DAVIS, CALIF. >> The Hawaii basketball team earned a share of the Big West regular-season title and clinched the No. 1 seed for next week’s Big West tournament with a heart-stopping 67-65 win at UC Davis tonight.

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DAVIS, CALIF. >> The Hawaii basketball team earned a share of the Big West regular-season title and clinched the No. 1 seed for next week’s Big West tournament with a heart-stopping 67-65 win at UC Davis tonight.

Point guard Roderick Bobbitt made the second of two free throws with four seconds left for a two-point lead, and Aggies guard Darius Graham had a potential pull-up game-winning 3 rattle out at the buzzer.

UH (24-4, 13-2 Big West) remained perfect on the Big West road at 7-0 heading into Saturday’s regular-season finale at Long Beach State.

“That feels great,” guard Quincy Smith said. “That’s what we’ve been working for the whole summer, to get it done the first game (this week), that’s great. We’ve still got more work to do at Long Beach, but tonight it feels good.”

The Rainbow Warriors trailed most of the game but went ahead late, 63-62, on Stefan Jankovic’s three-point play with 1:24 to play.

“Just continue to fight and believe and weather the storm,” UH coach Eran Ganot said. “Don’t forget, we were down 11-zip, and had Janks and Bobbitt with two fouls. It’s a great testament to our bench and our guys who were in without foul trouble to hang in there and hang in there.”

Aaron Valdes followed with a steal and pass ahead to Bobbitt for a dunk and a three-point lead.

Bobbitt made one of two at the line for a four-point advantage with 16.2 seconds to play.

Davis’ Siler Schneider hit a 3 to keep the hosts in it, but UH was able to get the ball back to Bobbitt on an inbounds pass and he was fouled and put in UH’s final point.

Smith scored a team-high 15 points for UH, which trailed by 11 at halftime. Sai Tummala added 14 points and Bobbitt 11.

“We’re a resilient team,” Tummala said. “We were down the whole game (but) we weren’t going to lose.”

Forward Josh Fox scored a game-high 19 points for Davis (10-18, 5-10).