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Friday, February 26, 1999


W A H I N E _ B A S K E T B A L L




Wahine not sharp
but still win

The UH women's
basketball team cruises
to 70-43 victory

Star-Bulletin staff

Tapa

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hawaii women's basketball coach Vince Goo was concerned his team might not play up to its level entering last night's game against San Jose State.

The Spartans were on a 20-game losing streak and the Wahine had already clinched fourth place in the Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division.

"There were two things we didn't do, play with intensity on the defensive end and play our level of basketball," Goo said.

"We knew it would be difficult to get up for a team that's 2-23, but I looked on it as a test of our maturity."

Hawaii took advantage of 20 first-half Spartan turnovers to build a 38-18 lead, then gave everyone playing time in the second half of a 70-43 victory.

Ten of the 11 Wahine scored, led by Raylene Howard's 21 points.

San Jose State (2-24 overall, 0-13 WAC) led once, 3-2. Two free throws by Hedy Liu put Hawaii (16-9, 8-5) in the lead and the Wahine slowly pulled away. Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe's 3-pointer at the 10:07 mark put the lead in double digits (19-9) and the margin got as high as 35 points on Sarah Petersen's layup with eight minutes to play.

The Wahine shot 37 percent (25-of-67) from the field, which is below their average, but held the Spartans to 27 percent (15-of-56) .

"It was ragged, both from starters and the people that came off the bench," Goo said. "A lot of times we took short cuts and didn't do the small things we have being doing all season."

Hawaii ends the regular season tomorrow at Fresno State. The Bulldogs clinched the final Pacific Division tournament berth last night by defeating San Diego State, 68-55.

The Wahine's opponent in the first round of the Qwest WAC Women's Tournament is Nevada-Las Vegas.

Tapa

Hawaii 70, San Jose State 43

At San Jose, Calif.

bullet Wahine (16-9 overall; 8-5 WAC)

		mp	fgm	fga	ftm	fta	reb	pf	tp
Lee		29	4	12	0	0	4	2	9
Howard		34	7	13	7	9	7	1	21
Liu		16	1	5	4	6	6	0	6
Itoman		32	3	6	0	0	2	0	9
Evers		18	2	7	0	0	4	3	4
Kohler		18	1	7	3	4	8	0	5
Greeny		13	1	1	0	0	2	4	2
M.-Ruscoe	18	0	8	0	0	1	2	5
Forsberg	8	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
S.-Vasconcellos	8	2	3	0	0	1	1	5
Petersen	6	2	4	0	0	1	2	4
	Team						3
	Totals	200	25	67	14	19	42	15	70
bullet Spartans (2-24 overall; 0-13 WAC)

		mp	fgm	fga	ftm	fta	reb	pf	tp
Barrett		10	1	1	2	2	2	1	5
Dailey		32	1	6	4	6	6	2	6
McGee		32	1	6	1	2	7	2	3
Johnson		22	3	9	0	0	2	0	7
Gluhan		26	3	4	0	0	3	2	8
Smith		25	5	17	2	2	6	3	12
Omar		12	1	6	0	0	4	1	2
Harris		14	0	2	0	0	5	2	0
Modin		17	0	2	0	1	5	4	0
Dagnino		10	0	3	0	0	2	1	0
	Team						2
	Totals	200	15	56	9	13	44	18	43
Halftime score--Hawaii 38, San Jose State 18.

3-point goals--UH 6-20 (Itoman 3-5, Spencer-Vasconcellos 1-2, Lee 1-4, McMeeken-Ruscoe 1-5, Howard 0-1, Evers 0-3), SJS 4-12 (Barrett 1-1, Gluhan 2-3, Johnson 1-5, Smith 0-1, Dagnino 0-2).

Assists--UH 17 (Howard 6), SJS 7 (Harris 3). Turnovers--UH 16 (Lee 4), SJS 31 (Gluhan 9). Steals--UH 8 (Spencer-Vasconcellos 2), SJS 7 (McGee 2). Blocked shots--UH 0, SJS 2 (McGee 2). A--404. Officials: Barlow, Guzman, Hansen.



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