MEDIA RELEASE

The University of Hawaii at Hilo held on to a 68-65 victory over Dominican University in San Rafael, Calif. to remain perfect in the Pacific West Conference.

The Vulcans improved to 9-4 overall and 3-0 in the PacWest while the Penguins are 3-10 overall and 0-2 in the PacWest.

“Winning three on the road is something we’ve never done,” UHH head coach Jeff Law said. “It was a very tough game. It was a typical game when you have three games on the road in a week. We didn’t have our legs and were skipping a beat mentally. We kept on plugging and fighting and we got it done.

“The guys are tired but it makes the flight over the water a little bit easier.

Bryan Ngo led the Vulcans with 23 points while Justin Smith turned in an 18-point, 10-rebound performance. Lavell Shipman added 11 points.

University of Hawaii at Hilo vs Dominican Penguins
01/09/10 7:30 pm at San Rafael, CA

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VISITORS: University of Hawaii at Hilo 9-4/3-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
21 Smith, Justin....... f  9-15   0-0    0-0    2  8 10   4  18  2  3  2  0  30
32 Wilde, Zachary...... f  1-6    0-1    0-0    1  2  3   2   2  3  1  0  0  27
01 Gipson, Andrew...... g  0-4    0-0    1-2    1  4  5   4   1  2  3  0  0  32
12 Ngo, Bryan.......... g  7-14   2-6    7-9    1  2  3   1  23  0  2  1  1  32
22 Shipman, Lavell..... g  4-6    0-1    3-3    1  5  6   0  11  1  3  0  3  34
03 Bruce, Kevin........    2-4    1-3    2-2    0  3  3   2   7  0  0  0  0  19
14 Schicker, Steve.....    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   4
33 Lefebvre, Jimmy.....    2-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   4  0  0  0  0   4
40 James, Brandon......    1-1    0-0    0-0    1  3  4   1   2  0  1  2  0  18
   TEAM................                         1     1             1
   Totals..............   26-53   3-12  13-16   8 28 36  15  68  8 14  5  4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-26 53.8%   2nd Half: 12-27 44.4%   Game: 49.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-6  33.3%   2nd Half:  1-6  16.7%   Game: 25.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-8  62.5%   2nd Half:  8-8  100 %   Game: 81.3%    2

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HOME TEAM: Dominican Penguins 3-10/0-2
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
33 Ward, Alex.......... f  8-13   0-0    0-0    5  4  9   0  16  2  1  1  3  37
20 Larson, Killian..... c  3-8    0-0    3-4    3  3  6   3   9  0  1  1  0  29
22 Bryan, Austin....... g  5-13   2-6    5-6    1  5  6   3  17  2  2  0  1  28
31 Lewis, Mark......... g  1-10   1-3    3-4    0  0  0   2   6  1  1  0  2  16
32 McNally, Xander..... g  3-4    0-0    1-2    0  3  3   3   7  2  1  1  2  28
03 Flack, Alastair.....    3-9    0-1    0-1    0  1  1   2   6  4  3  0  1  23
05 Muldrow, Xavier.....    2-6    0-1    0-0    1  1  2   1   4  1  0  0  2  14
10 Wells, Michael......    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  1  0  0  0  11
34 Mulholland, Fox.....    0-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   0   0  0  1  0  0  14
   TEAM................                         6  2  8
   Totals..............   25-66   3-12  12-17  17 20 37  14  65 13 10  3 11 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-35 34.3%   2nd Half: 13-31 41.9%   Game: 37.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-6  33.3%   2nd Half:  1-6  16.7%   Game: 25.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  9-11 81.8%   2nd Half:  3-6  50.0%   Game: 70.6%    1

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Officials: Jeff Ketchu, Ruben Candelaria, Mark Fulton
Technical fouls: University of Hawaii at Hilo-None. Dominican Penguins-None.
Attendance: 352
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
University of Hawaii at Hilo..   35   33  -   68
Dominican Penguins............   35   30  -   65