Tyler Cartaino and Erik Scheive scored 22 points apiece and Chaminade got a 3-pointer at the buzzer from Andre Arissol to defeat Hawaii Hilo 82-80 in the PacWest men’s basketball regular-season finale for both at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.
The Silverswords (22-6, 16-6) are seeded third in next week’s PacWest Tournament in San Rafael, Calif., and will open with Holy Names in a quarterfinal on Thursday. The Vulcans finished 12-14, 10-12.
In the earlier women’s game, Chaminade (7-19, 6-16) defeated Hawaii Hilo (8-18, 5-17) 75-67 in the season finale for both.
HPU women win on senior night
Samantha Lambrigtsen scored a game-high 25 points as the Hawaii Pacific women’s basketball team defeated Notre Dame de Namur 86-45 on senior night at Moanalua High on Saturday.
HPU (20-8, 18-4 PacWest) also received 16 points from Alysha Marcucci. Rachel Pau’u led the Argonauts (9-17, 8-14) with 12 points.
>> On the men’s side, RJ Louis had 15 points, leading Notre Dame de Namur (2-26, 2-12 PacWest) to a 51-47 win over Hawaii Pacific (7-20, 4-18).
Brown, Rossing to speak at QB Club
Hawaii head diving coach Mike Brown and his wife, Anita Rossing, the assistant diving coach, will be the featured speakers at the Honolulu Quarterback Club on Monday.
Brown and Rossing will be speaking about the recent Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Conference Championships, where the UH divers won all six individual diving events en route to the men’s and women’s team titles.