Hawaii Grown notes: Men's and women's basketball, swimming and tennis
Jan. 26—MEN'S BASKETBALL — Liam Fitzgerald, Leilehua'18 : The Whitworth (Wash.) senior had 10 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 27 minutes of a 92-67 win over Lewis and Clark (Ore.) on Friday and chipped in six points, two assists, a block, a steal and a rebound in an 80-78 win over George Fox (Ore.) on Saturday. The Pirates are 15-2 overall and 8-1 in Northwest Conference play.—Jake Holtz, Damien'20 : The Whitworth (Wash.) sophomore had 11 points and five rebounds off the bench against the Pioneers and finished with 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting with two rebounds against the Bruins.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL—Kizzah Maltezo, Honokaa'16 : The Central Washington senior guard made six of nine shots from the 3-point line and finished with 27 points and a game-high six steals in a 90-75 win over Saint Martin's (Wash.) on Thursday. Maltezo added 18 points, three assists and two steals in a 74-55 win over Western Oregon on Saturday.—Tori Maeda, 'Iolani'19 : The Central Washington sophomore guard had a team-high seven assists, six points, four rebounds and a steal against the Saints and chipped in six points, five rebounds, five assists and a steal against the Wolves.—Lily Wahinekapu, 'Iolani'21 : The Cal State Fullerton freshman guard finished with 10 points, six assists, four rebounds and a steal in a 75-67 loss to UC Irvine on Thursday and tallied a game-high 23 points on 8-for-18 shooting with six rebounds, four assists and two steals in a 64-61 loss to UC San Diego on Saturday.
MEN'S SWIMMING—Tyler Kawakami, Punahou'19 : The George Washington junior won the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.29 seconds and finished second in the 100 free (47.52 ) while also helping the 200-yard medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams finish first in a win over Georgetown to open the 2022 season on Saturday.—DH Hwang, Kalani'18 : The George Washington senior finished second in the 1, 000 freestyle (9 :37.32 ) against Georgetown.—Noa Carlson, Kaiser'19 : The Utah junior swimmer helped the Utes finish third in the 200 freestyle relay, swimming Utah's best time of 20.98 seconds on the anchor leg, and also had a fifth-place finish in the 200 free (1 :44.13 ) and came in eighth in the 100 free (47.38 ) in a tri-meet against Colorado Mesa and Denver on Saturday.—Micah Ginoza, Kaiser'20 : The Utah sophomore finished fifth in the 500 free (4 :51.00 ) and seventh in the 1, 000 free (9 :59.14 ) in Saturday's tri-meet.
WOMEN'S SWIMMING—Sofia Carlson, Punahou'21 : The Utah freshman swam the first leg of the 200 freestyle relay in 25.11 seconds to help the Utes finish fifth, and she added seventh-place finishes in the 50 free (24.87 ) and 100 free (53.65 ) in the Utes' tri-meet victories over Colorado Mesa and Denver on Saturday.
MEN'S TENNIS—Ryo Minakata, Hawaii Prep'19 : The Boise State junior won in straight sets at No. 5 singles and was also a winner at No. 3 doubles in the Broncos' 4-3 win over Abilene Christian on Sunday.
WOMEN'S TENNIS—Annika Alcon, Mid-Pacific'20 : The Portland sophomore went 2-0 in doubles and 1-2 in singles at the Beach Tennis Winter Invite that ended Sunday.------Stats compiled by Billy Hull, Star-Advertiser. To submit an athlete for publication, email : bhull @staradvertiser.com.
