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Friday, February 4, 2000

Smaller better
in Wahine win

Star-Bulletin staff

Hawaii head coach Vince Goo used a smaller lineup last night to get a better matchup on defense against host Texas-El Paso.

He then challenged the Wahine to stop Amy Pack, UTEP's high-scoring freshman forward, and not let the Miners offense get going in the second half as it did at the Stan Sheriff Center last month.

The UH defenders responded holding Pack to eight points vs. the 24 she scored here and limiting UTEP to a 28 percent shooting percentage from the field.

Hawaii's 65-36 victory kept the Wahine a half game behind first-place Southern Methodist which beat visiting Tulsa, 73-66.

"Stopping Pack was a key for all our players," Goo said. "We wanted a hand in her face at all times and we wanted to defend her penetration to the left."

Pack makes her move to the left 19 out of every 20 times. Yesterday, she managed to penetrate toward the basket just once.

The Wahine used a 2-2-1 trapping defense designed to contain the Miners and give them little time to run an offense.

Offensively, UH relied on its power game throughout, attempting just five 3-pointers.

Raylene Howard hit 10-of-13 field goal attempts and finished with a game-high 25 points. She also grabbed 10 rebounds as UH held a 43-25 margin off the boards.

Kylie Galloway scored 14 points and Kyla Evers had 11.

The Wahine play at Fresno State tomorrow night.

WAC women

	Conference	Overall
Team	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.
So. Methodist	6	0	1.000	13	5	.722
Hawaii	6	1	.857	14	5	.737
Tulsa	5	2	.714	9	10	.474
Rice	4	2	.667	12	6	.667
Fresno St.	2	4	.333	9	11	.450
Texas Christian	2	5	.285	11	11	.500
Texas-El Paso	1	6	.143	4	15	.211
San Jose St.	0	6	.000	2	16	.111

Yesterday's results

Hawaii 65, Texas-El Paso 36
Fresno State 84, San Jose State 66
Southern Methodist 73, Tulsa 66
Rice 67, Texas Christian 65

Tomorrow's games

Hawaii at Fresno State
San Jose State at Texas-El Paso
Rice at Southern Methodist
Tulsa at Texas Christian

Hawaii 65, UTEP 36

Rainbow Wahine (14-5, 6-1)

	fg	fga	ft	fta	reb	a	tp	min
Galloway	5	10	3	3	6	4	14	26
McMeeken-Rusc	3	6	0	0	1	2	6	25
Liu	7	5	0	0	5	1	2	26
Evers	4	6	3	3	6	3	11	30
Howard	10	13	5	5	10	0	25	34
Forsberg	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	14
Kohler	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Roper	1	2	1	4	4	0	3	9
Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Lee	2	4	0	1	3	1	4	17
Allen	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Puida	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	9
Team	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Totals	26	51	12	16	43	14	65	200

Lady Miners (4-15, 1-6)

	fg	fga	ft	fta	reb	a	tp	min
Pack	4	14	0	1	7	1	8	30
Doumerc	1	6	0	0	2	0	3	28
Mata	3	9	0	0	4	2	8	34
Drummond	3	10	0	0	4	0	6	28
Garza	4	9	1	2	3	2	10	36
Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Guild	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	18
Walker	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	15
Mosher	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	9
Team	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Totals	15	53	2	5	25	11	36	200

Key--fg: field goals; fga: field goals attempted; ft: free throws; fta: free throws attempted; reb: rebounds; a: assists; tp: total points; min: minutes.

Halftime-Hawaii 32, UTEP 13

3-point goals--Hawaii 1-5 (Galloway 1-2, Forsberg 0-1, Lee 0-1, Howard 0-1), UTEP 4-12 (Mata 2-5, Doumerc 1-5, Garza 1-1, Guild 0-1). Personal fouls--Hawaii 13, UTEP 14. Steals--Hawaii 5 (Howard 3, Evers, Lee) UTEP 6 (Pack 3). Blocked shots--Hawaii 6 (Liu 2, Roper 2, Galloway, Puida), UTEP 1 (Pack). Turnovers--Hawaii 21, UTEP 20. Officials--Weeks, Miles, Williams. A-3.126.

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