BYUH beats Montana St.-Billings
Advertiser Staff
Alexus Foyle scored a game-high 34 points and 19th-ranked Brigham Young-Hawai'i clinched at least a share of the Pacific West Conference with a 103-89 victory over Montana State-Billings last night at the Cannon Activities Center.
The Seasiders (16-3 overall and 10-2 in the PacWest) secured a berth to NCAA II West Regional Tournament next month.
The front line of Foyle, Austin Smylie, Pablo Broering and C.J. Fellars shot a combined 34-of-51 for the game and scored 80 of BYUH's points.
The Yellowjackets (16-8, 8-6) started the game with seven players and played the last 1:36 with only four players after three fouled out.
MSU-BILLINGS 43 46 — 89
BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAI'I 50 53 — 103
Leading Scorers: MSUB—Dan Thompson 23. BYUH—Alexus Foyle 34, Austin Smylie 19, C.J. Fellars 15, Pablo Broering 12. Rebounds: MSUB—Dan Thompson 8. BYUH—Smylie 14. Assists: MSUB—Cameron Munoz6, William Davison 6. BYUH—Shawn Opunui 10.
Chaminade 86, UH-Hilo 78: Leon Ballard scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Chaminade shot 56 percent from 3-point range to defeat Hawai'i-Hilo in a Pacific West Conference game last night at McCabe Gym.
Ballard, the PacWest's second-leading scorer at 18.3 points per game, made 11-of-18 shots and 3-of-7 free throws for Chaminade (12-13, 7-6). Teammate Roy Stigall III added 17 points, Jason Walters 15 and Bryon Skyes 14.
Stigall made half of Chaminade's 10 3-pointers. Ryan Abrahams scored a team-high 20 points for UH-Hilo (16-9, 8-5) followed by Osadonor Esene 17, Brady Hyde 11, and Kyle Bartholomew 10.
HAWAI'I-HILO 34 44 — 78
CHAMINADE 44 42 — 86
HAWAI'I-HILO (16-9, 8-5)
Osadonor Esene 5-13 6-6 17, Ryan Hogue 4-11 0-0 8, Brady Hyde 4-11 2-3 11, Kyle Bartholomew 4-6 1-1 10, Ryan Abrahams 8-20 1-3 20, Derek Mgbeke 1-5 0-0 2, Garreth Read 1-3 0-1 2, Kimo Keiter-Charles 2-2 3-3 8, West Hawthorne 0-1 0-0 0, Albert Keim 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-73 13-17 78.
CHAMINADE (12-13, 7-6)
Jaborri Thomas 2-5 0-0 5, Leon Ballard 11-18 3-7 25, Mike Donegan 3-6 1-4 7, Roy Stigall III 6-10 0-0 17, Donald Rogers 0-2 0-0 0, Bryon Sykes 2-6 8-8 14, John Kirk 0-0 3-4 3, Rashaw McAfee 0-0 0-0 0, Donald Makupson 0-0 0-0 0, Jason Walters 4-8 5-6 15. Totals 28-55 20-29 86.
3-Point goals—UH-Hilo 7-16 (Esene 1-2, Hyde 1-4, Bartholomew 1-1, Abrahams 3-7, Keiter-Charles 1-1, Hawthorne 0-1), Chaminade 10-18 (Thomas 1-1, Stigall III 5-7, Sykes 2-5, Walters 2-5). Fouled out—Abrahams. Rebounds—UH-Hilo 36 (Hogue 8), Chaminade 43 (Ballard 13). Assists—UH-Hilo 11 (Hyde 4), Chaminade 15 (Sykes 5). Total Fouls—UH-Hilo 19, Chaminade 17. A—250.
HPU 100, Western New Mexico 81: Marvin Noble scored a team-high 23 points and Leandro Maruoka added 15 points and 10 rebounds as Hawai'i Pacific overcame 12 3-pointers from Western New Mexico en route to Pacific West Conference victory last night at Mid-Pacific Institute.
The Sea Warriors (16-8, 5-7) shot 58.6 percent for the game (41 of 70) and had four players in double figure scoring. Nic Walters scored 20 points and Aaron Abrams added 14.
Matt Enriquez led the Mustangs (3-22, 1-13) with 28 points.
WESTERN N.M. 43 38 — 81
HAWAI'I PACIFIC 50 50 — 100
Leading Scorers: WNMU—Matt Enriquez 28, Malcolm Connor 22, Joey Ramirez 15. HPU—Marvin Noble 23, Nic Walters 20, Leandro Maruoka 15, Aaron Abrams 14. Rebounds: WNMU—Connor 13. HPU—Block 12, Maruoka 10. Assists: WNMU—Ramirez 6. HPU—Noble 7.
