Posted on: Sunday, January 4, 2004
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Chrisman leads BYUH to victory in basketball
Advertiser Staff
Jake Chrisman scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds — both game highs — to lead Brigham Young-Hawai'i to a 67-58 men's college basketball victory over Chapman (Calif.) University at Cannon Activities Center in La'ie last night.
BYUH is 10-2, Chapman 5-7.
Chrisman, a 6-foot-9 junior center, was 11 of 16 in field goal attempts.
Michael Stowell added 12 points for BYUH. Shawn Opunui had five steals and Austin Smylie three blocked shots.
Landon Lewis and Zach Wheatley each scored 18 for Chapman.
SURFING
• Jones, Moody third: Hawai'i surfers Daniel Jones and Sean Moody tied for third place in the Billabong Junior World Championship yesterday. The final day of competition was completed in 3- to 4-foot waves at North Narrabeen, Sydney, Australia.
Jones and Moody, who are both from O'ahu's North Shore, were eliminated in the semifinals. Jones lost to Australian Shaun Cansdell, 16.83 to 12.64, in the first semifinal; Moody lost to Brazil's Adriano De Souza, 10.5 to 9.83, in the second semifinal.
De Souza later defeated Cansdell to win the championship. The contest is considered the world championship for surfers age 21 and younger.
Jones defeated fellow Hawai'i surfer Kekoa Bacalso in the fourth round and Jihad Kohdr of Brazil in the quarterfinals. Moody stopped Japan's Hideyoshi Tanaka and Australia's Luke Munro.
Hawai'i's Joel Centeio, the meet's top seed, and Jamie O'Brien lost in the third round yesterday, while T.J. Barron lost in the fourth round.
The field consisted of 48 surfers from the seven Association of Surfing Professional global regions (North America, South America, Hawai'i, Europe, Japan, South Africa and host region Australasia).
MEETING
• QB Club: University of Hawai'i baseball coach Mike Trapasso and softball coach Bob Coolen will discuss the upcoming seasons at tomorrow's meeting of the Honolulu Quarterback Club. The club's luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. at Pagoda Ballroom.
Also schedule to speak is Artie Wilson Sr., a former professional baseball player and father of UH basketball television analyst Artie Wilson.
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