Feb. 24, 2008

Laie, HI- Sir Winston Churchill once said, " Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Chaminade played one of their best games of the year tonight when they took on the Seasiders of BYU Hawaii, they lost by only 6 points, losing 78 to 72.

Senior Katherine Carlisle scored a team 20 points for Chaminade, she had 3 rebounds and went 5 for 7 from the free throw line. Chaminade as a team shot 70% from the charity line in tonight's close battle with BYU Hawaii. Sophomore point guard Samantha Saito was the second leading scorer for the Silverswords with 16 points and 6 assists.

Katherine Carlisle said about tonight's game, "Tonight was a great team basketball, we came out and played a hard 40 minutes. Which we haven't done all year, we are going to be keep fighting until the end."

Samantha Saito said about the game, " Tonight's game was a close one, it hurts to lose but it was a hard fought battle to the end. We are looking forward to this two game road trip coming up and ready to get a win!" Despite losing the game by only 6 points, CUH got out rebounded by a large margin, 50 to 32. Chaminade shot 44% on the night while the Seasiders shot 38% from the floor. The turnover battle was pretty consistent on both sides, the Silverswords had 23 to the Seasiders 22.

With the loss tonight the Silverswords fall to 0-23 overall and 0-16 in the Pacific West Conference, while BYU Hawaii improves their record to 5-20 overall and 5-11 in the Pacific West Conference. Chaminade has no more games left this season, they travel to St. George, Utah to take on Dixie State and than onto Belmont, CA to conclude their season with a game against Notre Dame de Na Mur.