The University of Hawaii basketball team made too many mistakes and not enough scoring runs in falling to UC San Diego 67-61 today in La Jolla, Calif.

The Tritons, who lost the first six games of this series, improved to 12-7 overall and 6-1 in the Big West. In the final season of a four-year transition to Division I, the Tritons are not eligible to compete in the postseason Big West Tournament in March. The Rainbow Warriors fell to 10-9 and 2-5.

The Tritons parlayed 20 UH turnovers, including 11 on steals, into 27 points.

The ’Bows relied exclusively on outside shooting early, taking a 15-11 lead with five 3s. Their first 2-point basket came on JoVon McClanahan’s jumper with 9:35 remaining in the half.

Led by Bryce Pope’s creative scoring, the Tritons closed the first half with a 19-2 run to expand their lead to 35-26 at the intermission.

The ’Bows scored 14 of the first 17 points of the second half to take a 40-38 lead. But UCSD’s Tyler McGhie scored the next six points — on a 3, a free throw and a hook shot — and the Tritons would not trail again.

Juan Munoz, making his first UH start, made five 3-point shots and finished with 21 points.