After Sunday’s 64-44 win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, the University of Hawaii is off to a 4-3 start.

That isn’t bad if you consider the Rainbow Warriors have just one player back who was significant on the court last season.

But it’s not really that great if you look at their schedule. North Carolina is the only team UH has played that last year’s team wouldn’t have handled pretty easily.

One of the (many) good things about the 2015-16 Rainbows is that there was no doubt who was in charge on the court. Roderick Bobbitt was the man.

With this group, it’s very muddled at point guard now.

Sheriff Drammeh — that lone returnee from last season’s rotation — has been the starter, and coach Eran Ganot said that remains the case.

But at this juncture Drammeh is better as a two guard, with more responsibility for scoring than ball-handling than a point guard.

Sophomore walk-on Brocke Stepteau has emerged. He usually looks like he knows what he’s doing and takes care of the ball. He had zero turnovers in 18 minutes in his first start Sunday. But that’s somewhat deceiving as Stepteau had difficulties attacking the Golden Lions’ zone defense.

Matt Owies, a freshman, came off the bench and was aggressive. He played his best game to date, scoring 11 points with four assists and three turnovers in 25 minutes.

Ganot likes to play two point guards together, but for that to work both need to be confident and develop chemistry, especially with each other.

“Right now we have three inexperienced at the same time. You have to have a mentality you are the point guard,” Ganot said.

It’s a fine line, to be an assertive leader but continue to be unselfish. They have to compete in practice.

“I’m not really sure,” Owies said when asked who the starting point guard is, from his perspective. “But Brocke, me and Sheriff will attack each other in practice and get each other better. I got my opportunity tonight, Brocke had (his). I’m not really sure.”

Neither is Ganot. He doesn’t have a Rod Bobbitt, or even a Quincy Smith on this team. What he does have is three young players with potential. He knows there will be growing pains.

“It’s not ideal,” Ganot said. “Sometimes it’s ugly.”

Unsteady point guard play can have many nasty symptoms, including slow starts. The 16-0 blitz Troy put on Hawaii on Friday cost it the game, as the final was 65-63.

On Sunday, the Rainbow Warriors had to overcome a 5-0 deficit.

The good news is UH improved as the game went along, and Owies and forward Larry Lewis, Jr. (10 points in 13 minutes) figured out how to attack the zone while watching from the bench. The Rainbows’ 13-0 run in the second half sealed the deal.

Upcoming opponent Seton Hall on Dec. 6 (4-2 with losses to Florida and Stanford) might be a bit tougher. Not as strong as North Carolina, but a challenge nonetheless.

“We have a lot more teaching moments with this group,” Ganot said. “They got seven games of reps that most of them didn’t have before.”

Reach Dave Reardon at dreardon@staradvertiser.com