Westmont Men's Basketball Drops Heartbreaker to Hawaii Pacific, 72-70

Westmont Drops Nail-Biter to Hawai‘i Pacific 72-70

A late comeback by the Westmont men’s basketball team fell short as visiting Hawai‘i Pacific escaped Murchison Gymnasium with a 72-70 victory on Thursday night.Hawai‘i Pacific’s Joshua West drove to the rim with time running down and banked in a runner with 1.4 seconds remaining.“I think that we executed down the stretch, and we executed in the second half, but the free throw killed us,” said Westmont coach Landon Boucher. “We sent them to the l…

Westmont Men's Basketball Drops Heartbreaker to Hawaii Pacific, 72-70

Westmont Men’s Basketball (6-12, 4-6 PacWest) came oh so close to what could have been an exhilarating win in front of their home crowd on Saturday. Instead, a last-second shot from the Hawaii Pacific Sharks (9-9, 4-5) silenced Westmont’s best crowd of the year in an eventual 72-70 win for the visitors. A tight-knit first half saw HPU lead 42-37 at intermission, with the underlying numbers favoring the Sharks. At the break, HPU was shooting 68% …