Adversity grew in a blink for the Rainbow Wahine basketball team.

Already facing challenges coming into the season and early in the season, Hawai'i saw starting guard Shawna Kuehu fall to the floor, clutching her right leg while crying in pain in last night's 94-83 overtime loss to East Tennessee State.

A crowd of 465 saw the final game of the Jack in The Box Rainbow Wahine Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Kuehu, a former two-time state Player of the Year at Punahou and the top recruit for a team that went 8-23 last year, was to be evaluated by a physician last night.

She tore her left ACL during her junior year at Punahou and wears a brace on her left knee. On the first play of overtime, Kuehu drove to the basket along the right baseline. She planted, jumped and lost control of the ball. She had to be helped from the court.

"There's so much adversity that's been happening, we're sticking together and moving forward," said first-year coach Dana Takahara-Dias. She took over this year after Jim Bolla was fired over allegations he kicked a player.

The Rainbow Wahine said a prayer for Kuehu during the injury timeout, and Takahara said whenever a player leaves the game with an injury, it has an effect on the team.

ETSU (2-3), the two-time Atlantic Sun champion, then scored the next seven points to pull away. The Lady Buccaneers outscored the Rainbow Wahine 19-8 in overtime.

"We hit a couple of shots early on in overtime and took a little air out of them," ETSU coach Karen Kemp said.

Allie Patterson scored 19 points and Keisha Kanekoa added 17 for the Rainbow Wahine (1-4). Rebecca Dew had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Dita Liepkalne and Kuehu had 11 points each.

Up until overtime, the Rainbow Wahine were playing their best game of the season. They averaged 25 turnovers coming into the game, but had just six in the first half and finished with 16. Hawai'i had 19 assists and rallied from a five-point deficit late in regulation. It trailed by 12 in the first half.

Kanekoa drove down the lane in traffic and missed with about three seconds remaining in regulation. ETSU then inbounded the ball to halfcourt, where it was intercepted by Patterson. She heaved the ball toward the basket, where it was caught underneath by teammate Breanna Arbuckle, who couldn't get a shot off before time expired.

"We did better," Liepkalne said. "We've been focusing on smart passes and controlling the ball."

Hawai'i went ahead 73-72 on Patterson's layup with 3:14 remaining in regulation, but Tara Davis hit a 3-pointer to put ETSU ahead 75-73 with 1:56 left.

Patterson tied it on the next play when she flashed to the basket for a layup off a pass from Liepkalne.

"Our team responded nicely and responded every time," Takahara said. "It was just unfortunate we couldn't capitalize at the end of the game there."

Tarita Gordon scored 25 points off the bench for ETSU. TaRonda Wiles had 21 points, Siarre Evans added 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Davis had 14 points for the Lady Bucs, who made nine free throws down the stretch in overtime.

No. 17 Arizona State (4-1) won the tournament title after winning both of its games in the three-team, round-robin tournament. Arizona State's Kali Bennett was named the tournament's MVP, and teammates Danielle Orsillo, and Kayli Murphy were named to the all-tournament team. Also on the all-tournament team were Kanekoa and ETSU's Evans and Wiles.