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| January 19, 2008 Alves Sparks Win
Laie, HI—Sophomore Lucas Alves scored eight of his game-high 19 points in a two-and-a-half minute span late in the second half to spark the Brigham Young University Hawaii men’s basketball team to a 74-53 win over Hawaii Pacific tonight in Pacific West Conference action. After the Sea Warriors had cut a 22-point BYU–Hawaii lead to single digits, 57-49, with just under five minutes to play in the game, Alves took over the game for the Seasiders and BYU–Hawaii, now 9-4 for the season and 4-2 in the conference, outscored Hawaii Pacific 17-4 to end the game. BYU–Hawaii took a 38-23 halftime lead by holding the Sea Warriors to just 25.9 percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes and appeared headed to an easy win as they led 49-27 just over four minutes into the second half. However, the Sea Warriors fought back with a 19-2 run and a three-pointer by Ryan Walker cut the lead to five at 51-46 with 9:41 to play. A three-pointer by Alves moved the lead back to eight but a subsequent foul call against Alves sent him to the bench with 8:31 remaining with four fouls. The teams exchanged points until Alves re-entered the game with 4:58 to play and energized the Seasiders for the final run. Alves also pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds and shot 60 percent from the floor, hitting nine of 15 shots on a night when the Seasiders as a team shot just 41.7 percent from the field and only 10 percent (2-20) from three-point range. Seven of Alves’ rebounds came on the offensive glass and he also swatted away two of BYU–Hawaii’s six blocked shots in the game. Jermaine Odjegba hit 5-8 from the field and tallied 14 points for BYU–Hawaii and also got two blocks. Trenson Akana scored 11 points and made four steals and Paul Peterson finished with ten points and five assists for the Seasiders. The BYU–Hawaii bench contributed 16 points and shot 5-6 from the field with Marques Whippy leading the way with seven boards and four points in just nine minutes of play. Micah Casey chipped in with five points and five rebounds in 12 minutes off the bench. Corey Nielson got eight rebounds, three assists, and three steals in the win. Walker led the Sea Warriors with 13 points as Hawaii Pacific fell to 4-12 for the season and 1-6 in the PacWest. Rishi Kakad scored 12 points and Justonn Smith 11 in the loss. The Seasiders will travel to St. George, Utah next to face Dixie State on Wednesday at 7:30 pm MST. |
