GAME 1

11:30 a.m. (HST)

Tulsa wins 74-51

(HONOLULU) LYLE DHUR - SPORTVICTORIA

One would expect that, on paper, this would should be Austin all the way but Tulsa has come out in the first half showing incredible grit and are fully in control for the first 20-mintues of the game.

Austin is having a very rough time of it at both ends of the court - on offense they are a turnover machine and when they do get open looks they are find a whole lot of rim. On the defensive end, Tulsa seems to be able to do whatever they want with Austin showing to be a step behind on most every pass.

Austin is working very hard to get a single look at the hoop only to see Tulsa come down and seemingly with little effort get a quick bucket of their own.

In the first half, the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes were a storm of trouble for the S. F. Austin Lumberjacks as Tulsa went into the half-time break with a 40-25 lead on the back of 7-12 shooting from outside the 3-point line.

2nd half started with Austin coming out on a 7-0 run. Took until 3:14 into the 2nd half for Tulsa to score.

Austin looked like they were going to make a charge but as hard as the Jacks worked, Tulsa just had a little bit more and there was always an answer to anything that Austin brought.

With 5:30 left in the 2nd half, Austin has still not hit a 3-pointer and are only 4-18 on the game from outside the arc.

4:05 to go, Tulsa is up 64-49 and firmly in control of the game.

In the end - it was all Tulsa. Stephen F. Austin never really challenged.

Final score is Tulsa 74-51 over S. F. Austin. Tulsa waits for the winner of game 2 to see who they will be playing in semi-final # 1.

Tulsa hit a season high 11 3-pointers going 11-21 for an unbelievable 52.4%!

Even though he was coming off the bench, Pat Birt, with 20 points, led the way for the Golden Hurricanes shooting a stellar 6-7 from outside the arc.

S. F. Austin was led by Dallas Cameron with 16.

GAME 2

2:00 p.m. (HST)

San Diego State wins 66-51

SAN DIEGO STATE

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

Canadians in the game: Montague Gill-Caesar and Nolan Narain for San Diego State.

(HONOLULU) LYLE DHUR - SPORTVICTORIA

San Diego State jumped out to a solid, 36-20, half-time lead and then just rode it to the end.

Final score was the Aztecs winning 66-51 over the Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi.

The Aztecs advance to semi-final # 1 versus the Golden Hurricanes of Tulsa.

State was led by Zylan Cheatham with 16.as Raheem Watts had 14 for Southern Miss.

Montague Gill-Caesar, of Vaghan ON, finished with 7 minutes of playing time, 1 missed shot, a turnover and a foul.

Nolan Narain, of Hamilton ON, had a defensive rebound, a turnover and a foul in 1-minute of playing time.

GAME 3

6:00 p.m. (HST)

San Francisco wins 89-86

SAN FRANCISCO

UTAH

The Dons of San Francisco and the Utes of Utah put on a great show for the fans with San Fran winning 89-86.

Cisco advances to semi-final # 2 and will face the winner of the last game of the night between Illinois State and Hawai'i.

Both players were led by bench players as San Fran head Ronnie Boyce with 19 and Utah's leader was Sedrick Barefield with 35.

GAME 4

8:30 p.m. (HST)

Illinois State wins 71-54

ILLINOIS STATE

HAWAI'I

Canadians in the game: MiKyle McIntosh will be on the court for Illinois State.

State comes out firing and is up 8-0 in less than two minutes into the game.

It took more than 3-minute for Hawai'i to score and by then Illinois was up by 10-0. Hopefully it's just early jitters for the Warriors.

After Hawai'i got a trey to open their scoring they went on a nice 7-0 run to make it a 3-point game.

Just about 10-minutes in and it's been a game of streaks so far… 10 by State then 7 by Hawai'I then State goes for 9. Ouch!!. Illinois up 19-7.

Both teams going back and fourth trading points as Hawai'i slowly chips into the State lead.

The Warriors got it down to 5-point game at 26-21 only to see State with back-to-back buckets and 1-2 from the line for a lead of 10 at 31-21.

As the half ends, the Illinois State Redbirds hold an 8-point lead at 33-25.

The 'birds have benefited from a nice balance of scoring as six different players have four or more points.

The 2nd half has seen State maintain control. Just over 5-minutes in and Illinois has added another six to the lead and are firmly in control at 47-33.

The game is well in hand for the Redbirds of Illinois State as with just over 10 to go in the 2nd half it's a 19-point game at 52-33. Hawai'i just did not show up in the 2nd half of the game.

State is on a 13-0 run with less than 7-minutes to go.

