Cal Poly again cured that which ailed the Hawaii women’s basketball team.

The Rainbow Wahine won for the third time in four games, 70-52 over the Mustangs on Saturday night. Two of those wins came against the last-place Mustangs.

The first time, a little more than a week ago, UH was coming off a decades-worst offensive performance against Cal State Northridge and won by 17 in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

This time, with the Stan Sheriff Center as the backdrop, UH (8-12, 4-3 Big West) rebounded from a 60-55 home loss to UC Riverside on Wednesday to again set the season’s most lopsided winning margin.

“We have some quick-hitters and some set plays that really expose how they bump,” UH coach Laura Beeman said of finding success against the zone-heavy Mustangs. “And so I think the girls were very, very confident tonight coming off that last game because we saw how the zone was going to rotate.

“I think they’re confident because we know we can get some bad mismatches with bigger post players or bigger guards.”

The Wahine received a boost in the first quarter from defense-minded guard Jadynn Alexander, who came off the bench to score eight of her career-high 15 points in the opening period. UH led 19-6 after that frame and it never got closer than eight the rest of the way.

“I was able to see some gaps that I could attack and my teammates were just able to find me,” said Alexander, a 5-foot-10 sophomore. She shot 5-for-6, including 2-for-3 on 3s.

It was 48-28 going into the fourth quarter.

Center Lauren Rewers added 11 points and guard Julissa Tago 11 as the Wahine swept the season series from the Mustangs for the third time in four years. Point guard Tia Kanoa was in distribution mode, assisting on eight baskets against two turnovers.

Guards Tago and Courtney Middap seemed back to their usual selves after missing recent time with injuries. Tago made the Mustangs pay with her quick release, hitting three of five 3-point tries, and Middap provided a secondary source of playmaking.

“When someone goes out, we know we have to step up and I think it’s just great to have everyone out there,” Tago said. “We did feel whole and I think that going on throughout the season, it’s important for us to keep going and keep pushing.”

Cal Poly (4-14, 1-6) shot 34.5 percent to UH’s 47.9 and had no player score in double figures.

The Wahine next play at UC Irvine on Thursday.