A crowd of 320 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Hawai'i (3-2) win its first tournament since 2002, and its third straight game. Hawai'i opened its season last month with loses to Santa Clara and Utah.

"To tell you the truth, I didn't want to lose again to a Utah team," said Toiaivao, who is from Sandy, Utah. "I know some of those girls. I wanted to win."

Toiaivao was one of three UH players selected to the all-tournament team along with Janevia Taylor and the tournament's most valuable player Jade Abele.

Abele scored a game-high 19 points and Toiaivao added nine rebounds and three blocks. Kristen Kozlowski scored 14 and Nancy Seljaas 12 for BYU (5-2). Danielle Cheesman added 12 rebounds.

Toiaivao made her biggest contributions in the second half after BYU cut a 43-31 Hawai'i lead to 43-38 behind a 3-pointer by Seljaas and two layups by Kozlowski with 3:45 remaining in the game.

Toiaivao, a reserve center, scored Hawai'i's next eight points, giving the Rainbow Wahine a 51-43 cushion with 1:34 left. With BYU forced to foul, Hawai'i sank five of its last seven free throws to seal the victory.

BYU coach Jeff Judkins said Toiaivao's clutch performance was the difference in yesterday game.

"I thought in the second half, she was the main reason why they won the game," said Judkins, who tried to recruit Toiaivao but eventually let her go because Toiaivao couldn't meet BYU's academic standard. "She showed a lot of promise tonight. I think she's going to be a very good player."

For the game, BYU shot 29 percent (16 of 55) from the field, including 4 of 19 from 3-point range. Hawai'i shot 40 percent (19 of 48) and outscored the Cougars 16-8 on free throws.

"We didn't score too many points tonight," Hawai'i coach Jim Bolla said. "But give BYU credit for that. They were in our face all night long."

"We didn't play one of our better games," Judkins added. "We missed a lot of shots that we usually make. Hawai'i did a good job of changing defenses on us and getting us off balance."

BYU could not overcome subpar performances by two of its key players, forward Ambrosia Anderson and point guard Julie Sullivan.

Anderson, who is BYU's top offensive player, was held scoreless. Anderson entered the game averaging 15 points.

Sullivan fouled out with 11:24 remaining in the game. Sullivan, averaging 9.5 points per game, finished with four points and two assists.

"I think the key was we shut down their two key players," Abele said. Sullivan's "such a great leader. She runs the show. We got her into foul trouble."

As for Anderson, Abele said: "She's the leading scorer. (Amy Sanders and Dalia Solia) played such good defense on her. Coach did a great job of scouting."

Hawai'i was outrebounded 37-34, including 11-4 on the offensive glass, but held a 15-4 scoring advantage off turnovers.

Hawai'i got off to a fast start behind Abele who scored seven of the team's first nine points. Abele had nine first-half points.

Hawai'i led by as many as 12 points in the first half at 16-4 and 22-10.

The Cougars shot 6 of 29 from the field (21 percent), including 1 of 11 from 3-point range in the first half. The Rainbow Wahine shot 9 of 22 (41 percent).

With less than seven minutes to play, BYU went scoreless for more than four minutes before Cheesman scored five consecutive points to end the half. Hawai'i led 22-15 at halftime.

Notes

Tatiana Conceicao (Southeast Missouri State), Ambrosia Anderson (BYU) and Kristen Kozlowski (BYU) were also named to the all-tournament team.