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Monday, February 21, 2000
Rice too hot for Wahine
Staff and wire reportsHOUSTON - The inability to stop Marla Brumfield or slow down Rice's quickness led to the University of Hawaii women's basketball team losing its second straight conference game on the road yesterday.
Brumfield matched her career high with 33 points on 14-for-20 shooting from the field to lead Rice over the Wahine, 77-59. Her previous high also came against Hawaii, on Feb. 22, 1998.
"Brumfield was hot, on fire. She is very quick to the basket," UH head coach Vince Goo said.
The Wahine (9-3 Western Athletic Conference, 17-7 overall) started slowly for the second consecutive game, taking six minutes to hit their first field goal.
Hawaii battled back to pull to within three points, 24-21, with 4:53 left in the first half.
However, UH was done in by two Rice scoring streaks.
The host Owls (7-3, 15-8) closed the first half with a 13-5 spurt for a 37-26 lead. Then, they opened the second half with a 15-6 run to increase their advantage to a commanding 20 points, 52-32.
Seven UH turnovers and five steals in the first seven minutes after the break helped Rice build that lead.
The Owls made a season-high 67 percent of their second-half field goal attempts.
One bright spot for the Wahine was the play of Crystal Lee, who scored 15 points and had three steals coming off the bench.
"They are very athletic, very quick and did a good job on defense against us," Goo said. "We tried to control the tempo, but they were able to get quick baskets in transition."
Hawaii is at home the next two Saturdays against San Jose State and Fresno State, respectively.
The Wahine can finish no worse than in a tie for second place if they win both games. First place looks out of reach at this point unless Southern Methodist collapses.
Rice could tie Hawaii for second by winning its four remaining games.
"All we can do is concentrate on winning those last two games and see where everything falls," Goo said.
WAC WOMEN
Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. SMU 10 1 .909 17 6 .739 Hawaii 9 3 .750 17 7 .708 Rice 7 3 .700 15 8 .652 Tulsa 7 4 .636 11 13 .458 Texas Christian 6 6 .500 15 12 .556 Fresno State 3 7 .300 10 14 .417 Texas-El Paso 2 9 .182 5 18 .217 San Jose State 0 11 .000 2 21 .087 Yesterday's result
Rice 77, Hawaii 59
Thursday's games
Rice at Texas-El Paso
Tulsa at Fresno StateSaturday's games
San Jose State at Hawaii, 7 p.m.
Rice at Fresno State
Southern Methodist at Texas Christian
Tulsa at Texas-El Paso
RICE 77, HAWAII 59
Wahine (9-3 WAC, 17-7 overall)
FG FGA FT FTA MIN REB A TP Galloway 2 10 10 12 37 6 2 15 Howard 3 9 5 6 38 5 4 13 Liu 0 3 1 2 18 1 0 1 McMeeken-Rusc 1 1 0 0 12 1 0 2 Evers 1 6 0 0 33 4 3 2 Forsberg 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 Spencer-Vasclls 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Kohler 1 1 2 4 7 1 0 4 Lee 3 6 6 7 24 3 1 15 Puida 2 4 2 2 22 3 0 7 Team 3 Totals 13 42 26 33 200 31 11 59
Owls (7-3 WAC, 15-8 overall)
FG FGA FT FTA MIN REB A TP Smallwood 7 13 3 5 36 4 2 17 Jordan 4 6 0 0 26 6 0 8 Tuttle 2 7 5 6 36 8 2 9 Lawson 0 3 2 2 20 3 4 2 Brumfield 14 20 4 5 31 7 4 33 Brown 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 3 Liggett 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 McIntosh 0 1 0 0 14 1 3 0 Cafferty 2 4 0 0 25 1 2 5 Bracken 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team 3 Totals 29 54 17 22 200 33 17 79 Halftime score-Rice 37, Hawaii 26.
3-point goals-UH 7-14 (Galloway 1-1, Puida 1-1, Lee 3-5, Howard 2-5, Evers 0-2). Rice 2-9 (Brumfield 1-2, Cafferty 1-3, Jordan 0-1, Lawson 0-3). Personal fouls-UH 20, Rice 24. Fouled out-Galloway, McIntosh. Steals-UH 6 (Lee 3), Rice 13 (Jordan, Brumfield, 4). Blocked shots-UH 1 (Liu), Rice 7 (Jordan, Tuttle 3). Turnovers-UH 21 (Howard 6), Rice 15 (tuttle 5). Technicals-none. Officials-Stephens, Price, Knepp. A-1,517.
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