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Monday, February 26, 2001
Horned Frogs FORTH WORTH, Texas -- The University of Hawaii women's basketball team can only bank on getting one final shot at Texas Christian in the Western Athletic Conference tournament.
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From staff and wire reports
"We're looking at two Saturdays from now. I think both teams are," said UH head coach Vince Goo.
If the Wahine and Horned Frogs win their first two WAC tournament games, they would battle for the championship March 10.
Yesterday, UH missed an opportunity to take over first place by half a game when the Horned Frogs converted 11-of-12 free throws in the final two minutes to secure a 73-67 victory.
TCU swept the regular-season series with two six-point wins.
Hawaii briefly led early in the game and once in the second half, 52-51 with 9:49 to play, the result of a 16-3 run.
But UH was not able to sustain scoring spurts long enough. In fact, the Wahine went without a point for the next 5 minutes. The Wahine missed five consecutive shots, including three layups, and turned the ball over four times in that span.
"I know we went inside and we didn't finish," Goo said. "When you expend that much energy (coming back), you look for a lull and hopefully it comes after the final whistle"
It didn't. Although TCU managed just six points during UH's long drought, the Horned Frogs took a lead they would protect until the final whistle.
First-game nemesis Kati Safaritova scored 11 of TCU's first 16 points, but was held to three the rest of the way.
However, Tricia Payne more than made up the difference with 12 and 11 points in the two halves.
The loss overshadowed another outstanding effort by UH's Crystal Lee who scored a season-high 32 points, was perfect from the free throw line in 13 attempts, had six rebounds, three assists and a blocked shot.
April Atuaia was the only other Wahine in double figures with 13 points. She had nine rebounds, second only to Kylie Galloway who had a game-high 11.
The win guarantees TCU, which has two more games, at least a tie for first-place, and the Horned Frogs will be the No. 1 seed in the WAC tournament, March 6-10.
The Wahine return home today.
They will celebrate "Senior Night" Thursday when they host Texas-El Paso in the final regular-season game starting at 7 p.m. in the Stan Sheriff Center.
Texas Christian 73, Hawaii 67
Wahine (20-6, 11-4 WAC)
fg fga ft fta min reb a tp Galloway 2 12 1 1 37 11 4 5 Lee 8 16 13 13 37 6 3 32 Roper 4 7 0 0 16 6 0 8 Gabrielova 1 2 0 2 34 5 4 2 Atuaia 4 10 3 4 36 9 2 13 Brossman 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Gabriel 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Puida 2 11 1 2 20 4 1 5 Allen 1 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 Greeny 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 22 61 18 22 200 44 15 67
Horned Frogs (20-6, 12-2 WAC)
fg fga ft fta min reb a tp Thomas 0 8 7 8 20 6 1 7 Safaritova 5 9 0 0 33 4 2 14 Payne 8 14 5 6 32 7 3 23 Porter 4 11 2 2 35 6 3 11 Sutton 1 4 2 2 34 4 4 5 Nix 0 2 1 2 10 0 2 1 Evans 3 7 1 2 21 7 0 8 Shaw 0 5 0 0 10 2 1 0 Clayton 2 5 0 0 5 2 0 4 Team 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Totals 23 65 18 22 200 41 16 73 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-Texas Christian 37, Hawaii 32.
3-point goals-UH 5-15 (Atuaia 2-5, Lee 3-8, Gabrielova 0-1,Galloway 0-1), TCU 9-21 (Safaritova 4-5, Payne 2-4, Sutton 1-2, Evans 1-3, Porter 1-3, Shaw 0-1, Nix 0-1, Thomas 0-2). Personal fouls-UH 19, TCU 17. Fouled out-None. Steals-UH 5 (Gabrielova 2), TCU 9 (Payne 3). Blocked shots-UH 7 (Puida, Roper 2), TCU 4 (Evans 4). Turnovers-UH 19 (Galloway, Lee 4), TCU 12 (Sutton 3). Technicals-none. Officials-Salesbury, Caudle, Weeks. A-3,403.
WAC standings
Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. TCU 12 2 .857 20 6 .669 Hawaii 11 4 .786 20 6 .769 SMU 9 5 .643 14 11 .560 Nevada 8 6 .572 15 11 .577 Rice 7 7 .500 15 11 .577 Fresno St. 5 9 .357 9 17 .346 UTEP 4 10 .286 8 17 .320 Tulsa 4 10 .286 8 18 .308 San Jose St. 4 11 .267 12 14 .462 Yesterday's results
Texas Christian 73, Hawaii 67
Nevada 71, Fresno State 68
Rice 60, Texas-El Paso 40
Southern Methodist 67, Tulsa 53
Tomorrow's game
San Jose State at Texas Christian
Thursday's games
Texas-El Paso at Hawaii, 7 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center
Fresno State at Tulsa
Nevada at Rice
Saturday's games
Fresno State at Rice
Nevada at Tulsa
Southern Methodist at Texas Christian
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