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The University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team’s perfect road record came to an end yesterday in Houston.
LaTonya Sam scored a career-high 19 points as Rice defeated Hawai‘i, 57-53, in a Western Athletic Conference game.
"That was her best game of the year," Hawai‘i coach Vince Goo said. "She’s more of a penetrator than a shooter, but she was knocking them down in the first half from the perimeter."
Hawai‘i fell to 19-5 overall and 10-3 in the WAC. The Wahine had won all five previous road games this season.
Rice improved to 14-10 and 6-6.
The Wahine led 35-31 at halftime, but shot only 6-of-30 in the second half.
"They had 11 blocks, seven in the second half," Goo said. "We thought we should have gone to the free-throw line a little more."
April Atuaia scored 13 points and Crystal Lee added 11 for the Wahine, who outrebounded the Owls 48-36.
"We played really hard," Goo said. "We outrebounded them by nine (20-to-11) on the offensive end."
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