FRESNO, Calif.—The University of Hawaii men's basketball team came up one surge short in a game of surges with Fresno State today.

The Bulldogs ended the game with a 15-3 run to defeat the Rainbow Warriors, 70-65.

An announced crowd of 10,097 at the Save Mart Center watched Fresno State avenge a loss to Hawaii last month.

The 'Bows dropped to 11-13 overall and 7-5 in the Western Athletic Conference. They are still in fifth place in the nine-team WAC.

The Bulldogs improved to 12-15 and are in sixth in the conference at 5-8.

"It was going back and forth, back and forth, and we put ourselves in position to win it at the end," Hawaii head coach Bob Nash said. "But I thought our decision making down the stretch cost us."

The 'Bows had a 65-64 lead with 23 seconds remaining after Matt Gibson made two free throws.

But Fresno State went 6 of 6 from the free throw line after that to take the victory.

Trailing 66-65, Gibson missed a 3-point attempt from the corner with around nine seconds remaining.

"We wanted to run a set (play), or at least get a time out," Nash said. "I thought there was enough time, but Matt thought he had the shot and put it up a little quick."

Earlier, Hawaii led by as many as 10 in the first half, then trailed by as many as seven early in the second half,