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Friday, January 14, 2000
Mustangs trample Wahine
WAHINE PLAYBOOK
Star-Bulletin staffThe Hawaii Wahine were almost perfect at one end of the floor, but made too many bad decisions at the other end.
The Southern Methodist Mustangs hoisted their 1998-99 Western Athletic Conference championship banner to the Moody Coliseum rafters before the game, then opened their conference season by defeating Hawaii for the first time in six tries.
The Wahine scored just four points in the final 5:08 as SMU broke open a tight contest with an 18-4 run en route to a 68-51 win.
"We did not play with a lot of composure. Not everyone, but enough people on the floor did not make good decisions, didn't execute," Hawaii head coach Vince Goo said in a telephone interview from Dallas.
The Wahine attacked the Mustangs' man defense with a power game. Hawaii had success inside, shooting 57 percent from the field in the first half.
The Wahine led the whole first half, but probably should have built more than a 25-23 lead at the intermission. They were guilty of 14 turnovers, many unforced, which kept them from taking advantage of SMU's 35 percent shooting.
One sequence late in the first half had the Wahine throwing the ball away three times and taking a horrible shot in four consecutive trips down the floor.
"The second half came down to both teams playing very aggressively and very hard," Goo said. "There was a lot of pushing, hacking, bodies all over the floor. It became very physical and it was out of control."
At one point UH's leading scorer with 17 points, Raylene Howard, was knocked under the scorer's table.
Neither team scored for the first three minutes of the second half, then it was back and forth until 5:08 remained.
Nici Johnson made two free throws, Karlin Kennedy scored on a layup and Johnson came back with a 3-pointer. Suddenly Hawaii was down, 57-47.
The Wahine tried to catch up with 3-pointers, but were 0-for-9 in the game. It's the first time they had been shutout from beyond the arc this season.
Dainora Puida scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds for UH.
Southern Methodist 68, Hawaii 51
Wahine (8-5 overall, 1-1 WAC)
FG FGA FT FTA MIN REB A TP Galloway 3 7 2 4 37 2 4 8 Liu 2 3 2 2 24 4 1 6 Evers 0 5 2 4 37 2 2 2 Howard 7 14 3 5 38 9 3 17 Puida 6 13 4 4 35 10 1 16 Forsberg 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 McMeeken-Rusc 0 2 0 0 14 4 1 0 Spencer-Vasclls 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Kohler 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 Roper 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 Gabriel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team 2 Totals 19 46 13 19 200 37 13 51Mustangs (8-5 overall, 1-0 WAC)
FG FGA FT FTA MIN REB A TP Krouch 0 3 0 0 21 2 2 0 Rucker 7 14 4 4 36 3 7 18 Johnson 3 3 2 2 18 2 1 9 Remke 5 12 2 2 29 12 1 12 Kennedy 6 11 1 2 36 6 2 14 Calvert 3 8 3 5 26 2 4 9 Alexander 2 4 0 0 12 2 0 4 Patton 1 8 0 0 22 2 1 2 Team 4 Totals 27 63 12 15 200 32 18 68Key--fg: field goals; fga: field goals attempted; ft: free throws; fta: free throws attempted; min: minutes; reb: rebounds; a: assists; tp: total points.Halftime score-Hawaii 25, Southern Methodist 23.
3-point goals-UH 0-9, SMU 2-16 (Johnson 1-1, Kennedy 1-2, Krouch 0-2, Calvert 0-3, Patton 0-3, Rucker 0-5). Personal fouls-UH 17, SMU 15. Fouled out-Howard. Steals-UH 6 (Galloway 2), SMU 14 (Calvert, Kennedy, Remke 3). Blocked shots-UH 0, SMU 5 (Kennedy 4). Turnovers-UH 24 (Evers 6, Puida 5), SMU 11 (Alexander 3). Technicals-none. Officials-Yarbrough, Inouye, Adams. A-1,028.
WAC Women
Southern Methodist 68, Hawaii 51
Texas Christian 84, San Jose State 42Tomorrow's games
Hawaii at Texas Christian
San Jose State at Southern Methodist
Rice at Tulsa
Fresno State at Texas-El Paso
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At Texas Christian Horned Frogs
Coaches: Texas Christian, Jeff Mittie, 8th season (161-66, .709), Hawaii, Vince Goo, 13th season (250-112, .691).
By Al Chase, Star-Bulletin
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