Isaac “Big Fish” Johnson scored 25 points, including 20 in the second half, to power the Hawaii basketball team to an 86-56 rout of Manhattan in tonight’s second round of the Outrigger Rainbow Classic.

A crowd of 2,349 saw the Rainbow Warriors win their second in a row entering today’s final round in Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

Johnson, a 7-foot transfer from Utah State, celebrated each of his four 3-point shots with gestures, including what he has termed a two-armed “Big Fish Chomp.” On one play, Johnson stepped back across the arc to swish a corner 3. He also put down two dunks — one off an Isaac Finlinson missed jumper, another from an Isaiah Kerr lob.

Finlinson contributed 14 points, with 11 coming after the intermission.

Dre Bullock scored nine points, grabbed four reboun

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