The Top 1 Through 16 Tournament

[Wayne23]

Tease!

[PointGuard]

Hawaii pulled out a thrilling 2-point victory in their first game behind the stellar performance of PG David Hamilton (20 points and 4 assists) and reserve C Gerrick Williams (17 points and 4 rebounds). In contrast Bowling Green achieved a 35-point blowout win in round 1 with interior players Chris Gentry and Jerome Bowie combining for 33 points and 9 rebounds.

Starting lineups:

Bowling Green: PG 6-4 Shammell Smith, SG 6-3 Michael Maybin, SF 6-7 Greg Miller, PF 6-6 Jerome Bowie, C 6-7 Chris Gentry

Hawaii: PG 6-5 David Hamilton, SG 6-3 Shannon Sykes, SF 6-8 David Howard, PF 6-7 Darius Allison, C 6-8 Todd Brown

Hawaii took a 7-0 lead and held Bowling Green scoreless for 5 minutes. Bowling Green’s C Chris Gentry went to the bench with 2 fouls after just 4-1/2 minutes of play. Hawaii increased their lead to 12 points with about 7 minutes remaining in the first half, but then the Falcons made a run that cut the Warriors lead to 28-27 with 3:05 left. Then Hawaii came back to lead 36-31 at the end of the half.

Hawaii hit 48% of their shots while Bowling Green canned just 42% of theirs. PF Jerome Bowie led the Falcons with 12 points and 5 rebounds. Reserve big-man Wayne Duke was Hawaii’s top scorer with 8 points.

Hawaii maintained a small lead, mainly by completely nullifying Bowling Green’s Princeton offense. But the Warriors shot poorly and couldn’t pull away. Bowling Green continued to deploy the Princeton offense frequently but nearly every time it resulted in a turnover or missed shot. With 5 minutes to play, Hawaii led 52-49. Hawaii shut the Falcons down from that point and drew away for a big win.

Final Score: Hawaii—66, Bowling Green—50.

Bowling Green: PG Shammell Smith-6/2/1, SG Michael Maybin-15/0/6, SF Greg Miller-0/2/0, PF Jerome Bowie-16*/0/9*, C Chris Gentry-8/3*/8.

Falcons team stats: FG%-33%, 14 of 19 FT’s, 6 of 21 Threes, 31 Reb, 20 TO’s, 23 PF’s.

Hawaii: PG David Hamilton-7/0/2, SG Shannon Sykes-6/1/4 (+4 steals), SF David Howard-7/2/4 (+4 steals), PF Darius Allison-7/0/1, C Todd Brown-7/1/6; Bench player: Gerrick Williams-11/0/0, Wayne Duke-8/0/2.

Warriors team stats: FG%-41%, 25 of 29 FT’s, 5 of 18 Threes, 28 Reb, 14 TO’s, 18 PF’s.

Player of the Game: Hawaii SF David Howard-7 pts, 2 assists, 4 reb, 4 steals.

[Wayne23]

NOW we get UNLV? They're next, right?

[PointGuard]

You're sounding like a kid on a trip..."Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

[Wayne23]

I gotta pee!

[PointGuard]

Wheeling over to the side of the road..."OK, hop out and do it!"

[Wayne23]

A-h-h-h-h-h-h-h! Oops, sorry about the tire!

[PointGuard]

Ralphie: Oooh fuuudge!

Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!

Mr. Parker: [stunned] *What* did you say?

Ralphie: Uh, um...

Mr. Parker: That's... what I thought you said. Get in the car. Go on!

Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] It was all over - I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child's play compared to what surely awaited me.

[Wayne23]

I was sitting in a puddle of sweat. At least I THINK it was sweat!

[PointGuard]

[For Wayne].....drum rolllllllllllllllllll.......