Unless a miracle happens, Hawai'i will move on to play Utah and Illinois State will advance to play San Francisco in semi-final # 2.

Final score is 71-45 for State.

The Redbirds were led by Deontae Hawkins with 16. MiKyle McIntosh, of Pickering ON, finished the game with 9 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a block.

Hawai'i's leading scorer was a trio of players, each with 10 - Gibson Johnson, Brocke Stepteau and Noah Allen.

The Warriors were outscored 38-20 in the 2nd half.

GAME 5

11:30 a.m. (HST)

San Diego State wins 82-63

WINNER GAME 1

WINNER GAME 2

TULSA

SAN DIEGO STATE

Canadians in the game: Montague Gill-Caesar and Nolan Narain for San Diego State.

Very close game with two very evenly matched teams.

Half-time saw the State holding a 4-point lead at 41-37.

Game tied at 51 going into a TV timeout with just over 11 to go in the 2nd half.

Coming out of the timeout State went on run and blew the game wide open.

Within two minutes it was 61-52 and San Diego was on their way to a berth in the finals.

2:30 to go in the 2nd half and it's all Aztecs as they have a big lead at 77-60.

Final score is 82-63 for State.

The Aztecs advance to the Christmas Day final versus the winner of San Francisco and Illinois State.

San Diego was led by Jeremy Hemsley with 20. Montague Gill Caesar, of Vaughan ON, had 9 points including a perfect 4-4 from the line.

Tulsa's leading scorer was Junior Etou with 18.

GAME 6

* 2:00 p.m. (HST)

Stephen F. Austin wins 67-64

* GAME WILL BE 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF GAME 5

LOSER GAME 1

LOSER GAME 2

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles jump out to an early lead,7-1, 5-minutes in.

Early lead is pushing to be a pretty good run as the Eagles are now up 10-1 just under 6 1/2 minutes into the 1st half.

With just over 10 minutes into the game it's a 12-point lead at 16-4. Austin needs to put it together quick to avoid this becoming a rout.

The Austin Lumberjacks have started to figure it out as they have been able to string a few buckets together but it will be a long road to overcome the lead they have given up.

Just over 6 to go in the 1st and it's 21-10 for Southern Miss.

Southern Miss goes back-to-back to regain a 15-point lead.

Less than 4 left in the half and it's 25-12 for the 'birds.

The Lumberjacks finally got something figured out and were able to make a significant dent into the Eagles lead.

The Jacks were able to put together a 12-3 run over a 3:20 stretch near the end of the 1st half.

At the half it's and 8-point game at 30-22.

Austin continues to narrow the lead and are not making a game of it.

Just under 6 into the 2nd half and it's 42-37 for Southern Miss.

The charge of the Jacks continues! With less than 12 to go in the game, S. F. Austin has brought it all the way back to make it a 2-point game at 46-44 for the Eagles.

With 11:21 to go Leon Gilmore III went to the foul-line and dropped both to tie the game at 46.

Then less than a minute later Gilmore slammed it home for SFA to give his team the lead at 48-46.

Gilmore at the line goes 1-2, the teams then traded layups and it's now 51-48 for the Lumberjacks.

With less than 9-minutes on the clock SFA is up 29-18 in the 2nd half.

7:08 - Chase Winchester with a 3 to make it 57-52 for SFA.

5:43 - Bilal Abdur-Rahim with a layup for Southern Miss - Michael Ramey is fouled on a 3-pointer - goes to the foul-line and drains all three and then he ties the game at 57.

Teams are trading the lead back and forth.

1:18 - Ivan Canete drops a couple free throws to make it 66-63 for SFA.

Teams trade foul-shots.

Final score is Stephen F. Austin winning 67-64.

Leading scorer for the Lumberlacks was Ivan Canete as he came off the bench to score 18.

Both of Southern Mississippi's leading scorers also came off the bench. Cortez Edwards and Quinton Campbell both had 11 for the Golden Eagles.

GAME 7

5:00 p.m. (HST)

San Franscisco wins 66-58

WINNER GAME 3

WINNER GAME 4

SAN FRANCISCO

ILLINOIS STATE

Canadians in the game: MiKyle McIntosh will be on the court for Illinois State.

Illinois State was up 2 at the half but dropped the 2nd half by 10 and thus the game.

San Francisco advances to the Diamond Head Classic final virtue of a 66-58 semi-final win.

Final score is 66-58 for San Francisco.

Charles Minlend came off the bench to lead the Dons of San Francisco with 17.

Canadian MiKyle McIntosh, of Pickering ON, was the top Redbird with a double-double with 20 points and 12 boards.

