Friday, February 29, 2008

MAIVIA WILL MISS SPRING DRILLS

(Feb. 29): Bad new for Kaluka Maiava, who is seeking to establish himself as a full-time starting linebacker for USC this season. The ex-Baldwin standout has not fully recovered from wrist surgery and will miss next month's spring practice.

Maiava suffered a wrist injury in November and broke his thumb forcing a fumble during January's Rose Bowl win over llinois. Maiava played in all 13 of USC's game last season, including sevral as a starter. He had 44 tackles, with 4.5 for a loss, 2 sacks.

Closer to home, you can credit the UH basketball team for coming back and debit it for letting yet another game get away.
That was the familiar story last night at The Stanley as Hawaii suffered an 85-77 overtime loss to an Idaho team the had not previously won a road game all season.

Bill Amis led the Bows with 20 points, Bobby Nash added 19 and Matt Gibson had 18 points and nine assists despite not entering the game until midway through the first half because of a sore left knee.

The Vandals led by as many as seven with 6:26 left in regulation before UH, which had trailed by as many as 15 late in the first half, went on a late rally for a three-point edge with less than a minute left. But Hawaii squandered that lead, forcing an extra session.

When it was over, the Bows dropped to 11-15 overall and 7-6 in the WAC, while the Vandals improved to 7-19 overall, 4-10 in the WAC and 1-13 on the road.

Hawaii closes out its home schedule on Saturday against Boise State.

After going five painful games in a road loss the night before, the UH men's volleyball team were routed in three by No. 9 Stanford last night. The scores: 30-22, 30-23, 30-25.

Things went better for UH in women's basketball and baseball yesterday.

In hoops, Megan Tinnin scored 20 of her 25 in the second half, sparking the Rainbow Wahine to a 67-54 road win over Boise State.

In baseball, UH powered its way to a 7-3 win over Northern Illinois in an opening-round game of the Coca-Cola Classic in Arizona. Hawaii plays top-ranked Arizona today. The Sun Devils crushed No. 8 Michigan in another first-round game.


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