Playing at the speed of blur, the 10th-ranked North Carolina basketball team ran away to an 87-69 victory over Hawaii in Friday’s nationally televised game in SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

A crowd of 8,377 saw the Tar Heels’ starting guards combine for 48 points and lead the charge into the lane.

The Tar Heels (3-1) colored the paint Carolina Blue, outscoring the ’Bows 26-6 at the rim in the second half. The Tar Heels also constructed a 19-1 advantage in fast-break points.

“One of the things we talked about was attacking the basket,” UNC coach Hubert Davis said. “Penetration. We felt like our guards could get to the rim any time they wanted to. We put a lot of pressure on the rim.”

The ’Bows (4-1) went with three-guard lineups and even used a sliding 2-3 zone to slow lane entries.

“Kind of the theme was easy to say, hard to do,” UH coach Eran Ganot said of creating the “wall” to defend the paint from UNC’s driving guards.

All-America guard R.J. Davis led the Tar Heels with 18 points. Elliot Cadeau, who was limited to six first-half minutes because of early foul trouble, finished with 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting. Sean Trimble contributed 13 points.

“We have good guards, good guards that compete on both sides of the floor,” Hubert Davis said.

Ganot noted the Tar Heels were able to parlay turnovers and UH misses into extremely fast turnarounds the other way.

“You saw the power of what they do when they get a miss or a turnover,” Ganot said. “They dominated us at the rim versus what we were doing at the rim.”

The ’Bows controlled the boards, building a 40-27 advantage, including 15-5 off the offensive glass.

Half of center Tanner Christensen’s 10 rebounds were grabbed off missed UH shots. Gytis Nemeiksa came off the bench to grab 10 rebounds and score a team-high 16 points. Nemeiksa and reserve wing Akira Jacobs each buried three 3s.

“You beat a team 13 on the boards — (against) a really good rebounding program — you put yourself in position,” Ganot said.

The Tar Heels used a 10-0 run to take a 13-2 lead with 13:41 left in the first half.

Spurred by a crowd of white shirts — some emblazoned with “Save Craig” in honor of recently fired athletic director Craig Angelos — the ’Bows cut a once 11-point deficit to 35-32 when Ryan Rapp pump-faked then scored on a floater with 1:16 left in the first half.

But R.J. Davis shuffled at the top of the key, then buried a 3 to extend the Tar Heels’ lead to 38-32.

UH guard Tom Beattie answered with a layup with 38.5 seconds to play. But then Ian Jackson got the ball on the right wing and swished a 3 for a 41-34 lead to complete the first-half scoring.

Christensen’s pivot-pivot-pivot dunk opened the scoring for UH in the second half. But the Tar Heels reeled off 11 unanswered points to make it 52-36 with 17:15 to play. The ’Bows would not get under double digits the rest of the way.

“Start of the game, start of the second half, really brutal,” Ganot said. “Maybe that’s what our team needs to go through. I do believe that. And as we have some of these new faces, we had a lot of lapses in possessions, disorganization. They took advantage of us.”

The Tar Heels’ drives also created free-throw opportunities. The Tar Heels hit 12 of 14 from the line in the first half, 26 of 34 overall. The ’Bows were 17-for-24 on free throws.

“Give them credit,” Ganot said. “Some bright spots we can build off of. But obviously, when we were good, we’re good, and when we were bad, we’re really bad. Good teams take advantage of that.”

Ganot also indicated the ’Bows would not settle for fighting the good fight.

“We’re not going to be OK with this,” Ganot said. “We’re not going to be OK with some of the bright spots. It’s not what we do.”

Gov. Josh Green is likely to appoint a new Hawaii Supreme Court chief justice next year, his third pick for the five-member court.

On Friday the Judicial Selection Commission posted a vacancy for the position, currently held by Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald. By law, judges and justice in Hawaii are mandated to retire at age 70, an age Recktenwald will reach in 2025.

Applicants must be residents and citizens of Hawaii and licensed to practice law here for not less than 10 years preceding their nomination.

The term of office of the CJ, as the position is known in shorthand, is 10 years. The annual salary is $248,124.

The Judicial Selection Commission will publish the list of all applicants to its website, and the public will be invited to provide comments. The commission will then forward not less than four names and not more than six names to the governor for his consideration.

A justice’s nomination is then subject to confirmation by the state Senate.

A year ago at this time the Senate confirmed Lisa Ginoza and Vlad Devens to serve on the court.

Recktenwald was named CJ in 2010, after Gov. Linda Lingle’s nomination of Appeals Court Judge Katherine Leonard was rejected by the Senate for lacking leadership and management experience.

The search for missing Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi continued on Friday as her distraught family scoured Los Angeles for clues that could lead to her being found. 

Kobayashi, 30, vanished after she missed a connecting flight between her home in Maui and New York where she was due to visit an aunt.

The missing woman landed in Los Angeles and was seen leaving LAX Airport and heading downtown on November 8. 

Her family say they received cryptic messages from her before she stopped contacting them altogether – behavior they describe as highly unusual. 

The family are frustrated with the pace of the official police investigation. 

They say the LAPD didn’t contact them for 10 days after they initially reported her missing, and that they are the ones having to drive the search. 

