Posted on: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
BYUH voted No. 1 in PacWest basketball
Advertiser Staff
Brigham Young University-Hawai'i, the two-time defending Pacific West Conference basketball champion, was the unanimous choice to win the title again in a poll of conference coaches released yesterday.
The Seasiders, ranked No. 22 in the nation by the Division II Bulletin, return forward Jake Chrisman, who was the 2003-'04 PacWest Player of the Year. BYUH was 26-6 overall and 13-2 in conference last year.
BYUH earned the first-place vote of all the other PacWest coaches and 50 points. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team. UH-Hilo (40) was picked second, followed by Montana State-Billings (36), Chaminade (24), Western New Mexico (16) and Hawai'i Pacific (14).
Chrisman, a 6-foot-9 senior from Provo, Utah, was a unanimous coaches' choice as the conference's top returning player. He led the league in scoring at 23.3 points per game last season.
HPU's Martin wins conference honor
Hawai'i Pacific middle blocker Barbara Martin was named Pacific West Conference women's volleyball Player of the Week yesterday.
Martin, a 6-foot-2 sophomore from Curitiba, Brazil, averaged 3.44 kills per game and hit .459 in two sweeps over Western New Mexico and a non-conference sweep over Grand Canyon College last week.
Martin leads the PacWest in blocks per game with a 1.88 average.
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