Wahine get defensive for Big West road victory

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 06, 2013

~~<p>By getting back to its defensive principles, the Hawaii women's basketball team picked up an important milestone under its first-year head coach.</p>
<p>The Rainbow Wahine forced 20 turnovers while committing only nine and earned the first road victory of Laura Beeman's tenure with a 65-50 win at UC Riverside on Saturday. It was also the first UH women's hoops victory in the Big West Conference since returning to the league it left in 1996.</p>
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By getting back to its defensive principles, the Hawaii women's basketball team picked up an important milestone under its first-year head coach.

The Rainbow Wahine forced 20 turnovers while committing only nine and earned the first road victory of Laura Beeman's tenure with a 65-50 win at UC Riverside on Saturday. It was also the first UH women's hoops victory in the Big West Conference since returning to the league it left in 1996. Login for more...