Abele selected to All-WAC first team
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Jade Abele, the only Rainbow Wahine to start every basketball game this season, earned a place on the all-Western Athletic Conference first team yesterday.
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Abele, a junior forward from Australia, is the WAC's third-leading scorer. She is averaging more than 14 points a game, and also leads Hawai'i in assists, rebounds and 3-pointers. She holds or shares every UH game high this season, with the exception of steals and blocks.
Jade Abele leads UH in scoring and assists.
Abele, one of just three UH upper classmen, has played in Hawai'i's past 67 games, starting the past 55.
Point guard Janevia Taylor, the only Rainbow other than Abele to start all 18 WAC games, is on the WAC's all-freshman team. Taylor is second on the team in scoring and assists and first in steals.
Amisha Carter, a senior forward for sixth-ranked Louisiana Tech, is the WAC Player of the Year. She and teammate Trina Frierson are the only seniors on the first team and Frierson is the only repeat selection from last year.
Lauren Neaves (Rice) and Jillian Robbins (Tulsa) round out the top five and also join Taylor on the all-freshman team. Robbins is WAC Newcomer of the Year and Louisiana Tech's Kurt Budke was named Coach of the Year for a second straight season. His team goes into the WAC Tournament with a 16-game winning streak.
All-WAC teams are selected by the head coaches.
The Rainbow Wahine are seeded eighth in the 2004 McCaffrey WAC Tournament, which opens tomorrow. They play ninth-seeded Boise State at 10 a.m. HST, in a "play-in" game at Fresno State's Save Mart Center.
The game will be broadcast live on 1420 AM, beginning at 9:45 a.m.
The winner of the Hawai'i-Boise State game plays top-seeded Louisiana Tech on Wednesday in a quarterfinal.
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2004 McCaffrey WAC Basketball Tournament
Tomorrow's games
Game 1—Boise State vs. Hawai'i, 10 a.m.
G2—Nevada vs. San Jose State, 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Quarterfinals
G3—Winner G1 vs. Louisiana Tech, 10 a.m.
G4—SMU vs. UTEP, 12:30 p.m.
G5—Winner G2 vs. Rice, 4 p.m.
G6—Fresno State vs. Tulsa, 6:30 p.m.
Friday's games
Semifinals
G7—Winner G3 vs. Winner G4, 10 a.m.
G8—Winner G5 vs. Winner G6, 12:30 p.m.
Saturday's game
Championship
G9—Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 10 a.m.
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| ALL-WAC WOMEN | |||
| First Team | |||
| Player, school | Pos. | Ht. | Cl. |
| Jade Abele, UH | F | 6-0 | Jr. |
| Amisha Carter, LTU | F | 6-2 | Sr. |
| Trina Frierson, LTU | F | 6-2 | Sr. |
| Lauren Neaves, Rice | F | 6-2 | Fr. |
| Jillian Robbins, Tulsa | F | 6-1 | Fr. |
| Second Team | |||
| Player, school | Pos. | Ht. | Cl. |
| Lindsey Maynard, Rice | F | 5-10 | Sr. |
| Amber Obaze, LTU | G | 5-9 | Sr. |
| E. Smith-Taylor, LTU | G | 5-10 | Jr. |
| Cricket Williams, SJSU | G | 5-7 | Jr. |
| Vaida Zagurskyte, UTEP | G | 5-9 | Jr. |
| Player of the Year: Amisha Carter, LTU | |||
| Coach of the Year: Kurt Budke, LTU | |||
| Newcomer of the Year: Jillian Robbins, Tulsa | |||
| All-Defensive Team | |||
| Player, school | Pos. | Ht. | Cl. |
| Amisha Carter, LTU | F | 6-2 | Sr. |
| Amber Obaze, LTU | G | 5-9 | Sr. |
| Lauren Neaves, Rice | F | 6-2 | Fr. |
| Jillian Robbins, Tulsa | F | 6-1 | Fr. |
| E. Smith-Taylor, LTU | G | 5-10 | Jr. |
| All-Freshman Team | |||
| Player, school | Pos. | Ht. | Cl. |
| Michelle Hessing, BSU | C | 6-2 | Fr. |
| Lauren Neaves, Rice | F | 6-2 | Fr. |
| Charnette Phelps, UTEP | F | 6-1 | Fr. |
| Jillian Robbins, Tulsa | F | 6-1 | Fr. |
| Janevia Taylor, UH | G | 5-5 | Fr. |
