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Friday, February 18, 2000
Wahine tumble
Star-Bulletin staff
out of first placeHawaii's flirtation with first place in the Western Athletic Conference standings lasted a brief five days.
A horrible shooting percentage of .148 from the field in the second half was all it took to dislodge the Wahine from that lofty perch last night.
Meanwhile, host Tulsa was successful on 48 percent of its second-half field goal attempts and slowly pulled away from UH en route to a 54-40 victory at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Southern Methodist regained a half-game lead over Hawaii by defeating visiting Fresno State, 78-68, in overtime.
The Mustangs needed a 3-pointer by D-dra Rucker with 54 seconds left to tie the score in regulation, then rode Karlin Kennedy's 10 points to victory in extra time.
Hawaii plays its final regular-season road game Sunday at Rice. The Owls crushed last-place San Jose State, 83-37, yesterday.
The Wahine led at intermission, 21-20, but that was more the result of their solid defense. Their shooting woes were evident, .333 from the field and a very uncharacteristic .400 from the free-throw line.
And, after taking a 16-6 lead in the first 13 minutes, the Wahine suddenly had difficulty handling the ball.
The Golden Hurricane (6-4 WAC, 10-13 overall) turned two consecutive turnovers at midcourt into easy layups, which sparked a 9-0 Tulsa run and suddenly the UH lead was one point.
The Wahine never led by more than three points after that and Raylene Howard's two free throws with 14:36 left in the game gave UH its final lead, 25-24.
"We had a good defensive plan, a 2-3 zone and a matchup to change things a bit. For the most part we played pretty well on defense," said Hawaii head coach Vince Goo.
"We didn't shoot well. We had a lot of wide open shots from where we knew we would get them and didn't knock them down."
UH's .235 game field-goal shooting percentage and .500 mark from the free-throw line were the worst of the season. So were the 12 field goals made and the points scored.
The Golden Hurricane scored nine less points on their court than they did at the Stan Sheriff Center, but strong defense wasn't enough to save the Wahine (9-2, 17-6) from their second road loss.
Howard scored 14 points and had 13 rebounds to lead UH. Kylie Galloway scored 10 points.
Hawaii held Tulsa's top scorer, Lila Osceola, to four points, but Denise Wagner, Kasie Pittman and Carla Morrow picked up the slack with 16, 15 and 11 points respectively.
Golden Hurricane 54, Hawaii 40
Wahine (9-2 WAC, 17-6 overall)
FG FGA FT FTA REB A TP MIN Galloway 4 11 1 2 6 1 10 32 Liu 1 5 2 2 7 0 4 29 Howard 4 10 5 10 13 2 14 40 Forsberg 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Evers 2 8 1 4 1 2 7 36 McMeeken-Rusc 1 10 1 2 1 2 4 35 Spencer-Vasclls 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 Kohler 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 11 Roper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Lee 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Puida 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Team 6 Totals 12 51 11 22 40 7 40 200
Golden Hurricane (6-4 WAC, 10-13 overall)
FG FGA FT FTA REB A TP MIN Wagner 7 13 2 4 12 3 16 37 Morrow 5 12 0 0 5 0 11 33 Osceola 2 5 0 1 4 2 4 36 Goyne 2 6 1 1 4 2 6 37 Pittman 7 16 0 0 6 2 15 31 Stagner 1 4 0 0 2 0 2 7 Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Hall 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 Henkelmann 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 Newbill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Team 3 Totals 24 58 3 6 41 9 54 200 Key--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 21, Tulsa 20.
3-point goals-UH 5-21 (Evers 2-5, Galloway 1-3, Howard 1-4, McMeeken-Ruscoe 1-8, Lee 0-1). Tulsa 3-12 (Morrow 1-3, Goyne 1-3, Pittman 1-5, Stagner 0-1). Personal fouls-UH 9, Tulsa 19. Fouled out-Galloway. Steals-UH 6 (Evers, McMeeken-Ruscoe 2), Tulsa 9 (Wagner, Goyne, Pittman 2). Blocked shots-UH 1 (Liu), Tulsa 3 (Wagner, Morrow, Newbill). Turnovers-UH 15 (Howard 5), Tulsa 15 (Pittman, Wagner 3). Technicals-none. A-975. Officials-Jones, Herman, McAndrews.
WAC women
Conference Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. So. Methodist 9 1 .900 16 6 .727 Hawaii 9 2 .818 17 6 .739 Rice 6 3 .667 14 8 .636 Tulsa 6 4 .600 10 13 .435 Texas Christian 5 6 .455 14 12 .538 Fresno St. 3 6 .333 10 13 .435 Texas-El Paso 2 8 .200 5 17 .227 San Jose St. 0 10 .000 2 20 .090 Yesterday's results
Tulsa 54, Hawaii 40
Southern Methodist 78, Fresno State 68 (OT)
Rice 83, San Jose State 37
Texas Christian 79, Texas-El Paso 71Tomorrow's games
Texas-El Paso at Southern Methodist
San Jose State at Tulsa
Fresno State at Texas ChristianSunday's game
Hawaii at Rice, 11:30 a.m.
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