Updated at 9:26 p.m., Friday, October 13, 2006
UH basketball puts on 'freaky' Twilight Ohana
Advertiser Staff
With "Freaky Friday the 13th" as a theme, the Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine came out in Halloween costumes for their introductions.
Hawai'i men's head coach Riley Wallace capped the introductions when he came out in a coffin with his assistant coaches serving as pallbearers. When the coffin opened, Wallace declared "I ain't dead yet."
Hawai'i women's head coach Jim Bolla came out dressed as the Grim Reaper, leading Wallace's mock funeral procession into the arena.
Among the players who received the loudest cheers from the crowd were:
i Ahmet Gueye as Darth Vader.
i Matt Lojeski as Dracula.
i Dominic Waters as an alien.
i Bobby Nash from the men's team and Janevia Taylor from the women's team performing a dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" song.