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Tuesday, February 13, 2001

By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
Hawaii Pacific's Nick Spajic (32) goes to the hoop against
Jesse Laner of Alaska-Fairbanks during last night's game.
Hawaii Pacific won, 87-53.

Subotic shines
for HPU

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Star-Bulletin staff

Hawaii Pacific's Nash Subotic scored a game-high 32 points on 12-of-15 shooting as the Sea Warriors beat Alaska-Fairbanks last night, 87-53, in a Pacific West Conference game at the Blaisdell Arena.

The native of Belgrade, Yugoslavia also hit 6-of-8 3-pointers, grabbed six rebounds and had three steals for HPU (10-13, 5-9). It was the third time this season Subotic scored 30 or more points in a game.

Bogdan Popescu led the Nanooks (6-16, 5-8) with 29 points and 12 rebounds.

At Cannon Activities Center

Alaska-Anchorage: Wagner 8-13 3-4 22, Glover 1-2 0-0 3, Kirk 9-14 5-6 24, Freeman 8-14 1-1 18, Bullock 5-6 2-4 12, Gallatin 1-3 7-10 10, Madison 0-0 2-2 2, Abbott 2-2 0-1 5, O'Shea 2-2 0-0 4, Evans 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-57 20-28 100.

BYU-Hawaii: Villa 3-6 5-6 11, Frampton 0-2 0-0 0, Hendrickson 12-22 5-8 29, Skinner 4-11 0-0 9, Gates 0-3 0-2 0, Daley 1-3 0-0 2, Evans 3-10 2-2 10, Young 4-9 5-5 13, Stilson 0-1 0-0 0, Salisbury 5-10 2-3 12. Totals 32-77 19-26 86.

Halftime--Alaska-Anchorage 51, BYU-Hawaii 38.

3-point goals--UAA 8-17 (Wagner 3-6, Abbott 1-1, Kirk 1-1, Glover 1-2, Gallatin 1-3, Freeman 1-4), BYUH 3-16 (Evans 2-6, Skinner 1-5, Stilson 0-1, Daley 0-2, Hendrickson 0-2). Total fouls--UAA 26, BYUH 18. Fouled out--Freeman, Daley. Rebounds--UAA 33 (Freeman 10), BYUH 41 (Salisbury 10). Assists--UAA 16 (Kirk 7), BYUH 16 (Villa 5). Steals--UAA 6 (Freeman 2), BYUH 5 (Evans, Frampton, Hendrickson, Skinner, Villa). Blocked shots--None. Turnovers--UAA 14, BYUH 14.

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Alaska-Anchorage
100, BYUH 86

At Laie, the Seawolves enjoyed a 51-38 halftime lead en route to beating the Seasiders.

Five players scored in double figures for Anchorage, led by Ed Kirk with 24 points. Taylor Wagner added 22 and Greg Freeman had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Kerry Henrickson scored a game-high 29 points for BYUH.

The Seawolves outshot the Seasiders, 63-42 percent, from the field.

At Blaisdell Arena

Alaska-Fairbanks: Servine 1-4 0-0 3, Popescu 8-19 13-18 29, Broker 3-7 0-0 6, Laner 0-2 0-0 0, Knutson 2-7 0-0 4, Endicott 2-4 0-0 4, Jones 1-2 0-0 2, Cromer 1-4 0-0 2, Raidmae 1-5 0-0 3, Early 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-56 13-18 53.

Hawaii Pacific: Smith 3-6 0-0 6, Subotic 12-15 2-3 32, Stewart 0-1 0-0 0, Paul 3-4 4-4 10, Spajic 9-14 1-3 20, Avilla 2-5 0-0 4, Stephens 1-3 0-1 3, Karanovic 1-3 0-0 3, Lagemann 4-6 1-2 9. Totals 35-57 8-13 87.

Halftime--Hawaii Pacific 44, Alaska-Fairbanks 29.

3-point goals--UAF 2-17 (Raidmae 1-4, Servine 1-4, Jones 0-1, Laner 0-1, Cromer 0-2, Knutson 0-5), HPU 9-19 (Subotic 6-8, Karanovic 1-3, Spajic 1-3, Stephens 1-3, Avilla 0-1, Smith 0-1). Total fouls--UAF 18, HPU 16. Fouled out--Knutson. Rebounds--UAF 27 (Popescu 12), HPU 30 (Lagemann 10). Assists--UAF 10 (Laner 6), HPU 18 (Paul 6). Steals--UAF 6 (Endicott, Laner 2), HPU 11 (Subotic 3). Blocked shots--UAF 2 (Broker 2), HPU 4 (Smith 2). Turnovers--UAF 19, HPU 14. Officials--Thomas Yoshida, Sam Delos Reyes, Donovan Lewis. A--175.

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