HONOLULU, HI – Jessup women's basketball (7-18, 5-14 PacWest) made history yet again in their victory at Chaminade University (0-21, 0-17 PacWest), 80-57.
For the middle game of their Hawaii trip, the Warriors scored an impressive 80 points against the Silverwords. In the midst of the team's overall success, senior Hailey Hoff stole the show for the second straight week. On February 5th, Hoff set a school record for most three-pointers in a single game with seven. In Honolulu, she would rewrite history and break her own record. She netted eight triples for 26 points, besting her performance against Fresno Pacific a week prior.
On Saturday night, the team came out firing on all cylinders with 24 points in the opening frame. Hoff sank her first three two minutes into the game to knot the score, 5-5. Claudia Jimenez and Hoff would match three-pointers a minute later to grow an early lead, 13-6. Andheya Aurelio drained a triple of her own to put the Warriors up double-digits, 22-12. At the end of the first quarter, Jessup was up by nine, 24-15. Chaminade responded in the second frame as they outscored the Warriors 13-11. But the Warriors early lead was enough to sustain a lead into halftime, 35-28.
The threes kept coming in the third quarter as Jessup exploded for 28 points and outscored the Silverswords 28-12. Two minutes into the second half, Jimenez sank two threes to put her team up fifteen, 45-30. Hoff built off Jimenez's momentum and drained four consecutive triples, 63-37. The visiting team went into the final frame up 23 points, 63-40. Jessup went on to score 17 more to total 80 on the night and win the PacWest meeting, 80-57.
Another historic night was the highlight of game two in Hawaii as she set the school record of eight triples in a single game, recorded 26 points and three steals. Jimenez had a great night of her own as she netted four three's, four rebounds and three assists. Porter Wood led her team in rebounds with six, tallied 14 points and two assists.
Head Coach Corey Laster shared his team's game plan out of halftime, " We knew we needed to improve in the second half and that is what we did in the third quarter. We played solid and the team fed off each other's success." He commented on Hoff's second historic night of the season, "Her teammates did a nice job finding her throughout the second half as she played incredibly well." Finally, in a night of record breaking moments Laster spoke about other stellar performances, "Defensively, Claudia's 6 steals, 24 points and Porter Wood's strong effort set the tone for the team tonight".
Jessup will play their final game on the islands as they take on the Hawaii Pacific Sharks on Tuesday, February 17th. Tipoff will be at 3:30 PM (PST).
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