Box Score ST. GEORGE, UT– Chaminade took on the Red Storm of Dixie State this evening at the Burns Arena on the campus of Dixie State and lost 87-78.
The Silverswords got off to a solid start, taking a 12-8 lead five minutes in following a layup by guard
Lee Bailey (Detroit, MI/Detroit Country Day). A 16-3 run by Dixie State over the next six minutes gave the Red Storm a 24-15 advantage. The contest went to the half with the Red Storm owning a 37-30 advantage.
Dixie State tried to keep the margin at a safe distance for most of the second half, but CUH managed to cut the lead to seven points at 72-65 with 4:17 left in the contest with a made three by senior
Waly Coulibaly (Bamako, Mali/Patterson Prep). Brandon Simister connected on a three for Dixie State on the next possession just as the shot-clock expired to help squelch the Swords final rally. Both
Lee Bailey and senior
Bennie Murray (Fairfield, CA/ Will C. Wood) each added 15 points and six rebounds to lead CUH in the defeat. Junior forward
Rhys Murphy (Sydney, Australia/Barker) added 13 points, going two of six shooting from distance.
Chaminade shot 37% from the field and 37% from three, making 13 three-pointers. The Swords did a nice job on the glass, out-rebounding Dixie State 35-34, including an impressive 18 offensive rebounds. The Red Storm shot 62% from the floor.
Dixie State was led by McKay Massey with 17 points.
Chaminade senior De'Andre Haskins (Long Beach, CA/Jordan) and freshman
Kevin Hu (Taipei, Taiwan/Songsan), both standouts in the 2012 EA Sports Maui Invitational, were unable to play tonight due to injury.
Coach Bovaird discussed the defeat: “Our effort was good tonight; we just had one bad stretch in the first half that put us in a hole. Losing 'Dre and Kevin for this game put us a little short-handed. We'll have to bounce back with a tough opponent in Grand Canyon waiting for us.”
The Swords move to 3-4 on the year and 0-1 in the PacWest. The Red Storm move to 5-2 and 2-0 in the PacWest. Chaminade is back in action on December 5
th in PacWest Conference action. The Swords will face Grand Canyon at 6:30 PM MT in Phoenix, AZ at GCU Arena.