Their desperation has driven them to Hollywood mediums and internet web sleuth groups. 

Last night, the family passed out flyers at a L.A. Lakers Game. 

November 8

 Now, Hannah’s sister Sydni is sharing a list of every sighting they have on record. 

Kobayashi landed at LAX airport at 9:53pm and was seen on airport surveillance footage disembarking the aircraft.

She was due to take a connecting flight at 11pm, however she never made it.

Missing Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi’s sister has shared details of every last known sighting as her family continue their agonizing search

She called her aunt Geordan Montalvo to explain she had missed the connection and promised to meet her in New York. 

She is then believed to have stayed the night at the airport before being spotted at various locations across LA.

November 9

Kobayashi was spotted at The Grove shopping mall between midday and 3pm.

She spent a considerable amount of time at Taschen Books, where she stopped to charge her phone.

At 2:43 she snapped a picture and sent it to her aunt, before returning to the airport where she is believed to have spent the night.

From there, she once again called Montalvo to tell her she was still trying to get to New York.

November 10

On Sunday, two days after she landed, Kobayashi went back to The Grove.

She appeared in the background of a video outside a Nike event featuring LeBron James at 3:30pm

Kobayashi also shared a post on her Instagram from the event with an eye emoji as the caption.

She was next spotted talking to a ticketing agent at LAX at around 5pm.

Kobayashi, 30, vanished during a layover in Los Angeles while traveling from her home in Maui to New York and was spotted getting off her flight at LAX 

In a YouTube video, Hannah was seen in the background at an event in The Grove bookstore for Lakers player Lebron James

Her final post was shared on November 11. It is understood she was attending an event in Los Angeles at the time

A missing-persons report was filed by her family the same day amid what they described as uncharacteristic correspondence from Kobayashi.

One of the messages reportedly said: ‘Deep Hackers wiped my identity, stole all of my funds, & have had me on a mind f**k since Friday.’

Kobayashi’s mother, Brandi Yee, also reported sending her a text message asking if she made it to New York.

She responded simply: ‘Not yet.’ Another early-morning text mentioned how she was in the midst of a ‘spiritual awakening.’

On a missing-persons poster sent out immediately after, police wrote: ‘Prior to going missing, [Kobayashi] sent a message on November 10, mentioning feeling scared, and that someone might be trying to steal her money and identity. She hasn’t been hard from since.’

November 11

The next day, Kobayashi was spotted boarding an LAX Metro C line at Aviation/Century Station.

She got on board at 9:02pm, before transferring to a different train at the Rosa Parks Station.

Sydni said that it has been confirmed her sister was accompanied by someone for the duration of the journey.

Kobayashi made several trips to The Grove shopping mall, including to this book store the say after she landed

The missing woman’s family have taken matters into their own hands and have been handing out flyers in the area where Kobayashi was last seen

Kobayashi was finally seen leaving the Metro Pico Station with the unidentified person at 10:03pm.

Latest update

As of Thursday, the LAPD was yet to declare that Kobayashi has been abducted.

The investigation is still being treated as a missing-persons case, a spokesperson confirmed. 

DailyMail.com revealed yesterday that detectives waited ten days before contacting the family for an interview. 

Sydni also slammed the lack of action and revealed her relatives were appealing to psychic mediums for help. 

In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, her aunt Larie Pidgeon said they are now fearing the worst.

‘Our mind is now going to, you know, abduction and, I hate to say the word, but, you know, trafficked,’ she said.

They  held a rally before the Lakers game Thursday afternoon, just a block from the station where Kobayashi was last seen

Kobayashi was last seen in the company of an unidentified person but has not been declared as abducted by police

‘We’re doing the best that we can, but the family at this point is having to come to the reality that those things could be a possibility.’

The LAPD, meanwhile, is still spearheading the probe, but is now being aided by the FBI, field office agents in the city told KHON Honolulu Wednesday.

Statements given to the station by Pidgeon appeared to indicate Kobayashi is still with the person in the footage, whom has yet to be physically described.

‘She’s not alone, she’s with an unidentified person,’ said Pidgeon. ‘And she also got off and at a, at a station that is,’ she continued, before trailing off.

‘It’s not good and it terrified us, it brought her father to tears,’ she concluded.

She and others attended held a rally to pass out fliers before the Lakers game Thursday afternoon, just a block from the station where Kobayashi was last seen. 

Prior to her disappearance, a friend of Kobayashi’s said she received bizarre messages talking about being scammed.

‘I got tricked pretty much into giving away all my funds. For someone I thought I loved,’ the messages read.

They were seen at Metro Pico Station on November 11, before Kobayashi’s phone was switched off

Kobayashi, a photographer, is a resident of Haiku in Maui. She had been on her way to New York to photograph a DJ when she suddenly vanished

The family also noted that the young artist’s phone has been off since November 11.

‘She texted her that she was scared and that she couldn’t come back home or something. It was just really weird texts,’ Sydni said.

She added that the messages ‘did not sound like her’ and wonders if it was Hannah who sent them.

Kobayashi was on the same flight as her ex-boyfriend as the two had booked the trip before breaking up.

However, they did not sit together during the journey and he has since been aiding police with the search.