Fresno State Athletics
POSTGAME NOTES: Hawai'i 74, Fresno State 68 (OT)
1/12/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2012
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POSTGAME NOTES
• Junior guard Garrett Johnson scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field and logged a career-high 35 minutes in his 71st game as a Bulldog.
• Senior point guard Steven Shepp dished out a career-best 11 assists and eight points with a block and a steal in his 71st game as a Bulldog.
• Sophomore guard Kevin Olekaibe netted 15 points, which was his 13th double-digit scoring night of the season and third straight. He scored a team-best 11 first half points, which was the 16th time this season that he has scored 10 or more points in a half and the sixth time that he reached the double-digit mark in the first half.
• Redshirt sophomore Jerry Brown tallied 10 points and swiped a season-best four steals.
• In total, four Bulldogs recorded career-highs in minutes played (Olekaibe - 44, Brown - 41, Shepp - 40 and G. Johnson - 35).
• This was Fresno State's first overtime game since last season when the Bulldogs defeated New Mexico State 88-83 at the Save Mart Center on Feb. 3, 2011.
• This was Fresno State's first overtime loss in nearly three years when the Bulldogs fell to New Mexico State 79-71 on the road at the Pan American Center on Feb. 14, 2009.
• As a team, Fresno State outrebounded Hawai'i 21-12 on the offensive glass, but allowed the Rainbow Warriors to pull down a 34-13 edge on the defensive boards.
• As a team, Fresno State tied a season-high with 11 3-pointers. The Bulldogs also hit 11 from beyond the 3-point arc against Manhattan back in NIT Season Tip Off play.
• Fresno State picked up 11 steals and forced 20 Hawai'i turnovers.
• Fresno State made 78 field goal attempts in 45 minutes of game action, but converted just 27 field goals for a 34.6 percent clip from the floor. Hawai'i hit 27-of-52 shots for a 51.9 mark from the floor.
• Fresno State is now 7-2 against Hawai'i in games played at the Save Mart Center.
• Fresno State is now 2-11 when trailing with five minutes to play this season.
• Fresno State is now 0-3 in WAC play for the first time since starting the 2008-09 conference slate with a 0-4 record, which marks the only other time this decade that the Bulldogs opened WAC action by losing its first three conference games.
• Terry Coat Tracker: 2:15
