Utah Tech University Athletics

Women's Basketball 2/12/2014 12:23:00 AM Jeff Cluff, Coordinator of Media Relations

Holmstead Hits Game Winner With Seven Seconds Left to Fend Off BYU Hawaii

Box Score ST GEORGE, Utah – Haley Holmstead (American Fork, UT/American Fork) showed why she is the Pacific West Conference leading scorer as she nailed a game winner with seven-seconds to lead Dixie State University women's basketball to a 62-60 win over BYU Hawaii in the Burns Arena.

Holmstead finished the game with 20 points, just under her season average to lead the Red Storm (10-11/8-7 PWC) to the much needed win.

BYUH led most of the first half, using an 8-0 run to build a 25-17 lead, but DSU followed with a 19-1 run to close the half and take halftime advantage.

Leading 40-29 at the half, the Red Storm looked to have the game on cruise control until the Seasiders (2-18/2-13 PWC) battled back from 11 points down and tied the game with a Jiashan Cui three pointer with 16.7 seconds left.

After shaving the deficit to one point at 44-43, both teams went over five minutes without scoring a basket.

Rebounder became the difference down the stretch, as the DSU took the 54-43 advantage and capitalized by scoring 23 second chance points. DSU had 21 offensive rebounds.

Taylor Mann (Castle Dale, UT/Emery) grabbed 19 rebounds and fell just one rebound short of a single game record of 20. She also added 10 points for her sixth double-double of the season against her old team.

Haileigh Emerine (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork) also grabbed 12 rebounds and Brianna White (Phoenix, AZ/Tolleson Union) sparked the Red Storm off the bench with 14 points.

Danna Lynn Hooper led the Seasiders with 20 points and Whitney Fieldsted grabbed 16 rebounds in the loss.

DSU welcomes Hawaii Hilo on Thursday night to the Burns Arena, with tip-off slated for 5 p.m.

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