Box Score SAN RAFAEL, CA – The Swords took on the Penguins of Dominican (CA) tonight in PacWest Conference action in the Conlan Center and fell, 58-53.
Chaminade battled in the opening half of action, trailing by just one, 23-22 at the break. CUH's Kelly Costello (Wixom, MI / Walled Lake Central) led Chaminade in the first half, connecting on three three's in the first half for nine first half points along with seven rebounds.
The game went back and forth in the second half as the Silverswords and Penguins were both fighting for a win. Following a
Rhani Kaneaiakala (Waimanalo, HI/Kamehameha) offensive rebound, junior
Nikki Tauau (Oxnard, CA/Pacifica) knocked down a jumper to tie the game at 50-50 with 2:34 left in the contest. Dominican's Kayla Valentine responded with back-to-back layups to give the Penguin's the win.
Tauau led Chaminade with a breakout game, scoring 15 points and adding 9 rebounds (8 offensive). Sophomore guard
Jordan Ahakuelo (Pearl City, HI/Pearl City) scored 10 points and 7 rebounds in defeat. Fellow Silversword Kelly Costello finished with 9 points and 10 rebounds.
CUH shot 18-65 (27%) from the floor for the game, while Dominican shot 39%.
Coach Keanini commented: “We ran good offense and got good looks, we didn't make some shots we can make. We did a very good job out-rebounding them. They're big. Dominican played well. On our side, we were able to make a run to tie the game, but we ran out of gas.”
Dominican was led by Kayla Valentine with 21 points. Chaminade out-rebounded the much taller Penguins 48-47.
Chaminade is back in PacWest action on Jan. 21st at Notre Dame de Namur (5:30 PM PT). The next home contest is Jan. 30th against Grand Canyon. Tip is set for 5:00 PM HT in McCabe Gym.
The Swords are now 0-11, 0-5 PWC on the year, while Dominican goes to 2-14, 1-5 PWC.
