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SAN JOSE, Calif.—The University of Hawai`i women's basketball team (5-11, 0-1 WAC) lost its Western Athletic Conference opener at San Jose State, 83-67. Sydney Haydel scored a career-high 17 points and Kamilah Jackson had a game-high 13 rebounds in the loss at The Event Center on Saturday night.
 
Haydel led a trio of UH players who hit double-figures in points. She went 5-of-9 from the floor with one 3-pointer made and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line in 26 minutes of action. She scored 12 of her 17 points in the second half from off the bench. Her previous career high was 10 points against Portland at the beginning of this season.
 
Breanna Arbuckle contributed 10 points and seven rebounds with three assists while Vicky Tagalicod added 10 points, four rebounds and two assists. Jackson finished the game a bucket shy of a double-double, with eight points on 4-of-11 shooting.
 
The 'Bows hung tough in the first half, battling hard with five ties and four lead changes through the first 12 minutes of the game, but then with the game tied at 18-18 at the 7:27 mark in the first half, San Jose State went on a 7-0 run and never looked back. The Spartans led 39-28 at the break.
 
The second half started with SJSU outscoring UH early, 14-to-7 to build as big a lead as 20 points at the 13:45 mark. But the Rainbow Wahine then tried to mount a comeback, going on a 9-0 run to cut the score to 59-48 with seven minutes to go. SJSU sunk 14 of their final 24 points on free throws to close the game.
 
San Jose State outscored UH, 24-to-22 in the paint and scored 22 points off of UH's 17 turnovers. But the 'Bows scored 20 second-chance points to SJSU's 12 and Hawai`i's bench outscored the Spartans 28-to-7.
 
The Rainbow Wahine return home and will face Louisiana Tech next on Thursday, Jan. 19 and New Mexico State on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Stan Sheriff Center. Both games start at 5:00 p.m. as the first game of doubleheaders with the men's basketball team.