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# 14 Negus Webster-Chan
# 33 Stefan Jankovic
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December 22, 2014 Game 1 – [HONOLULU] The 2014 version of the Diamond Head Classic tipped off at the Stan Sheriff Center at the University of Hawai’i @ Manoa with a battle between George Washington Colonials (6-3) and Ohio Bobcats (3-4). The game started out with the Colonials running up an 11-2 lead less than 5-minutes into the game. The Bobcats charged back with their own 5-minute run to make it an 18-16 game just before the 10-minute mark of the 1st half. Over the last 10-minutes of the 1st half the teams were evenly matched with each team trading mini-runs of their own. With 2-mintues to go in the 1st half G. W. held a 43-34 and then both the offenses stalled and there was no more scoring. In the 2nd half it was the Colonials’ defence that stepped up and they ran off a 34-15 half for a 77-49 victory. The Colonials were led by Kevin Larsen with 19 and Ryan Taylor had 13 for the Bobcats.
Game 2 – [HONOLULU] The Colorado Buffaloes (6-3) finished the 1st half up three at 36-33 over the DePaul Blue Demons (6-4). The 2nd half was a whole lot of Buffalo as they put up a solid 46-35 have to secure their seventh win of the season with an 82-68 victory. Colorado (7-3) advances to semi-final #1 where they will play in a battle of 7-3 teams versus the George Washington Colonials (7-3). Semi-final #1 is slated to tip-off at 11:30 a.m. (HST), December 23rd. The Buffaloes were led by Askia Booker with 27 and the Blue Demons Tommy Hamilton IV had 16.
Game 3 – [HONOLULU] The tournament’s top ranked team, the Wichita State Shockers (8-1) took on Loyola Marymount Lions (3-6) in Game 3. This one was not even close as the Shockers shocked the Lions to the tune of an 80-53 thumping. Darlus Carter and Tekele Cotton each had a dozen for the Shockers as a balanced attack saw an astounding 13 of 15 players hit the scoresheet. The Lions were led by Evan Payne with 15.
Game 4 – [HONOLULU] The feature game of the night saw the host Rainbow Warriors of Hawai’i (8-3) taking on the Cornhuskers of Nebraska (6-3). The bench was the difference in this one as the Warriors got 18 off the pine compared to the Huskers getting only eight. The Warriors were led by Aaron Valdes with 15 while supported by Scarborough’s Negus Webster-Chan with seven and Mississauga’s Stefan Jankovic had five. Semi-final #2 will be populated by Wichita State and the Hawaiian hosts, the Rainbow Warriors. Semi-final #2 is at 4:30 p.m. (HST) on December 23rd.
December 23, 2014 Game 5 – [HONOLULU] Consolation game with Ohio defeating DePaul 99-72
Game 6 – [HONOLULU] Semi-final #1 was a evenly contest match up of George Washington and Colorado as G. W. advanced to final with a 53-50 victory.
Game 7 – [HONOLULU] Wichita State won the first half by one, Hawai’i won the second half by one, overtime was won by Wichita State by one… GREAT GAME… Fans got their monies’ worth on this night as State advanced to the final vs George Washington with an 80-79 victory. Wichita State was led by Ron Baker with 17 and Hawai'i got 17 from Aaron Valdes and Isaac Fleming who came off the bench. Negas Webster-Chan finished with nine and Stefan Jankovic had 12.
Game 8 – [HONOLULU] Back to back overtime games made for great night for the crowd. Points were scarce in this one – the score at the end of regulation was 35-35 and then 50-42 after overtime. Nebraska advanced to the consolation final versus Ohio.
December 25, 2014 Game 9 – [HONOLULU] Loyola Marymount defeated DePaul 72-69 to take 7th place.
Game 10 – [HONOLULU] Nebraska 71-58 over Ohio for 5th place.
Game 11 – [HONOLULU] Hawai'i scored six straight points in the last 90 seconds of the game to take home 3rd place with a 69-66 over the Buffalo's from Colorado. Isaac Fleming came off the bench for Hawai'i and lit up Colorado for 18. Scarborough’s Negus Webster-Chan had 12 and Mississauga’s Stefan Jankovic finished with four for Hawai'i. Bench scoring was again strong for Hawai'i as they got 30 off the pine compared to a mere four points for Colorado.
Game 12 – [HONOLULU] George Washington shot the lights out going more than 51% from the field and a scorching 60% from behind the arc. The great shooting led George Washington to 60-54 win over #11 Wichita State and also took home the Diamond Head Classic title. The 6-point loss was only the 2nd loss of the year for Wichita State and only the 3rd in the last 18 months. |
