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HONOLULU—The University of Hawai`i women's basketball team (12-11, 8-4 Big West) defeated UC Davis, 59-48 on Thursday night in the Stan Sheriff Center. Senior point guard Monica DeAngelis led UH with a game-high 20 point while junior forward Kamilah Martin notched her ninth double-double of the season with 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
DeAngelis was 7-of-13 from the floor and tied her season-high with four 3-pointers made. She also had two rebounds and two steals in 38 minutes of action.
 
Martin was 3-of-6 in field goals and 4-of-5 from the free throw line for her 10 points—all scored in the first half. It marked her 38th career double-double and the 64th time in her career that she led UH in rebounds.
 
Senior center Stephanie Ricketts provided solid minutes in the post for the 'Bows, scoring a career-high seven points on 3-of-3 shooting in the paint with 1-of-2 free throws made. She also added two rebounds in 14 minutes off the bench. Sydney Haydel led UH, tying her career-high with three steals and Shawna-Lei Kuehu tied her season-high dishing out three assists with four rebounds and two steals off the bench. Vicky Tagalicod and Ashleigh Karaitiana both added eight points apiece with Karaitiana also securing nine rebounds.
 
Early in the first half, with the 'Bows leading 7-6, UH went on a 10-0 run with a trey by DeAngelis, a jumper by Kuehu and three free throws and a layup by Martin to take a 17-6 lead with 13:12 left. Later after trading baskets, the Rainbow Wahine closed the half strong, scoring the last 10-straight points to take a 34-14 lead into the half. DeAngelis led UH with 11 points—including three treys while Martin tallied 10 points and nine rebounds.
 
The 'Bows struggled at the start of the second half to find their offensive groove again, UH missed their first eight shots of the half and didn't not score a basket until the 15:37 mark. But UH did just enough offensively to keep UCD at bay, never allowing their lead to dip below double-digits. The Aggies actually outscored UH in the second half, 34-25 but could not make up the stagger of their 20-point half time deficit.
 
UC Davis edged out the 'Bows in points in the paint, 22-to-20, but UH led the Aggies in points off of turnovers (17-to-13), second chance points (13-to-4) and bench scoring (19-to-4). UH's defense held UCD to just 21.7% shooting in the first half and did not allow a 3-pointer in four attempts. For the game, the Aggies made just one-of-eight from beyond the arch—they were averaging seven made per game and lead the conference in 3-pointers made and attempted. Hawai`i also out-rebounded UC Davis, 39-to-26.

The Aggies were led by Sydnee Fipps who scored 18 points on 6-of-10 field goal shooting and 6-of-10 from the charity stripe. She also had a game-high five steals.
 
Hawai`i now has 12 wins on the season—the most since the 2007-08 squad and the eight conference wins is the most since the 2006-07 season. The win over UC Davis give them the series sweep this season after defeating the Aggies earlier this year in Davis, 71-63 on Jan. 19.
 
The showdown is now set with league-leader Pacific coming to down on Saturday night., The Tigers defeated Cal State Northridge on the road tonight, 74-56 and are one game ahead of UH at 9-3 in the Big West.
 
Saturday night's game is UH's "Play4Kay" game and will be wearing pink shooting shirts before the game in honor of breast cancer awareness. The Honorary Captain for the game will be Supreme Court Justice Sabrina McKenna who played for the 'Bows from 1975-78.