The candidates to fill the void left by the injury to Brigham Young-Hawai'i's Lucas Alves, the Pacific West Conference Preseason Player of the Year, has become an international affair.

Alves, a 6-foot-9, 230-pound senior forward, is a two-time PacWest Player of the Year, but is expected to be out with a knee injury until next month. In his absense, the Seasiders won a pair of games over Oakland City (Ind.) last week to open their season.

"I thought Saturday was the first time we played well," BYUH coach Ken Wagner said. "For whatever reason we hadn't played well defensively, but it takes us a while generally to get going defensively because we try to play a help-team defense."

Sophomore guard Tsung-Hsien "Jet" Chang led BYUH in scoring both nights. Chang, who is 6 foot 4, 190 pounds and from Yilan, Taiwan, had 22 points in Wednesday's 85-78 win and 26 in Saturday's 102-67 rout. Junior Marques Whippy, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound guard from Bua, Fiji, averaged 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Seasiders.

"(Chang) really did a good job Saturday," Wagner said. "He had an excellent game."

Wagner added Whippy is "probably the best rebounder in the country but we just have to make sure he stays out of foul trouble."

BYUH hits the road for a single game at Western Oregon tomorrow and two games at the Seattle Pacific Tournament this weekend.

UH-HILO'S SMITH GETS HOOPS HONOR

Hawai'i-Hilo forward Justin Smith, a senior from Los Angeles, has been named the Pacific West Conference men's basketball Player of the Week.

Smith averaged 21.5 points and 8.5 rebounds a game in two Vulcan victories last week.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

TUESDAY

Vanderbilt 68 vs. Chaminade 41

Grand Canyon 53, Cal Baptist 48

WEDNESDAY

Colorado 73, Chaminade 58

UH-Hilo 91, Western New Mexico 82

BYU-Hawai'i 85, Oakland City 78

FRIDAY

Dixie State 78, Central Washington 75

St. Martin's 81, Grand Canyon 67

Dominican 83, Western Oregon 69

UH-Hilo 95, Western New Mexico 81

Western Washington 86, Academy of Art 23

Cal State East Bay 71, Notre Dame de Namur 64

SATURDAY

St. Martin's 73, Academy of Art 33

Dominican 74, Cal State Easy Bay 60

Northwest Nazarene 71, Dixie State 56

West. Oregon 72, Notre Dame de Namur 53

Western Washington 70, Grand Canyon 55

BYU-Hawai'i 102, Oakland City 67

SUNDAY

HPU 97, Western New Mexico 77

THIS WEEK'S GAMES

TOMORROW

Academy of Art at Loyola Marymount

BYU-Hawai'i at Western Oregon

Cal State Maritime at Notre Dame de Namur

THURSDAY

La Verne at HPU

FRIDAY

Dominican vs. Montana State-Billings

BYU-Hawai'i vs. Central Washington

St. Martin's at Grand Canyon

Northwest Nazarene at Dixie State

La Verne at Chaminade

SATURDAY

Dominican vs. Northwest Nazarene

Montana State-Billings at Dixie State

BYU-Hawai'i at Seattle Pacific

Western Washington at Grand Canyon

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Grand Canyon junior guard Samantha Murphy has earned Pacific West Conference Player of the Week honors for the second time in as many weeks, the league announced Sunday. In a 70-52 win over Western New Mexico Friday, Murphy had 23 points, five rebounds and six assists. She tied for a game-high 21 points with six rebounds and five assists in an 82-72 win over Grand Canyon Saturday. Murphy, who was selected as preseason PacWest Player of the Year, is averaging 24.3 points after four games.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

TODAY

Chico State 79, Dominican 64

FRIDAY

Fort Lewis 78, Academy of Art 54

Grand Canyon 70, Western New Mexico 52

Dixie State 85, Pittsburg St. 84

Western Washington 73, Notre Dame de Namur 36

HPU 91, Chaminade 57

BYU-Hawai'i 68, UH-Hilo 59

SATURDAY

Academy of Art 71, Pittsburg St. 67

Fort Lewis 84, Dixie State 74

Notre Dame de Namur 66, St. Martin 56

Grand Canyon 82, Western State 72

HPU 74, BYU-Hawai'i 63

UH-Hilo 97, Chaminade 83

YESTERDAY

Academy of Art 71, Simpson 63

THIS WEEK'S GAMES

TODAY

Holy Names at Dominican

THURSDAY

Academy of Art at Simpson

UH-Hilo at Western Washington

FRIDAY

Seattle Pacific vs. Grand Canyon

Dixie State at Northwest Nazarene

San Francisco at BYU-Hawai'i

SATURDAY

Seattle Pacific vs. Dixie State

Grand Canyon at Northwest Nazarene

Academy of Art at Central Washington

UH-Hilo at St. Martin's

Dominican at Menlo

UH-Mänoa at BYU-Hawai'i

SUNDAY

UH-Hilo at St. Martin's

MEN'S SOCCER

Grand Canyon freshman Kyle Ciliento, the Pacific West Conference Player of the Year, was a first-team Daktronics/NCAA Division II West Region selection last month. Ciliento, who was also the PacWest Freshman of the Year, led the league in goals (23) and points (51). Notre Dame de Namur sophomores Cristobal Montes and Arturo Gomez, along with Dixie State freshman Jordan Roylance were named to the second team.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Brigham Young-Hawai'i placed two players on the Daktronics/NCAA Division II West Region Team it was announced last month. Juniors Emily Mearns and Natasha Aiono were both named to the second team. Mearns, a forward from San Ramon, Calif., led the team in assists (8) and tied Aiono, a midfielder from South Jordan, Utah, for the team lead in goals (6). Dixie State senior midfielder Mikala Wilkes, the Pacific West Conference Player of the Year, also was named to the second team.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Hawai'i-Hilo's Fabiane Seben and Katie Swenson were honored as first-team West Region selections by both Daktronics and the American Volleyball Coaches Association, it was announced last week. Seben, a senior middle hitter from Caxias do Sul, Brazil, averaged a team-best 3.14 kills per set. Swenson, a junior setter from Omaha, Neb., averaged 12.02 assists and 1.59 digs per set. Seben was PacWest Player of the Year while Swenson was selected Newcomer of the Year.