Jan. 19, 2012

Box Score

HONOLULU, HAWAII - Kamilah Jackson scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Hawaii to a 61-46 win over Louisiana Tech Thursday night at the Stan Sheriff Center in Western Athletic Conference action.

With the loss, Tech dropped to 8-10 overall and 1-2 in WAC play while Hawaii improved to 6-11, 1-1 in league action.

For the third straight conference game, Louisiana Tech couldn't find any type of rhythm offensively all night long as the Lady Techsters hit only 26 percent (19-72) of their field goals, including only 18 percent (8-36) in the opening half.

Hawaii took advantage of the Lady Techsters cold night building an early double digit lead. After Jasmine Bendolph hit a three-pointer to give Tech its only lead of the night at 3-2, Hawaii used a 12-0 run to take a 14-3 lead midway through the first half. Tech hit only 1 of its first 16 shots.

The Lady Techsters fought back, using a 10-2 run to cut the UH advantage to 16-13. However, the Rainbow Wahine wouldn't allow Tech any closer as they took a 26-17 lead into the halftime locker room.

After UH came out and pushed the advantage out to 30-17 early in the second half, the Lady Techsters finally found some momentum as Shantale Bramble-Donaldson helped spearhead a run that saw Tech pull to within 41-37 with just under eight minutes to play. The Lady Techsters then had four straight opportunities to cut farther into the deficit but came up empty on each one as Hawaii pushed the lead back out to 51-39.

Tech made one final push as an Angie Felton three-pointer and a Whitney Frazier layup trimmed the lead down to 51-46 with less than two minutes to play. Hawaii finished the game by scoring the final 10 points as the Rainbow Wahine snapped a six-game losing streak to Tech.

Bramble-Donaldson led Tech with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Tech returns to action Saturday when it faces San Jose State at 10:30 p.m. CT.