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Honolulu, Hawaii: Matingou Hits Winner With 1.2 Seconds Left as Hawaii Beats Seattle 74-73

Jaden Matingou scored 20 points in his Hawaii debut and hit a fadeaway jumper with 1.2 seconds remaining as the Rainbow Warriors beat Seattle 74-73 in Honolulu on Monday night, after losing a 16-point first half lead.

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Honolulu, Hawaii: Matingou Hits Winner With 1.2 Seconds Left as Hawaii Beats Seattle 74-73

Key points

  • Hawaii opened its season with a finish its home crowd will not forget.
  • Matingou, playing his first game for Hawaii, scored the team's first basket of the season and its last.
  • Seattle kept cutting in.

Hawaii opened its season with a finish its home crowd will not forget. Jaden Matingou hit a fadeaway jumper with 1.2 seconds left on Monday night to lift the Rainbow Warriors past Seattle 74-73 at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, in the first meeting between the two programs in 37 years.

A 16-point lead, gone

Matingou, playing his first game for Hawaii, scored the team's first basket of the season and its last. Hawaii made seven of its first 10 shots, shot 59 percent in the first half and led by 16 points after a Bol Dengdit dunk with 7:26 left in the half. Chance Trujillo scored 13 of his 19 points before halftime, and Hawaii took a 47-39 lead into the locker room.

Seattle kept cutting in. The Redhawks closed to 58-55 with 9:45 left, then took their first lead of the night at 65-64 on a Will Heimbrodt layup with 3:30 to play. An 8-0 run put Seattle ahead 67-64 with 2:55 left. Hawaii pulled within a point four times in the closing stretch, the last when Trujillo made one of two free throws with 39 seconds remaining.

Thirteen seconds that settled it

Heimbrodt was fouled with 13 seconds left and missed both free throws. Zack Davidson took the rebound, Hawaii moved the ball up the floor and called timeout with 10.4 seconds left. Matingou took the inbounds pass, worked into the lane and hit the fadeaway. After a Seattle timeout, Marcus Adams Jr. intercepted a long inbounds pass to end the game, in front of an announced crowd of 4,256.

Matingou finished with 20 points on 5-of-6 shooting, with 9 of 12 free throws, to lead four Hawaii players in double figures. Trujillo hit four three-pointers and scored 19. Adams added 12 points and a team high seven rebounds off the bench, and Davidson scored 11 on 5-of-8 shooting. Mason Williams and Heimbrodt scored 20 points each for Seattle, and Halvine Dzellat had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Hawaii stays home for the 60th Outrigger Rainbow Classic, which runs Nov. 6, 8 and 9 at Bankoh Arena. The Rainbow Warriors open the four-team tournament against Bethesda on Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. UT Arlington and Portland complete the field.

Timeline

  1. Oct 25, 2026Hawaii beats Hawaii Pacific 89-60 in its final exhibition game at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, with Jaden Matingou scoring 19 points.
  2. Nov 2, 2026Hawaii beats Seattle 74-73 in Honolulu on Matingou's jumper with 1.2 seconds left, in the first meeting between the programs in 37 years.
  3. Nov 6, 2026Hawaii opens the 60th Outrigger Rainbow Classic against Bethesda at Bankoh Arena.

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