![]() ![]() CSU Bakersfield hung around and trailed by 12 midway through the third quarter, but UH effectively put the game away with a 16-0 run to close the period. ![]() They cooled off a bit in the second quarter and went into halftime with a 37-27 lead. Guard Kelsie Imai set season highs with eight rebounds and eight assists and forward Imani Perez scored seven points in her return to the starting lineup after sitting out the previous three games.Īfter clinching at least a tie for the Big West regular-season crown with a tight win at CSUN on Thursday, the Rainbow Wahine broke away early on Saturday in hitting their first nine shots from the field, including four 3-pointers. In all, eight UH players made at least one three-pointer and UH shot 53.4% from the field overall. MeiLani McBee also connected on three from long range and UH threatened the program record of 18 threes set on Jan. Daejah Phillips added 12 points and tied her season high with three three-pointers. UH guard Lily Wahinekapu scored a season-high 22 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the field, including a 4-for-4 performance from three-point range and also hit all four of her free throws. We're really, really excited to end the regular season this way." To win a conference championship outright the way these kids did it, I could not be more proud, this staff could not be more proud. "The locker room was amazing, these kids were truly amazing. "The whole staff is here because this is not anything that can be done without this entire group," Beeman said. UH reached the 20-win mark for the fourth time in Beeman's tenure and 17 th time overall and will take a season-high seven-game winning streak to Henderson as they pursue a third straight conference crown.īeeman shared the spotlight with her coaching staff of associate head coach Alex Delanian and assistants Derrick Florence and Khalilah Mitchell in her postgame comments. ![]() She will enter the conference tournament with a career record of 200-157 and ranks second in program history in wins, trailing only Vince Goo (334-166). ![]() UH's 20 th victory of the season also marked the 200 th of Beeman's 12-year career leading the Rainbow Wahine. UH closed the regular season at 20-9 overall and 17-3 in conference play and heads into next week's Big West Championship in Henderson, Nev., as the No. The Rainbow Wahine hit 17 three-pointers - one shy of the program's single-game record - in their highest scoring game of the season and finished alone atop the Big West regular-season standings. Powered by a blazing shooting performance, the University of Hawai'i women's basketball team claimed an outright championship with a dominant 85-48 win over CSU Bakersfield in a milestone victory for head coach Laura Beeman on Saturday at the Icardo Center in Bakersfield, Calif. Pryor, a 6-10 junior, had 15 in the first half on 5 of 6 shooting, including going 2 of 3 from 3-point range, exceeding his 12.1 scoring average by halftime.BAKERSFIELD, Calif. Chris Youngblood had 12 points, and Selton Miguel added 11 for the Bulls. Pryor led USF with 29 points and 11 rebounds. “I just try to take what I see out there,” Haggerty said. He can slow down and get what he’s looking for.” “He’s got such balance and is constantly changing directions. “You talk to the guys who watched him grow up, and they all say he’s always been able to score,” Konkol said of Haggerty. Williams had 11 rebounds and made 3 of 8 3-pointers and 8 of 9 free throws. Haggerty made 11 of 17 shots from the floor, 10 of 14 free throws and had seven rebounds and five assists. Tulsa coach Eric Konkol marveled at Haggerty’s shot-making and said it’s a skill he’s possessed since his earliest days of competitive basketball. With his strength and patience, he just really made it tough on us.” He’s 6-4, strong, and he never gets in a hurry. “Haggerty is just a really crafty player. “We didn’t match their competitiveness, and that was disappointing. “We had opportunities to stretch the lead, but in the second half Haggerty and Cobe Williams were the most competitive players on the floor,” said USF coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. USF (23-6, 16-2) pulled within 70-67 on a tip-in by Kasean Pryor with 1:20 left, but Tulsa made 6 of 9 free throws from there. ![]()
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