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Tuesday, January 30, 2001
The Chaminade men's basketball team turned McCabe Gym into the OK Corral last night, winning a shootout with Montana State-Billings, 112-95. Chaminade left
standing in shootoutBy Brandon Lee
Special to the Star-BulletinIt was the third consecutive Pacific West Conference win in a row for the Silverswords (12-8, 6-5), and it came at the expense of the highest scoring team in the conference.
About 150 fans watched as the Yellowjackets (13-6, 6-5), who came to Hawaii before last weekend as the Pacific Division leader, dropped their third game in a row. (They also lost last Friday and Saturday at Hawaii-Hilo.)
All of MSU-Billings' conference losses have come on the road, in part because the Yellowjackets rank dead last overall in the PacWest in scoring defense.
"We figured there wasn't going to be much D," Chaminade coach Aaron Griess said. "We haven't been defending well and their games are always high scoring. We don't want it to be like that, we want to defend, but as long as we're on top we'll take it."
The teams exchanged baskets at a frenetic pace for much of the first half, and the score was already 40-35 with 6:50 left until halftime.
With reserve swingman David Toya leading the way on both ends of the floor, however, the Silverswords began to pull away.
Toya hit a 3-pointer -- assisted by C.J. Cowgill -- then rammed home another two points on an alley-oop pass from Cowgill with 2:53 until the half, making the score 53-40. He also contributed six rebounds, four steals and two assists to go along with his 17 first-half points.
"I'm an all-around player and coach can put me in any position," said Toya, who finished with 25 points. "He has been relying on me to bring a spark as the first one off the bench."
The halftime score was an eye-popping 60-47 in favor of the Silverswords, who outshot the Yellowjackets, 62 to 53 percent.
MSU-Billings appeared for most of the second half to run out of ammunition. The Silverswords matched their biggest lead of the game at 24 points (92-68) with 6:10 left to play.
With Chaminade still up by 21 with just over three and a half minutes to play, the Yellowjackets made one last furious rally. They outscored the Silverswords on an 18-6 run to pull within single digits at 102-93 with 1:20 remaining.
But MSU-Billings managed just another basket, while Chaminade scored on eight consecutive free throws and a slam dunk to seal the victory.
"I think it's very, very difficult on the road in our league," MSU-Billings coach Craig Carse said. "When we're at home, it's the other way around. We just didn't attack like I thought we should have."
Toya finished three steals short of a triple-double, with 13 rebounds and seven steals. Cowgill had a game-high 27 points.
"I'm real satisfied with how the whole team played," Toya said. "We pretty much needed a big win against a team that was supposed to be good like that."
Chaminade 112, Montana St.-Billings 95
At McCabe GymMontana St.-Billings: Harker 5-9 2-5 12, Carter 8-13 8-11 24, Je. Skrifvars 3-6 9-10 15, Carse 4-15 0-0 10, Phillips 2-6 0-1 6, Ja. Skrifvars 6-10 4-5 16, Edwards 4-11 0-0 10, Davison 0-2 0-0 0, Cook 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 33-75 23-32 95.
Chaminade: Robinson 6-8 6-8 18, Beljanski 4-6 6-8 14, Feeney 3-4 3-4 10, Powell 2-6 0-1 4, Cowgill 7-18 11-11 27, Thomas 2-3 0-0 4, Port 1-2 0-1 2, Toya 9-13 5-7 25, Cole 1-1 0-0 2, Brand 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 38-66 31-40 112.
Halftime--Chaminade 60, Montana St.-Billings 47.
3-point goals--MSUB 6-27 (Phillips 2-6, Edwards 2-8, Carse 2-9, Harker 0-1, Ja. Skrifvars 0-1, Davison 0-2), CU 5-16 (Toya 2-4, Cowgill 2-8, Feeney 1-1, Powell 0-3). Total fouls--MSUB 25, CU 29. Fouled out--Carter, Edwards, Brand. Technical foul--Brand. Rebounds--MSUB 37 (Carter 8), CU 45 (Toya 13). Assists--MSUB 16 (Carter, Davison, Edwards 3), CU 26 (Feeney 8). Steals--MSUB 2 (Je. Skrifvars 2), CU 12 (Toya 7). Blocked shots--MSUB 2 (Carter, Ja. Skrifvars), CU 1 (Feeney). Turnovers--MSUB 15, CU 14. Officials--Unavailable. A--Unavailable.
Chaminade
HILO -- Five players scored in double figures as Hawaii-Hilo ran past Western New Mexico, 97-72, yesterday at the Afook-Chinen Civic Center in a Pacific West Conference game. Hilo continues
winning waysStar-Bulletin staff
David LaQua led the Vulcans (12-8, 7-4) with 23 points and hit four 3-pointers.
Alan Thomas added 19 points, Kyle Bartholomew had 12, Scott Prather had 11 and Stanley Ibia chipped in 10 for Hilo, which led 54-28 at halftime.
Doug Barnes led the Mustangs (1-18, 1-10) with 20 points. Brian Jackson had 16 points on 7-for-8 shooting from the field, and added 12 rebounds in 39 minutes of playing time.
Hawaii-Hilo 97, Western New Mexico 72
At Afook-Chinen Civic AuditoriumWestern New Mexico (1-18, 1-10): Stidham 2-7 2-2 6, Anderson 0-4 0-0 0, Barnes 7-14 6-9 20, Jackson 7-8 2-2 16, Frey 5-11 8-11 18, Witkamp 1-4 2-2 4, C. Williams 1-1 2-3 4, Heffelman1-3 0-0 2, L.T. Williams 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-55 22-29 72.
Hawaii-Hilo (12-8, 7-4): Prather 4-11 2-2 10, Bartholomew 4-6 4-6 12, Rogers 1-5 1-3 3, Thomas 9-17 1-2 19, Ibia 5-8 0-0 10, LaQua 9-14 1-1 23, M. Shumate 0-1 0-0 0, J. Shumate 2-3 0-0 5, Queen 0-1 0-0 0, Wiltz 0-1 0-0 0, Kouf 0-0 1-2 1, Hogue 3-6 2-2 8, Keim 2-5 1-2 5, Kasch 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-78 13-20 97.
Halftime--Hawaii-Hilo 54, Western New Mexico 28.
3-point goals--WNMU 0-9 (Barnes 0-1, Heffelman 0-1, L.T. Williams 0-1, Anderson 0-3, Stidham 0-3), UHH 6-19 (LaQua 4-9, Shumate 1-1, Prather 1-3, Bartholomew 0-1, M. Shumate 0-1, Queen 0-1, Wiltz 0-1, Ibia 0-2). Total fouls--WNMU 15, UHH 18. Rebounds--WNMU 33 (Jackson 12), UHH 44 (Bartholomew, Thomas 7). Assists--WNMU 15 (Stidham, C. Williams 4), UHH 25 (Prather 10). Steals--WNMU 6 (Witkamp 2), UHH 12 (Prather 4). Blocked shots--WNMU 5 (Jackson 3), UHH 6 (Rogers 3). Turnovers--WNMU 18, UHH 9. Officials--Ryan Sueoka, Pat Tanibe, Mike Daugherty. A--600.
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