Dec. 21, 2005
Honolulu, HI- In a rematch of a game played just five days ago, the story was the same. In a highly competitive environment with conference rivals going head to head, the Silverswords of Chaminade University prevailed 84-76 over BYU-Hawaii.
In a game that had the makings of a runaway early, turned out to be a tight game in the second half. CUH led by 14 with 5 seconds to go in the first half, only to let Paul Peterson make a buzzer-beating three to cut the momentum as well as the lead to 11 points at the break.
The Seasiders took that momentum and ran with it in the second half, closing the gap to two points. Chaminade answered every Seasider challenge with big threes by Stewart Kussler and Chris Reaves. Chris Reaves led the Swords with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 steals on the night. Zack Whiting added 12 points to go along with 11 assists in another impressive performance. Stewart Kussler had 16 points and 7 rebounds, while Chris Powell added 12 points in the win.
The Swords had 18 assists to only 8 turnovers and shot 54% from the arc in the second half. CUH shot 49% overall from the field for the game and had 12 steals.
Austin Smylie led BYU-Hawaii with a double-double, 14 points and 13 rebounds.
Chaminade improves to 5-4 on the year, while BYU-Hawaii falls to 2-4 on the year.
CUH is back in action at home on December 28, 2005 at 1:00 pm vs. St. John's (MN).
