies finished the month of January with a record of 6-3, and will look to carry this momentum into February after the Aggies had a season long, four-game win streak from Jan. 7-16, a 15-0 run comeback win against Cal Poly and saw multiple players this month reach career-high feats.