Fancy second-half shooting — and fancy shoes — led the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team to a 78-70 victory over Prairie View A&M last night.

The Rainbow Warriors shot an astounding 87.5 percent from the field in the second half as they rallied from an 11-point deficit in the first half.

Roderick Flemings and his new "Rainbow Warrior edition" shoes led the way with career-highs of 22 points and 13 rebounds. He went 6-of-6 from the field and scored 19 in the second half.

"I just got it going and my teammates got it to me," said Flemings, a 6-foot-7 junior. "Got my confidence going and knocked some shots down."

A crowd of 3,090 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched the 'Bows improve to 3-2 with their third consecutive victory — all on Monday nights.

"It was gratifying to get the win, but sometimes we just have to play ugly," Hawai'i head coach Bob Nash said. "Tonight, that first half I thought we played ugly, but we hung on and the second half I thought we stepped up our intensity on defense and we ran our offensive sets a little better."

Junior forward Bill Amis was also impressive, tallying 16 points and career-highs of 12 rebounds and six blocked shots for the 'Bows.

The last time Hawai'i had two players with double-doubles in the same game was in February 2007 (Ahmet Gueye and Matt Lojeski).

Lasha Parghalava added 11 points, and Petras Balocka scored 10.

Flemings' practice time was limited during the week of preparation for the game because of a sprained right ankle, but he played 37 minutes last night.

During a crucial five-minute stretch of the second half, he scored 13 of Hawai'i's 15 points on a variety of drives to the basket and pull-up jump shots.

"His run was our run," Amis said. "It fueled us a lot."

Nash said: "Rod was able to go to his right or left for a pull-up jump shot, which is probably one of his best moves, and tonight things looked well and he was clicking."

Flemings wore multi-colored adidas shoes for the first time this season. The rest of the team wore green-and-white shoes.

"We're all gonna get 'em," Amis said of Flemings' shoes.

Flemings is from Dallas, and he knew several of the Panthers.

"I was just trying to go out there and play hard," he said. "At the end they started talking trash, so that got me fired up in the second half."

The Panthers opened the game with a 9-2 lead, and stayed in front the entire first half. Their biggest lead was 28-17, and they had a 37-29 advantage at halftime.

"I thought some time in the beginning of the game, our guys did not show Prairie View A&M the respect that they deserved," Nash said.

The 'Bows fell behind in the first half in part due to 30.8 percent shooting (8 of 26). They turned it around by making 14 of 16 shots in the second half.

For the game, Hawai'i shot 52.4 percent from the field, while Prairie View shot 40 percent.

"We were executing the offense a lot better in the second half and getting to the line a lot," Amis said. "If we weren't scoring it, we were getting fouled."

Hawai'i went 31 of 43 on free throws, while the Panthers were 12 of 20. The 'Bows were called for 18 fouls to the Panthers' 32.

The discrepancy was apparently enough for Prairie View A&M head coach Byron Rimm II to decline interview requests.

Darnell Hugee, the Panthers' top player, was limited to 10 points in 19 minutes before fouling out with 9:44 remaining. He received a technical foul for arguing with a referee in the second half after he got a cut on his cheek and did not get a call in his favor.

"There were three well-paid officials out there who are professionals," Nash said. "They do their job night in and night out. I don't think there was any bias in what they did. They just called what they saw."

The 'Bows tied the score at 43 with 13:54 remaining and it stayed close the rest of the way. It was tied at 62 with 4:07 remaining, but Amis and Flemings combined to go 6 of 6 on free throws to give the 'Bows a 68-62 lead.

Prairie View never got closer than four in the final 2:36.

The 'Bows out-rebounded the shorter Panthers 38-28 and had 11 blocked shots to Prairie View's one. The quicker Panthers got 12 steals and forced 21 Hawai'i turnovers.

"For the most part, I thought these guys showed their mettle," Nash said. "They showed their character and came back and beat a very good team."

The Panthers, who dropped to 3-5, were led by Derek Johnson's 18 points.

Hawai'i's next game is scheduled for Monday on the road at Illinois.