Parsing The WAC: Sunday's game reports

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Sunday's game reports

It's official. Yes, Hawaii is road weary but still has yet to really put up a fight in the last three games as the Rainbow Warriors were smacked 84-67 by Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs are not a team that should shoot 10 more free throws than UH although Coach Mike White's bunch going 11-24 from three-point range isn't off the chain. A 22-14 turnover deficit also damaged the chances for Gib Arnold's group. Trevor Gaskins' Senior Day output -- 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists -- led LT in EACH category. Vander Joaquim led the visitors with a 20/10 double/double but none of his teammates stepped up.

Brian McInnis tweeted the matchup.

Dayton Morinaga game reports.

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New Mexico State was up 40-31 at the half over San Jose State University and the game concluded with pretty much the same point differential, 79-68. Frontcourters Wendell McKines and Hamidu Rahman led the way with 20/15 and 22/10 double-doubles respectively. Rahman was also credited with five blocked shots and the Aggies owned the 45-30 rebounding advantage. Spartan Wil Carter managed a 16/10 double-double. There surprisingly were four technicals called (that has to be the most in a WAC game this season) -- against McKines, Rahman, Tyrone Watson for the hosts and SJSU's Calvin Douglas.

Jason Groves tweeted the pairing plus here is his writeup.

Sam Wasson and Anthony Esparza also have the details.

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Three overtimes. Host Fresno State and Nevada both kept battling until the Wolf Pack emerged after a trio of extra periods to win 79-76. Olek Czyz produced 25 points and 11 boards with Dario Hunt close behind at 20/15 and five blocks. Bulldog Kevin Foster went for 24/12 plus Jonathan Willis just missed his D/D with 19 and nine.

Robert Kuwada and Dan Hinxman both were present and accounted for.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Four technicals is not even the record for the week in New Mexico State games....there were five in the Hawai'i game.; February 27, 2012 at 6:38 AM

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11/01/08: LOUISIANA TECH UPDATE: "Kevin McCarthy over at Parsing the WAC, an excellent source of WAC basketball news, was contacted by somebody familiar with the recent departure of four Louisiana Tech basketball players (which we touched on last week). For those who don't know, Drew Washington, Dwayne Lathan, Orrim Tims and Brandon Mims were dismissed after meeting with coach Kerry Rupp two weeks ago. Lathan said he was blindsided by the decision. McCarthy’s source, who remained anonymous, said there was more to the story than met the eye."