Wahine earn eighth seed in WAC
POSTED: Sunday, March 07, 2010
The Hawaii women's basketball team received the No. 8 seed in this week's Western Athletic Conference tournament after losing 53-51 at Utah State yesterday.
Point guard Keisha Kanekoa drove the length of the court for a layup attempt as time expired, but couldn't send the game into overtime for UH (10-19, 4-12).
The Wahine will meet two-time defending league champion and top-seeded Fresno State (25-5, 16-0) at 10 a.m. in Wednesday's quarterfinals at Reno, Nev. UH now heads straight from Logan, Utah, to Reno.
The Aggies (13-16, 5-11) secured the seventh seed on their senior night.
Senior forward Dita Liepkalne scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead UH. Sophomore forward Breanna Arbuckle pulled down 12 rebounds.
Banna Diop scored a team-high 11 points for USU.
WAC Women's Basketball Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | All |
| Fresno State | 16 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 25-5 |
| Louisiana Tech | 11 | 5 | .687 | 5 | 20-8 |
| Nevada | 10 | 6 | .625 | 6 | 16-14 |
| Boise State | 8 | 8 | .500 | 8 | 19-11 |
| Idaho | 8 | 8 | .500 | 8 | 10-19 |
| New Mexico State | 8 | 8 | .600 | 8 | 17-12 |
| Utah State | 5 | 11 | .313 | 11 | 13-16 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 12 | .250 | 12 | 10-19 |
| San Jose State | 2 | 14 | .125 | 14 | 6-22 |
Yesterday
Utah State 53, Hawaii 51
Boise State 74, Louisiana Tech 65
Idaho 69, Nevada 62
New Mexico State 62, San Jose State 35
WAC tournament in Reno, Nev.
Wednesday
Fresno State at Hawaii, 10 a.m.
Idaho vs. New Mexico State, 12:30 p.m.
Nevada vs. Boise State, 4 p.m.
Lousiana Tech vs. Utah State, 6:30 p.m.
Utah State 53, Hawaii 51
| Rainbow Wahine (10-19, 4-12 WAC) | ||||||||
| fg-a | ft-a | rb | pf | pts | a | to | min | |
| Liepkalne | 6-10 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 35 |
| Arbuckle | 2-7 | 2-2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| Patterson | 1-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Bungaite | 2-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| Kanekoa | 4-10 | 1-1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 35 |
| wilson | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Galdones | 3-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Dew | 3-5 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Gaddis | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TEAM | 5 | |||||||
| Totals | 21-56 | 4-6 | 44 | 19 | 51 | 12 | 21 | 200
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| Aggies (13-16, 5-11 WAC) | ||||||||
| fg-a | ft-a | rb | pf | pts | a | to | min | |
| White | 2-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Johnson | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Diop | 5-10 | 0-1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Coddington | 2-7 | 4-8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 35 |
| Goddard | 1-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| Pringle-Buchanan | 0-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Williams | 2-2 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| christensen | 3-9 | 2-6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Whitehead | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| TEAM | 3 | |||||||
| Totals | 25-54 | 16-21 | 29 | 20 | 69 | 12 | 23 | 200 |
Key— fg-a: field goals made-attempted; ft-a: free throws made-attempted; rb: rebounds; pf: personal fouls; pts: total points; a: assists; to: turnovers; min: minutes played.
Halftime— Utah State 25, Hawaii 21
3-point goals— Hawaii 5-15 (Galdones 3-5, Bungaite 1-3, Liepkalne 1-4, Patterson 0-1), Utah State 5-20(Christensen 2-6, Williams 2-2, Diop 1-3, Coddington 0-2, Goddard 0-2, Johnson 0-2, Pringle-Buchanan 0-1, White 0-2).
Steals— Hawaii 6 (Arbuckle 2, Liepkalne 2, Bungaite, Patterson), Utah State 7 (Coddington 2, White 2, Christensen, Johnson, Whitehead). Blocked shots— Hawaii 2 (Bungaite, Dew), Utah State 9 (Coddington 3, Whitehead 3, Diop 2, Johnson).
Officials— Wanda Szeremeta, Ken Nash, Tiffany Bird. A—855.
