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Kerry Hendrickson scored all of his 23 points in the second half to lead Brigham Young-Hawai‘i to a 76-64 Pacific West Conference basketball victory over Western New Mexico last night at Silver City, N.M.
Hendrickson, a senior forward, made eight of 13 field-goal attempts and seven of seven shots from the line to lead the Seasiders in their first road game of the season. BYUH led 35-34 at halftime.
Scott Salisbury added 10 points for BYUH, which improved to 8-4 overall and 2-1 in conference. Michael Stidham scored 20 points for Western New Mexico, which fell to 0-11, 0-3.
The win lifted BYUH into a tie for first place with Hawai‘i Pacific in the Pacific Division.
MORE BASKETBALL
 UH-Hilo 92, Alaska-Anchorage 85: Hilo guard Alan Thomas had 33 points and seven rebounds at Anchorage.
Thomas connected on 11-of-14 shots from the field and 10-of-11 from the line as UH-Hilo improved to 6-6 overall and 1-2 in the Pacific West. Guards Stanley Ibia and Scott Prather each had 15 points for UH-Hilo, and forward B.J. Rogers had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Forward Greg Freeman led Alaska-Anchorage (7-5, 1-2) with 19 points.
MSU-Billings 97, Hawai‘i Pacific 79: Center Jay Edwards had a game-high 18 points as host Montana State-Billings (8-3, 1-2) won its first Pacific West Conference game.
Guard Marcos Lagemann led HPU (7-5, 2-1) with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Alaska-Fairbanks 89, Chaminade 72: Game details were unavailable.
BANQUET
Samoan athletes honored: The 6th annual Samoa Sports Awards Banquet is 6 p.m., Feb. 3, at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Marques Tuiasosopo of the Rose Bowl champion University of Washington will be honored at the banquet as "College Football Player of the Year."
TRIATHLON
Local woman selected: Honolulu’s Wendy Minor was selected by Inside Triathlon as an All-American triathlete in the 55-59 age group. Triathletes are selected based upon performances in the ITU World Championship in Australia, the USAT Nationals on the Mainland and the Ironman World Championship on the Big Island.
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