Rainbow Wahine basketball begins new era with Khalilah Mitchell

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawaii women’s basketball team opened Fall camp on Wednesday.

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The Rainbow Wahine officially began the Khalilah Mitchell era.

Mitchell, a longtime assistant with the team, took over the program from longtime head coach Laura Beeman, who retired in March.

Coach K is wasting no time installing her fast-paced system, a blend of her playing days at LSU and what she learned from Beeman.

“It’s a style that I’m familiar with I played at LSU and I wanted to bridge that gap between what my experience as a player, what I’ve learned from Coach B, and what the roster, the personnel that we have,” Coach Mitchell said. “So blending all of that makes it very transition-forward, and it also makes it very focused on what their strengths are, so that’s the beauty of this offense.”

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The squad is working on conditioning for the new tempo with only 12 players on the roster.

“I think it’s great for the girls, I mean, more reps for everyone in training, it’s more court time for everyone, you know, during the games,” Guard Bailey Flavell said. “I think, you know, it’s a great group of girls, so, yeah, I’m really excited.”

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The Rainbow Wahine schedule has yet to be released.