One night after getting �embarrassed� by California in a Great Alaska Shootout semifinal, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors put all that pain into a dominating 71-60 win over Pacific to win Saturday� third-place game at Sullivan Arena.

Hawaii guard Matt Lojeski made up for his dismal seven-point performance in Friday�s 16-point loss to Cal, leading the Rainbow Warriors with 22 points � much more like his 18 points per game average. Fellow guard Matt Gibson added 13 and forward Bobby Nash had 10 as Hawaii improved to 4-2.

�We were embarrassed last night by our lack of intensity,� said Hawaii coach Riley Wallace. �We need to play really hard and intense to be good because if we don�t we average out in a hurry.�

Hawaii coaches held a staff meeting Friday night, and players sweated through a full practice at Dimond High Saturday morning, scrimmage and all. That extra effort left the Rainbow Warriors sharp at the start.

The Rainbow Warriors� pep through the first 10 minutes of the game, and Pacific�s lack thereof, basically settled matters.

Fueled by a 12-0 run, and by the rebounding dominance of players like Ahmet Gueye and P.J. Owsley, Hawaii took a 17-4 lead.

Pacific, meanwhile, played as if still hung over from Friday�s emotionally and physically draining 88-85 double-overtime semifinal loss to Loyola Marymount. Pacific turned the ball over on five of its first eight possessions. Shots hit iron. And defensively, Pacific was often caught flat-footed, or completely unawares, as Hawaii players connected on some nice, wide-open assists underneath the basket.

�We took control early on and had the energy,� Wallace said.

Pacific likewise started slowly in its first-round game Wednesday against the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In that game, Pacific turned it up in the second half to pull out a 71-70 win.

But against Hawaii, Pacific could find no second gear. Hawaii twice built 18-point leads, and Lojeski got hot, hitting a variety of jumpers and scoring 15 in the second half. The closest Pacific would come was 11 points, 60-49, with 6:45 remaining.

Wallace wasn�t happy with placing third. He said getting a team up for a consolation game is always difficult, but for post-season purposes, every game counts.

�I�ve never been happy to lose a game and I�ve lost a bunch of them,� he said. �That just makes you work harder for the next one. But I will take it now because it could have been worse.�

Anthony Brown finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds, C.J. Morgan had 14 points and Solomon HorseChief added 10 for Pacific (2-3).

PACIFIC (60) -- Brown 8-12 3-5 19; Morgan 5-8 0-0 14; HorseChief 3-6 3-6 10; Neimeyer 2-5 0-0 5; White 2-2 0-0 5; Johnson 2-8 0-0 4; Vezia 1-3 0-0 3; Raffety 0-2 0-0 0; Esparza 0-3 0-0 0; Pemberton 0-2 0-0 0; Garrett 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-53 6-11 60.

HAWAII (71) -- Lojeski 8-10 5-6 22; Gibson 5-11 0-0 13; Nash 5-10 0-0 10; Luettgerodt 4-6 0-0 8; Gueye 2-7 2-2 6; Waters 1-7 2-2 5; Owsley 2-3 0-0 4; Verwers 1-3 1-2 3; Follmer 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 28-58 10-12 71.

3-point goals -- Pacific 8-19 (Morgan 4-5; Neimeyer 1-1; Vezia 1-3; HorseChief 1-2; White 1-1;

Raffety 0-2; Esparza 0-1; Pemberton 0-1; Johnson 0-3). Hawaii 5-14 (Gibson 3-7; Waters 1-3; Lojeski 1-1; Luettgerodt 0-1; Nash 0-2). Fouled out -- Pacific-None, Hawaii-None. Rebounds--Pacific 24 (Brown 11), Hawaii 35 (Gueye 8). Assists -- Pacific 17 (HorseChief 5), Hawaii 17 (Gueye 5). Total fouls--Pacific 11, Hawaii 13. Technical fouls -- Pacific-None, Hawaii-None. A-6532

Pacific 20 40 - 60

Hawaii 34 37 - 71