• Final Stats
SEATTLE -- Central Washington sophomore Lacy Haddock scored the game-winning basket with 5.7 seconds left in regulation as the men's basketball team upset third-ranked BYU-Hawaii 78-77 Friday afternoon in the GNAC/PacWest Challenge at Brougham Pavilion in Seattle.
Central rebounds from its first loss of the season to even its record at 1-1 on the season. BYU-Hawaii, last season's NCAA Division II runner up, falls to 0-2 on the season.
CWU saw a four-point lead with 2:40 left in the first half get erased by the Seasiders who ended the half on a 9-0 run to take a 34-27 lead going into halftime. BYU-Hawaii built an 11-point lead less than four minutes into the second half, but a 16-0 run by the Wildcats gave CWU a 59-55 advantage with nearly 10 minutes left in the contest.
The Wildcats led by as many as six-points in the second-half but a late rally by the Seasiders capped by a three-pointer by Junior Ale gave BYU-Hawaii a three-point advantage with 1:07 remaining. Central sophomore Kevin Davis answered with a tip-dunk with 43 seconds left. Central regained possession as they forced Seasiders guard Jet Chang to turn the ball over with 32 seconds left, leading to Haddocks lay in with 5.7 seconds on the clock. A last second shot by Chang rimmed off and the Wildcats walked away with the final 78-77 win.
Five different Wildcats scored in double figures led by Jody Johnson who had a double-double with 10 points and a career-high 17 rebounds. The 17 caroms is the second highest single-game mark in the schools 14 year history of NCAA Division II play. Davis also recorded a double-double, his of the season, with 13 points and 10 rebounds in just 19 minutes of play. Junior Jordan Starr scored 12 points while fellow juniors Jordan Coby and Brandon Magee each had 11.
BYU-Hawaii got 21 points from pre-season All-American Jet Chang, 11 of which came from the free-throw line. Bracken Frank added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Seasiders including four steals. Ale and Brady Hurst also scored in double figures for the Seasiders with 13 and 10 points respectively.
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL
Sodexo GNAC/PacWest Challenge -- Game 1
Friday, Nov. 18, 2011
Brougham Pavilion/Seattle, Wash.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON 78, (#3) BYU-Hawaii 77
CENTRAL WASHINGTON (1-1)
Clyde 1-3 0-2 2; Magee 5-7 0-1 11; Davis 6-9 1-2 13; Gross 1-2 0-0 2; Haddock 4-8 1-2 9; Starr 4-9 3-3 12; Coby 4-8 0-0 11; Johnson 3-11 3-4 10; Lieser 2-3 0-0 4; Tyler, 1-8 2-2 4; Nelson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 31-72 10-16 78.
BYU-HAWAII (0-2)
Hurst 5-10 0-0 10; Funk 7-15 4-6 18; Ale 4-8 2-2 13; Chang 5-16 11-15 21; Dastrup 1-7 3-3 5; Satterwhite 2-4 0-0 5; Lawrence 2-2 0-0 4; Ngawaka 0-2 1-1 1; Covey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-64 21-27 77.
Central Washington......... 27 51 - 78
BYU-Hawaii................. 34 43 - 77
3-point goals--Central Washington 6-19 (Coby 3-5; Johnson 1-5; Magee 1-2; Starr 1-1; Gross 0-1; Tyler 0-3; Haddock 0-2), BYU-Hawaii 4-17 (Ale 3-5; Satterwhite 1-1; Dastrup 0-4; Funk 0-3; Chang 0-4). Fouled out--Central Washington-None, BYU-Hawaii-None. Rebounds--Central Washington 47 (Johnson 17), BYU-Hawaii 37 (Funk 10). Assists--Central Washington 10 (Starr 4), BYU-Hawaii 14 (Dastrup 4). Total fouls--Central Washington 20, BYU-Hawaii 14. Technical fouls--Central Washington-None, BYU-Hawaii-None. A-229.
