Tanner Christensen scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to fuel the Hawaii basketball team’s 80-69 victory over San Jose State in today’s second round of the Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic.

A crowd of 2,735 in SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center saw the Rainbow Warriors win their second in a row to open the season. The ’Bows will face Pacific, also 2-0 in this tournament, in Monday’s finale beginning at 7 p.m.

UH was down 56-54 when Christensen tied it with a driving layup with 8:14 to play.

Harry Rouhliadeff then buried a 3 from the top of the key to give the ’Bows a 59-56 lead they would not relinquish. The ’Bows outscored the Spartans 21-11 the rest of the way. Christensen punctuated the outcome with a dunk off a Marcus Greene assist with 24.4 seconds to go.

Point guard Tom Beattie contributed 16 points for the ’Bows.

Sadaidriene Hall hit a hook shot to break a 34-all tie, Will McClendon buried two free throws and 7-foot-2 Chol Marial blocked Beattie’s driving jumper as the the Spartans took 38-34 lead into the intermission.

The Spartans relied on an aggressive man-to-man defense to attack the perimeters. The ’Bows were held to 1-for-10 shooting from behind the arc in the first half.