Chauncey Orr had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Jordan Martin added 16 points and nine rebounds as the No. 6 Hawaii Pacific men’s basketball team beat No. 4 California Baptist 81-67 on Thursday in Riverside, Calif.
Elliott DeFreitas finished with 15 points and Connor Looney had 13 points for the Sharks (20-1, 12-1 PacWest), who trailed 34-20 with 5:08 left in the first half.
Michael Smith scored 22 points for the Lancers (20-2, 12-2).
>> Austin Pope scored 19 points and Rohndell Goodwin added 15 points and 12 rebounds as Chaminade defeated Point Loma 87-80 in San Diego.
Sam Daly added 16 points for the Silverswords (15-8, 11-5 PacWest).
Tanner Lancona scored 19 points to lead the Sea Lions (12-9, 8-6).
>> Tanner Nelson scored 22 points and Shad Watson added 20 in BYU-Hawaii’s 88-74 loss to Dixie State in St. George, Utah.
The Seasiders dropped to 5-14, 3-10 PacWest.
Marcus Bradley had 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Trailblazers (15-5, 12-2).
Sharks fall to No. 7 Lancers
VeAnne Navarro scored 14 points and Breanna Mackenzie had nine rebounds in the Hawaii Pacific women’s basketball team’s 83-63 loss to No. 7 California Baptist in Riverside, Calif.
The Sharks fell to 13-4, 10-2 PacWest.
Kamille Diaz finished with 16 points and Erin Asher added 15 for the Lancers (23-2, 14-0).
>> Kristle Henry had 19 points and Courtney Kaupu added 13, but Chaminade fell to Point Loma 95-64 in San Diego.
The Silverswords fell to 3-17, 3-13 PacWest.
Alex Brunk scored 30 points for the Sea Lions (18-3, 12-2).
>> Tyvette White scored 22 points and Kristin Baldwin had 15 rebounds, but BYU-Hawaii lost to Dixie State 67-61 in St. George, Utah.
The Seasiders fell to 8-10, 5-7 PacWest.
Matti Ventling had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Trailblazers (3-17, 3-11).
McHale scores 8.50 at Volcom Pipe Pro
The North Shore’s Wyatt McHale had an 8.50, the top wave score during the first round of the Volcom Pipe Pro on Thursday at Haleiwa.
McHale, 15, is the youngest among the 112 competitors in the World Surf League Qualifying Series 3,000 event.
McHale defeated Gregg Nakamura, Kelson Lau and Noah Beschen in his heat.
Freshman sparks UH water polo win
Hawaii freshman Maartje Keuning scored four goals to lead the No. 8 Rainbow Wahine water polo team to a 16-6 win over Santa Clara on Thursday at the Broncos’ Sullivan Aquatic Center.
UH junior Chloe Barr and sophomores Julia Barton, Femke Aan and Irene Gonzalez added two goals each for the Rainbow Wahine (4-2). Barr also had three assists and three steals and goalie Sarah Logan made four saves.
UH opens play in the Stanford Invitational on Saturday against No. 6 UC Irvine and No. 1 Stanford. The Wahine close their road trip on Sunday with a match against No. 10 Loyola Marymount and a bracket game.
