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Chaminade men rout Fairbanks
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Joel Smith hit 10 3-pointers en route to 35 points and Mohamed Tangara had 26 points and 10 rebounds as Chaminade broke away from a 50-49 lead at halftime to roll past Alaska Fairbanks, 99-72, last night in a men's basketball game at McCabe Gym.
Darrell Birton added 11 points, Patrick Collier had 10 and Shane Hanson added 10 rebounds for the Silverswords (1-4). Emmanuel Jenkins led the Nanooks (0-5) with 23 points.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BYUH WOMEN LOSS
Kiva Herman scored 22 points to power San Diego past Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 93-61, last night in the Hukilau Invitational women's tournament at Cannon Activities Center in La'ie.
The Toreros (5-3) led 47-39 at halftime. Latoya Wily led BYUH (2-3) with 23 points.
In other games yesterday, BYU (4-2) beat Wright State (2-4), 56-50, and Utah Valley (3-4) defeated Southern California (4-2), 66-64.
SPORTSWIRE
DE LA HOYA, PACQUIAO READY
LAS VEGAS — Oscar De La Hoya might have beaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. had he stayed with his jab and found a way to land a left hook or two. He would have beaten Felix Trinidad if he hadn't decided to run instead of fight in the last few rounds, and he might have gotten the best of Shane Mosley if he hadn't faded late in their two fights.
One common theme emerged after all of those losses — it always seemed to be someone else's fault.
"It's his nature," trainer Freddie Roach said. "He's never been a man who blames himself. He'll always blame someone else."
There will be plenty of blame to spread around tonight if De La Hoya can't beat an undersized Manny Pacquiao in a 147-pound fight even the oddsmakers expect him to win. Unlike De La Hoya's fight last year against Mayweather, though, Roach won't be a target of it because he'll be in the opposite corner doing everything possible to carry Pacquiao to victory.
Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) weighed 142 pounds at yesterday's weigh-in, well below the welterweight limit, while De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) was 145 for tonight's scheduled 12-round fight from the MGM Grand hotel-casino.
AUTO RACING
HONDA LEAVES F1
TOKYO — Honda CEO Takeo Fukui told a packed news conference yesterday that the Japanese automaker was unable to continue backing a team in the high-cost F1 competition and wanted to put it up for sale.
The 2009 season opens March 29 at the Australian Grand Prix and could start the season with only 18 cars on the grid.
HOCKEY
NHL SUSPENDS AVERY
NEW YORK — Sean Avery was suspended for six games by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman yesterday for a crude comment regarding his ex-girlfriends dating other hockey players.
Avery already has served two games of the suspension and will serve an additional four, making him eligible to return Dec. 16 against Phoenix.
NCAA SOCCER
IRISH-TAR HEELS FINAL
CARY, N.C. — Courtney Barg scored in the 15th minute and Notre Dame beat Stanford, 1-0, yesterday to reach the championship of the NCAA Women's College Cup.
The Irish (26-0-0) will play North Carolina (24-1-2) tomorrow. The Tar Heels beat UCLA, 1-0, on Yael Averbuch's penalty kick in the 41st minute.
