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| February 6, 2008 Comeback Falls Short
Honolulu, HI—The Brigham Young University Hawaii men’s basketball team rallied from a 13-point deficit five minutes into the second half to tie the game at 66-66 with a minute-and-a-half to play, but fell short down the stretch in a 76-70 loss to Chaminade tonight in Pacific West Conference action. The Seasiders, now 11-6 overall and 6-4 in the PacWest, battled back in a game that was tied seven times and saw 12 lead changes in the first half but couldn’t get the lead change they needed late in the game. Paul Peterson scored 21 points, 14 of them in the second half, to lead the Seasiders. Lucas Alves tallied 13 points, six rebounds, and three blocked shots while Corey Nielson chipped in 12 points, six rebounds, and five assists. Marques Whippy added ten points off the bench and Micah Casey came in for six points and four rebounds for the Seasiders. Hayden Heiber and Marko Kolaric each scored 18 points to lead Chaminade, now 16-5 for the year and 11-1 in the conference. Rodrick Johnson and Stewart Kussler scored 12 points each for the Silverswords. Kolaric added ten rebounds and Heiber got eight assists in the win. The Seasiders will face Hawaii Pacific on Saturday in Honolulu at 7:30 pm HST. |
