In the rematch against Dominican, Jordan Kealoha and McKenzie Mangino had solid games for the University of Hawaii at Hilo women’s basketball team — everyone else in a Vulcan uniform struggled. ADVERTISING In the rematch against Dominican, Jordan Kealoha and
In the rematch against Dominican, Jordan Kealoha and McKenzie Mangino had solid games for the University of Hawaii at Hilo women’s basketball team — everyone else in a Vulcan uniform struggled.
The Penguins beat the Vulcans 63-53 on Thursday in San Rafael, Calif., previous home to the Pacific West Conference cellar-dweller.
However, Dominican (3-14, 3-8) escaped last place after jumping on a one-game winning streak. The Penguins, who lost nine straight to start the season, were led by Salonika Quewon-Owens’ 23 points.
The Vulcans (6-8, 5-5) have lost two in a row on their four-game road trip. They beat the Penguins 83-64 on Jan. 4.
UH-Hilo shot just 35.7 percent from the field. That stat plummets if Kealoha’s 13 points on 4 of 9 shooting and Mangino’s 12 points on 4 of 8 shooting, including a pair of 3-pointers, are subtracted.
“First half, we hurt ourselves with a lot of mistakes,” said UH-Hilo coach David Kaneshiro, whose team had 12 turnovers in the first half and 21 overall. “Missed layups and poor execution didn’t help us at all. They were active defensively.
“When we weren’t turning the ball over, we got fairly good looks. It’s one of those nights where the shots didn’t go down. I thought we played hard and were focused. We just didn’t execute. In the second half, defensive lapses hurt us.”
Dominican shot 46 percent on field goals.
The Vulcans next play Fresno Pacific (5-11, 5-5) on Saturday. The Sunbirds have won two straight.
“The road doesn’t get any easier Saturday at Fresno Pacific,” Kaneshiro said.
Dominican men 94, UH-Hilo 77
The Vulcans were beaten up on the boards and allowed 62.3 percent shooting in dropping their 11th straight game.
Connor Haysbert scored 18 points, Dominique Taplin added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Myles Carrillo posted 16 points and 12 assists for the Penguins (12-7, 6-5 PacWest). Dominican held a 38-18 edge in rebounding and shot 33 of 53 from the field.
“We didn’t defend like we needed to (on the road),” UH-Hilo coach GE Coleman said. “I don’t think we played very well and the effort was inconsistent.”
One bright spot for the Vulcans (3-13, 0-10) was Joey Rodriguez, who contributed a game-high 21 points and five assists. Darnell Williams added 15 points and Yevgeniy Dyachenko made four 3-pointers and had 12 points.
The UH-Hilo men and women conclude their road trip Saturday at Fresno Pacific.
UH men 90, UC Davis 73
DAVIS, Calif. — Christian Standhardinger had 22 points with 10 rebounds and Isaac Fotu added 20 points to propel Hawaiion Thursday night.
The Warriors (13-5, 2-2 Big West) erased an early 15-8 deficit, storming ahead with a 20-5 run. UC Davis pulled within four, but a quick 7-0 surge capped by a Keith Shamburger 3-pointer gave Hawaii a 45-34 halftime advantage.
Trailing by 20 in the second half, the Aggies (6-14, 1-4) hit a trio of 3-pointers to fuel a 17-6 run and cut their deficit to nine, but Hawaii countered with two Fotu layups and a Garrett Nevels 3-pointer to make it 80-64 with 4:24 remaining.
The Warriors shot 58.2 percent from the field and had all five starters in double figures. Nevels scored 16, Brandon Spearman had 15 and Shamburger chipped in 14.
Corey Hawkins paced UC Davis with 21 points and Iggy Nujic had 17.
UH women 64, UC Davis 50
Kamilah Jackson finished with 18 points and nine rebounds as the Rainbow Wahine pulled away to victory at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.
Shawna-Lei Kuehu added 10 points and Pua Kailiawa — a Ka‘u High graduate — and Ashleigh Karaitiana each had nine for UH (9-7, 3-1 Big West), which took a 25-22 lead at halftime despite only 26.7 percent shooting.
Sydnee Fipps led the Aggies (8-10, 3-2) with 17 points, including 10-of-14 shooting from the free-throw line.
