Box Score
AZUSA, Calif. – The Dixie State women's basketball season came to a screaming halt tonight in the semifinals of the inaguaral Pacific West Conference Women's Basketball Championship Tournament as they lost 88-74 to the No. 1 seed Hawaii Pacific.
20 points from
Johnna Brown (Las Vegas, NV/Centennial ), 14 from
Kaylah Miller (San Diego, CA/La Jolla Country Day) and 11 from
Erica Hayes (East Palo Alto, CA/Menlo-Atherton) was not enough to lead the Red Storm to victory.
HPU jumped to a 41-25 halftime lead after shooting 44.7% (17 for 38) from the field and 66.7% (6 for 9) from beyond the arc. The Red Storm shot just 37.0% (10 for 27) from the field in the opening 20 minutes.
HPU outrebound the Red Storm 42-39 and used that to outscore DSU 42-18 in the paint. 22 Storm turnovers led to 22 HPU points.
Depsite outscoring the SeaWarriors 49-47 in the second half, the first half deficit was too much to overcome.
Mikela Thoemmes also reached twin-figures for the Sea Warriors, scoring 13 points while also collecting a team-high seven rebounds.
Hawaii Pacific improves to 19-6 on the season, while Dixie State ends the year at 15-13.
Becca Thomas (Riverside, CA/Redwood),
Johnna Brown (Las Vegas, NV/Centennial ),
Mandy Munns (Brigham City, UT/Box Elder),
Erica Hayes (East Palo Alto, CA/Menlo-Atherton) and
Chanel Maxey (Anaheim, CA/Canyon) played in their final game tonight as a member of the Red Storm.
The Sea Warriors will play for the PacWest Conference Tournament Championship and the automatic berth in the NCAA Division II National Championship on Saturday, March 9, at 4:30 p.m. PST against #3 Academy of Art. The Urban Knights bounced #2 Grand Canyon 60-58 in overtime.
Official Basketball Box Score
Dixie State vs Hawai'i Pacific
03/08/13 3:00 pm at Azusa, CA
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VISITORS: Dixie State 15-13
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
14 Spinks, Rachael..... f 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 15
15 Liana, Kirsten Marie f 1-4 0-1 3-4 1 5 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 24
32 Thomas, Becca....... c 4-7 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 2 8 1 0 0 1 22
12 Giles, Jordan....... g 2-7 2-5 2-2 1 2 3 2 8 5 3 0 0 24
5 Maxey, Chanel....... g 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 34
20 Brugman, Jaymee..... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
22 Gough, Shannon...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
23 Brown, Johnna....... 7-9 2-2 4-4 2 3 5 0 20 3 6 0 2 27
24 Hayes, Erica........ 5-10 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 11 1 4 0 1 10
3 Miller, Kaylah...... 5-9 4-8 0-0 2 2 4 0 14 2 1 0 1 17
34 Munns, Mandy........ 1-6 0-0 3-6 1 3 4 0 5 0 3 0 0 17
TEAM................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 26-60 10-25 12-16 14 25 39 8 74 17 22 0 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 16-33 48.5% Game: 43.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 7-16 43.8% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 10-14 71.4% Game: 75.0% 2
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HOME TEAM: Hawai'i Pacific 19-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Anton, Heidi........ f 1-6 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 20
33 Savini, Skye........ f 11-21 1-1 0-0 3 2 5 1 23 5 3 2 3 30
35 Duncan-Perry,Chiarra f 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 2 0 2 2 1 1 23
02 Walmsley, Susannah.. g 6-13 3-9 0-1 3 2 5 3 15 5 3 0 2 31
03 Gurrola, Loren...... g 3-7 3-5 0-0 1 1 2 2 9 4 2 0 3 30
01 Ladrido, Melody..... 4-7 0-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 9 3 2 0 1 21
04 Hale, Brittany...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3
10 Solomon, Shianne.... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
13 Nagy, Ieva.......... 4-10 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 9 1 0 0 0 18
23 Navarro, Veanne..... 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 6
31 Thoemmes, Mikela.... 6-11 0-0 1-2 3 4 7 4 13 1 1 0 2 17
TEAM................ 6 3 9
Totals.............. 39-81 8-20 2-5 20 22 42 15 88 26 15 3 12 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-38 44.7% 2nd Half: 22-43 51.2% Game: 48.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 2-11 18.2% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 40.0% 0
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Officials: Kaili Kimura, Andy Wolf, Taylor Cohen
Technical fouls: Dixie State-None. Hawai'i Pacific-None.
Attendance: 310
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Dixie State................... 25 49 - 74
Hawai'i Pacific............... 41 47 - 88
Points in the paint-DX-WBB 18,HPU-WBB 42. Points off turnovers-DX-WBB 19,HPU-WBB 22.
2nd chance points-DX-WBB 13,HPU-WBB 25. Fast break points-DX-WBB 0,HPU-WBB 12.
Bench points-DX-WBB 50,HPU-WBB 39. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-4 times.
Last FG-DX-WBB 2nd-00:01, HPU-WBB 2nd-00:03.
Largest lead-DX-WBB by 2 1st-11:35, HPU-WBB by 26 2nd-11:50.
