Sunday, January 20, 2002

[ WAHINE BASKETBALL ]

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Wounded Wahine lash
out at Golden Hurricane

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Star-Bulletin staff

TULSA, Okla. >> The Hawaii women's basketball team did not feel very good after Thursday's performance at Rice.

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane suffered what UH coach Vince Goo called a "stinger" the same night, blowing a seven-point lead with 44 seconds left against San Jose State.

"We were wounded. We told our players they can't control how Tulsa feels, but they can control how they feel," Goo said. "When you play great, you can't wait to put the uniform on again. When you don't, you either don't want to put the uniform on or you want to so you can play better.

"We didn't play well against Rice. The number one reason was I didn't coach well. We didn't practice well the day before Rice and we didn't do anything about it."

The Wahine did much better yesterday, handing the Golden Hurricane their second consecutive loss, 65-51, in a Western Athletic Conference basketball game at the Donald W. Reynolds Center, which will be the site the WAC Tournament in March.

Not only did the Wahine find the range early, hitting six of their first eight field-goal attempts, they sank seven of their first eight 3-point shots in the first 13 minutes of action.

Tulsa (10-7 overall, 5-2) never led as UH (11-4, 4-2) shot out to a 33-14 lead, outscoring the Golden Hurricane 20-8 during one six-minute stretch.

Janka Gabrielova, UH's leading scorer with 15 points, and Chelsea Wagner made two 3-pointers each and Karena Greeny hit one during the opening 11 minutes.

"When we got the early lead I told the players they may think they were playing at three-quarters speed, but they were playing at full speed. The difference between today and Thursday is they were playing in control and in balance today. We were in balance when we penetrated with the dribble and when we took shots," Goo said.

Defensively, the Wahine were tough again.

Christen Roper, at 6-foot-5, held Tulsa's 6-4 center Alyssa Shriver to 1-for-10 shooting from the field. Roper scored seven points and had a game-high 11 rebounds.

Gabrielova was so effective against Tulsa starting point guard LeAnn Upshaw that Upshaw only played seven minutes.

April Atuaia limited Candice Brewer, a quick wing player, to 2-for-8 from the field and Karena Greeny kept Carla Morrow from driving to the basket, forcing the 6-foot forward into pull-up jump shots and a 1-for-8 day from the field.

"Our assistant coaches did a great job of preparing our players for their individual assignments," Goo said.

WAC

Fresno State 93, Texas-El Paso 63: At Fresno, Calif., Aiea alumna Aritta Lane scored a career-high 20 points and pulled down four rebounds to help the Bulldogs to their highest point total since Britt King took over as head coach in 1998.

Lindsay Logan added 14 points and eight assists as the Bulldogs (8-9, 3-4) forced the Miners (3-12, 1-6) into 19 turnovers and outshot them 46 percent to 32 percent. The Bulldogs had 12 players score in the blowout.

Kimya Murray scored 21 points for the Miners while Dragana Zoric added 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Rice 78, San Jose State 68: At Houston, Johnetta Hayes scored 13 points and pulled down 14 rebounds and Kara Liggett scored 14 points for the Owls.

Daneesh McIntosh also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Owls (12-4, 6-1), who enjoyed a 54-43 edge on the boards.

Atari Parker led the Spartans (9-7, 4-3) with 20 points.

Nevada 64, Boise State 53: At Reno, Nev., Kate Smith scored 14 points on 6-for-11 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds for the Wolfpack, who held the Broncos to 34.6 percent shooting.

Crystal Williams also had 14 points and Ashley Bastian contributed 12 for Nevada (4-10, 3-4).

Crista Peterson was the top scorer for Boise State (5-13, 1-7) with 11 points and eight rebounds.

Hawaii 65, Tulsa 51

WAHINE (11-4, 4-2 WAC)

	fg	fga	ft	fta	min	reb	a	tp
Atuaia	1	2	0	0	29	5	1	2
Allen	3	8	0	0	32	5	1	6
Greeny	5	10	2	2	30	6	3	13
Roper	3	7	1	2	27	11	0	7
Gabrielova	5	8	2	2	32	4	5	15
Willoughby	1	7	4	4	16	5	0	6
Abele	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
Brossman	2	2	0	0	11	2	0	5
Gabriel	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0
Wagner	4	8	0	0	10	1	1	11
TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Totals	24	52	9	10	200	44	12	65

GOLDEN HURRICANE (10-7, 5-2 WAC)

	fg	fga	ft	fta	min	reb	a	tp
Morrow	1	8	0	0	31	3	3	2
Farr	4	11	1	2	30	3	1	9
Shriver	1	10	0	0	14	0	0	2
Upshaw	0	2	0	0	8	1	1	0
Brewer	2	10	2	2	37	5	1	7
Bentz	1	1	0	0	26	2	0	3
Elliot	5	9	0	2	13	5	2	11
Hall	1	2	2	2	4	0	0	5
Chiconas	2	3	0	0	11	1	1	4
Wagoner	2	7	0	2	14	1	1	4
Heidotten	2	2	0	0	12	2	1	4
TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Totals	21	65	5	10	200	30	11	51

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 42, Tulsa 23

3-point goals--Hawaii8-13 (Gabrielova 3-5, Wagner 3-5, Greeny 1-2, Brossman 1-1), Tulsa 4-8 (Hall 1-2, Brewer 1-2, Bentz 1-1, Elliot 1-1, Morrow 0-2). Personal fouls--Hawaii 16, Tulsa 11. Steals--Hawaii 2 (Gabrielova, Greeny), Tulsa 8 (Brewer 3, Elliot 2, Chiconas, Wagoner, Heidotten). Blocked shots--Hawaii 3 (Roper, Atuaia, Willoughby), Tulsa 4 (Elliot, Heidotten, Shriver). Turnovers--Hawaii 23, Tulsa 10. Officials--Porter, Harris, Schlabach. A--1, 192.

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