Posted on: Thursday, January 1, 2004

Two Fresno players to miss UH game

Advertiser Staff

The Fresno State men's basketball team will be without two of its top players when it opens the Western Athletic Conference season against the University of Hawai'i Saturday.

Leading scorer Renaldo Major and third-leading scorer Jonathan Woods are suspended for the game for violating team rules, according to a Fresno State press release.

Major, a 6-foot-7 forward who is averaging 14.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, has been on suspension since Dec. 22. He scored a team-high 14 points in Fresno State's 56-55 victory over UH last season.

Woods, a 6-7 forward who is averaging 12.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, was suspended last Saturday. It was his second suspension of the season. He started in both games against UH last season.

According to the school release, both players are suspended indefinitely.

Guard Terry Pettis was suspended for the first seven games of this season, but returned on Dec. 22.

The Bulldogs, who won the WAC regular-season championship last season, are 4-5 this season.

Hawai'i, coming off a thrilling 50-49 overtime victory over Fairfield in the championship game of the Rainbow Classic Tuesday, is 8-2 and on a six-game winning streak.

HAWAI'I DIVISION II

• Doane (Neb.) 79, Chaminade 75: Brian Jakubowski scored 21 points to lead four teammates in double figures as Doane (Neb.) rallied to beat Chaminade yesterday at McCabe Gym.

Doane (8-8) trailed 42-36 at halftime, but made 7 of 10 3-pointers in the second half.

Nick Frey scored 25 points and Kashif Reyes added 17 for the Silverswords, who fell to 2-7.