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Winter 2022 marked the return of the Big Island Holiday Classic, bringing many men’s and women’s collegiate basketball programs to the Big Island of Hawai‘i for competition and fun at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.
The event, put on by TItleTown Events (previously Malika Sport Tours) and hosted by the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, is a modern reiteration of the Big Island Invitational Tournament from the 1990s, which featured many NCAA Division I programs with the likes of Oklahoma, Oregon State, Iowa State, Arkansas, Creighton, Purdue, Stanford and UConn among others.
The Big Island Classic moniker was also previously resurrected in winter 2016 when current Hawai‘i Hilo men’s basketball head coach Kaniela Aiona was at the helm of the Menlo College men’s hoops program where they played games at Kealakehe High School on the west side of the island.
The 2023 slate features 10 games between nine participating teams from across the NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
DECEMBER 15-19
Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
Hilo, Hawai‘i
TICKETS
HiloAthletics.com/TIXBIC
SINGLE-GAME PURCHASES
$10 Adults | $5 Seniors (65+) | $5 Middle/High School Students
ALL-TOURNAMENT PASS
10 TOTAL GAMES
$40 Adults | $20 Seniors (65+) | $20 Middle/High School Students
VIDEO LIVE STREAM
Single-Game Purchases Available for $10
Check SCHEDULE for Video Links
2023 WOMEN'S ALL-CLASSIC TEAM
#3 Kylie Grassi
Bridgewater State
20.0 PTS/G | 5.0 REB/G | 2.5 AST/G
#10 Keirstyn Agonias
Hawai‘i Hilo
13.0 PTS/G | 6.0 REB/G | 1.5 AST/G
#15 Jeniece Harmon
Hawai‘i Hilo
15.5 PTS/G | 6.5 REB/G | 4.0 AST/G
#10 Sawyer Lloyd
Angelo State
11.5 PTS/G | 6.0 REB/G | 5.0 AST/G
#32 Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant
Angelo State
23 PTS/G | 13.5 REB/G | 1.0 AST/G
2023 MEN'S ALL-CLASSIC TEAM
#10 Sam Emich
Olivet Nazarene
STATS
#22 Tristan Smith
Concordia Nebraska
STATS
#23 Demarcus Hall-Scriven
Alaska
STATS
#11 Kalique Mitchell
Hawai‘i Hilo
STATS
#23 Jailen Daniel-Dalton
San Francisco State
STATS
WOMEN'S TEAMS
Angelo State University Rambelles
San Angelo, Texas | 9-4 Overall | 3-1 Lone Star Conference
Bridgewater State University Bears
Bridgewater, Massachusetts | 4-7 Overall | 0-0 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA D-III)
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Vulcans
Hilo, Hawai‘i | 3-5 Overall | 0-2 PacWest Conference
MEN'S TEAMS
Concordia University, Nebraska Bulldogs
Seward, Nebraska | 8-3 Overall | 4-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference (NAIA)
Hastings College Broncos
Hastings, Nebraska | 10-4 Overall | 6-0 Great Plains Athletic Conference (NAIA)
Olivet Nazarene University Tigers
Bourbonnais, Illinois | 9-3 Overall | 3-1 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (NAIA)
San Francisco State University Gators
San Francisco, California | 7-5 Overall | 1-3 California Collegiate Athletic Association
University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks
Fairbanks, Alaska | 3-7 Overall | 1-1 Great Northwest Athletic Conference
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Vulcans
Hilo, Hawai‘i | 9-3 Overall | 3-0 PacWest Conference
