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Saturday, February 3, 2001

Wahine beat Bulldogs,
face Wolf Pack next

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Star-Bulletin staff

FRESNO, Calif. -- Having survived a few Bulldog bites, Hawaii faces the Nevada Wolf Pack in their den tomorrow.

"Nevada is the best home team in the Western Athletic Conference," Hawaii coach Vince Goo said.

Goo was speaking shortly after his team lost a 10-point halftime lead, then rebuilt half of it to defeat host Fresno State, 65-60, last night at North Gym.

Playing in Reno entails more than coping with the 5,500-foot altitude.

"The Wolf Pack have depth and talent and are well coached," Goo said. "It's a huge challenge for us."

Numbers speak loudly for Nevada, which is 9-1 in the Lawler Events Center. The Wolf Pack have won all four WAC games played there with a 17-point victory margin.

Last night Nevada crushed San Jose State, 86-57, holding the Spartans' leading scorer Atari Parker without a basket.

Nevada was led by sophomore guard Ashley Bastian's career-high 21 points.

Against FSU, the Wahine trailed, 23-19, with about 10 minutes left in the first half, then turned up the defensive intensity. That led to a 22-8 run and a 41-31 halftime lead.

UH shot just 25 percent from the field after intermission, but hung tough with defense, Goo said.

Crystal Lee led the Wahine with 19 points and 12 rebounds.

"Crystal played well, took it to the basket in the second half," Goo said.

The Hawaii-Nevada game will be broadcast live at 9 a.m. tomorrow on KCCN radio (1420 AM).

Hawaii 65,
Fresno State 60

Rainbow Wahine (15-4, 6-2 WAC)

	fg	fga	ft	fta	min	reb	a	tp
Galloway	4	13	0	0	37	7	1	10
Lee	6	18	7	8	36	12	2	19
Roper	0	0	2	3	15	3	1	2
Gabrielova	4	10	4	8	39	3	7	15
Atuaia	2	5	0	0	16	1	1	6
Brossman	2	3	2	3	23	5	2	7
Gabriel	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Puida	1	8	1	1	25	9	0	3
Allen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Greeny	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	3
Team	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Totals	20	58	16	23	200	46	14	65

Bulldogs (7-13, 3-5 WAC)

	fg	fga	ft	fta	min	reb	a	tp
High	0	2	0	0	30	6	1	0
Udeze	3	6	1	1	28	8	1	8
Clark	1	8	0	0	31	8	3	2
Logan	7	21	3	4	40	5	8	20
Simon	8	15	0	1	38	4	0	16
Paukart	5	13	0	0	30	5	0	14
Fagundes	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
Team	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Totals	24	66	4	6	200	41	13	60

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--Hawaii 41, Fresno State 31.
3-point goals--FSU 8-23 (Logan 3-13, Paukert 4-7, Udeze 1-1, Simon 0-1, Fagundes 0-1); UH 10-14 (Gabrielova 3-6, Atuaia 2-4, Galloway 2-6, Brossman 1-2, Puida 0-2).
Personal fouls--FSU 20, UH 12. Fouled out--FSU Tiffany Simon. Technical fouls--None. Steals--FSU 5 (Simon 2, Logan 1, Udeze 1, High 1), UH 6 (Lee 2, Gabrielova 2, Brossman 1).
Blocked shots--FSU 5 (Clark 3, Udeze 1, High 1), UH 3 (Lee 1, Roper 1, Puida 1). Turnovers--FSU 13 (Simon 3, Logan 3, Udeze 3, High 1, Clark 1, Paukert 1, Fagundes 1), UH 16 (Galloway 4, Gabrielova 3, Lee 2, Atuaia 2, Roper 1, Brossman 1, Puida 1, Allen 1, Team).
Officials--Balque, Castle, Feroah. A--701.

WAC women

	Conference	Overall
Team	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.
Texas Christian	7	0	1.000	15	4	.789
Hawaii	6	2	.750	15	4	.789
So. Methodist	6	3	.667	11	9	.550
Nevada	5	3	.625	12	8	.600
Rice	3	5	.375	11	9	.550
Fresno State	3	5	.375	7	13	.350
Texas-El Paso	3	6	.333	7	13	.350
Tulsa	2	6	.250	5	14	.263
San Jose State	2	7	.222	10	10	.500

Yesterday's results

Hawaii 65, Fresno State 60
Southern Methodist 86, Rice 71
Nevada 86, San Jose State 57
Texas Christian 62, Tulsa 58

Tomorrow's games

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

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