Box Score HONOLULU, HI – Chaminade was back in McCabe Gym to take on another PacWest team near the top of the conference standings, Cal Baptist.
Chaminade got off to a slow start, trailing 11-2 early on. The Swords rallied back, but never led in the first half, trailing 36-28 at the break. Senior
Matt Cousins (Santa Rosa, CA/Cardinal Newman) helped to keep the Swords close, scoring 12 points and adding 8 rebounds in the half.
Bennie Murray (Fairfield, CA/Will C. Wood) added 11 points in the half.
Cal Baptist was 6-12 from three in the opening half. The Lancers shot 54% for the half, Chaminade shot 33%.
Chaminade, after a
Bennie Murray three-point play and a
Lee Bailey (Detroit, MI/Detroit Country Day) three-pointer took their first lead of the night at 45-44 with 14 minutes left. A jumper by CBU's Alexsander Milovic finally ended the impressive 17-0 Chaminade run. Following the Lancers jumper, the Swords led 49-46.
At the final media timeout, Cal Baptist had regained a slim lead over Chaminade at 59-56. After
Dominique Cooks (Wollongong, AUS/Holy Spirit) made a free throw to complete a three-point play, the CBU lead was two, 59-57.
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Waly Coulibaly (Bamako, Mali/Patterson Prep) three with 1:02 left made the score 66-63 CBU. The Lancers held on down the stretch, winning 72-63.
Senior
Matt Cousins finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds while CUH junior guard
Bennie Murray, added 19 points in defeat.
The Swords won the rebounding battle 35-31. Chaminade shot 36% from the floor while Cal Baptist shot 54% for the contest.
The Lancers were led by Ivan Patterson with 22 points.
Chaminade is back at home against BYU-Hawaii on February 8th in McCabe Gymnasium. Tip is set for 7:30 PM HT.
With the loss, the Swords move to 9-8, 7-3 in PWC while Cal Baptist moves to 15-3, 9-2 in the PWC.
