IRVINE, California – Some big, big numbers were splashed across the PacWest women's basketball landscape during the first week of conference play. Hawai'i Hilo's Mandi Kawaha did get the Vulcan school record with 36 points in that same game, while her teammate Kamalu Kamakawiwoole tried to steal a couple of wins with seven total thefts on the week.
DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
KAMALU KAMAKAWIWOOLE / G/F / SR / 5'11 / KAIMUKI, HAWAI'I
Utah State transfer Kamalu Kamakawiwoole recorded a double-double in Hawai'i Hilo's 70-52 win over Chaminade. The O'ahu-native had 16 points and 11 rebounds and also had four steals and a blocked shot. She had three steals, two blocks and six rebounds to go with 12 points in the overtime loss to HPU.
For the week, she had seven steals, three blocked shots, 18 rebounds and 28 points.
BIG EARLY SEASON GAMES HIGHLIGHT WEEK TWO
Point Loma plays at Biola (Wednesday) and Azusa Pacific (Saturday) in a duo of big December games this week. Concordia will take short trips to APU (Wednesday) and Biola (Saturday), while other Saturday games include HPU at Hawai'i Hilo, Chaminade at Academy of Art and Fresno Pacific at Dominican.
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES
Hawai'i Hilo's Mandi Kawaha had 36 points in the overtime loss to HPU, clipping the previous Vulcan school record of 34 points set by Allie Navarette. The 5-foot-2 senior guard also had six rebounds, three assists and two steals in the game ... Dallas Martinez had 21 points and eight rebounds in Chaminade's loss to HPU ... Avery Cargill hit six 3-pointers in that 79-55 win for the Sharks ... Point Loma fell to No. 1 regionally ranked Western Washington, despite Ellie Turk's 21 points and seven rebounds ... Brittany Castro had 25 points for Dominican in a 71-66 loss to Concordia. The Golden Eagles' Teagan Thurman had 18 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Golden Eagles ... Biola's Jordan Rabe had 20 points and nine rebounds to get the Eagles in the win column over Fresno Pacific ... Haylee Saurette had a double-double with 15 points and 11 boards in Point Loma's win over Academy of Art and doubled up again with 20 points and 12 boards against Dominican ... Samantha Lemay-Zambrano had 22 points for Holy Names against Biola, hitting six-of-seven three-point shots.
