Hawaii women’s basketball team loses in OT at Nevada
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaii head coach Laura Beeman gestures to an official during the second half of a women’s college basketball game against the Hawaii Pacific Sharks on Dec. 9 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Manoa. The women’s basketball team lost today, 79-78 at Nevada.
The Hawaii women’s basketball team took a tough overtime loss today, 79-78 at Nevada, to conclude a three-game holiday road trip.
UH (4-9) had chances to win in both the final seconds of regulation and the extra period but went 0-for-3 on those opportunities.
Guard Julissa Tago scored all of her season-high 24 points after halftime, rallying the Wahine out of a 17-point hole. Center Lauren Rewers had a career game; the sophomore posted career highs of 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Tago, who shot 11-for-16, missed an off-balance shot at the end of regulation with the game tied at 69.
In overtime, Lahni Salanoa hit a second-chance 3-pointer to cut a four-point deficit to one with just under a minute left. UH got a stop at the other end and called timeout.
Tago was fouled on a drive with about eight seconds left, but the call was deemed to have come on the ground instead of in the act of shooting, so the Wahine had to inbound.
Point guard Tia Kanoa missed a jumper in the paint in the final seconds. Guard Savannah Reier got the rebound on the far side and went back up with it, but she came up short while appearing to take some contact from a defender. There was no call on the play and the game ended.
Nevada (4-7) got 24 points from Terae Briggs on 9-for-14 shooting. Briggs had the go-ahead layup with 2:13 left in OT.