GAME 8

7:30 p.m. (HST)

Utah wins 66-52

LOSER GAME 3

LOSER GAME 4

UTAH

HAWAI'I

The game was close until about 9:30 to go in the 1st half when the Utes of Utah took a 1-point lead in a 9-8 game and pushed it to 31-18 at the half. That run was the difference in the game as the second half was quite even at 35-34 for the Utes.

Final score is 66-52 for Utah.

David Collette led the Utes with 17.

Jack Purchase was the top Warrior with 13.

GAME 9

* 9:30 a.m. (HST)

Hawai'i wins 60-46

* GAME WILL BE 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF GAME 9.

LOSER GAME 6

LOSER GAME 8

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

HAWAI'I

GAME 10

7:30 a.m. (HST)

Utah wins 74-66

WINNER GAME 6

WINNER GAME 8

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

UTAH

GAME 11

1:00 p.m. (HST)

LOSER GAME 5

LOSER GAME 7

Illinois State wins 68-56

TULSA

ILLINOIS STATE

Canadians in the game: MiKyle McIntosh will be on the court for Illinois State.

GAME 12

* 3:00 p.m. (HST)

San Diego State wins 62-48

* GAME WILL BE 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF GAME 11.

WINNER GAME 5

WINNER GAME 7

SAN DIEGO STATE

SAN FRANCISCO

Canadians in the game: Montague Gill-Caesar and Nolan Narain for San Diego State.

2016-17 DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC GAME WRAP-UPS

GAME 1	11:30 a.m. (HST)	Tulsa wins 74-51
TULSA	STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
(HONOLULU) LYLE DHUR - SPORTVICTORIA
One would expect that, on paper, this would should be Austin all the way but Tulsa has come out in the first half showing incredible grit and are fully in control for the first 20-mintues of the game.
Austin is having a very rough time of it at both ends of the court - on offense they are a turnover machine and when they do get open looks they are find a whole lot of rim. On the defensive end, Tulsa seems to be able to do whatever they want with Austin showing to be a step behind on most every pass.
Austin is working very hard to get a single look at the hoop only to see Tulsa come down and seemingly with little effort get a quick bucket of their own.
In the first half, the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes were a storm of trouble for the S. F. Austin Lumberjacks as Tulsa went into the half-time break with a 40-25 lead on the back of 7-12 shooting from outside the 3-point line.
2nd half started with Austin coming out on a 7-0 run. Took until 3:14 into the 2nd half for Tulsa to score.
Austin looked like they were going to make a charge but as hard as the Jacks worked, Tulsa just had a little bit more and there was always an answer to anything that Austin brought.
With 5:30 left in the 2nd half, Austin has still not hit a 3-pointer and are only 4-18 on the game from outside the arc.
4:05 to go, Tulsa is up 64-49 and firmly in control of the game.
In the end - it was all Tulsa. Stephen F. Austin never really challenged.
Final score is Tulsa 74-51 over S. F. Austin. Tulsa waits for the winner of game 2 to see who they will be playing in semi-final # 1.
Tulsa hit a season high 11 3-pointers going 11-21 for an unbelievable 52.4%!
Even though he was coming off the bench, Pat Birt, with 20 points, led the way for the Golden Hurricanes shooting a stellar 6-7 from outside the arc.
S. F. Austin was led by Dallas Cameron with 16.

GAME 2	2:00 p.m. (HST)	San Diego State wins 66-51
SAN DIEGO STATE	SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Canadians in the game: Montague Gill-Caesar and Nolan Narain for San Diego State.
(HONOLULU) LYLE DHUR - SPORTVICTORIA
San Diego State jumped out to a solid, 36-20, half-time lead and then just rode it to the end.
Final score was the Aztecs winning 66-51 over the Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi.
The Aztecs advance to semi-final # 1 versus the Golden Hurricanes of Tulsa.
State was led by Zylan Cheatham with 16.as Raheem Watts had 14 for Southern Miss.
Montague Gill-Caesar, of Vaghan ON, finished with 7 minutes of playing time, 1 missed shot, a turnover and a foul.
Nolan Narain, of Hamilton ON, had a defensive rebound, a turnover and a foul in 1-minute of playing time.

GAME 3	6:00 p.m. (HST)	San Francisco wins 89-86
SAN FRANCISCO	UTAH
The Dons of San Francisco and the Utes of Utah put on a great show for the fans with San Fran winning 89-86.
Cisco advances to semi-final # 2 and will face the winner of the last game of the night between Illinois State and Hawai'i.
Both players were led by bench players as San Fran head Ronnie Boyce with 19 and Utah's leader was Sedrick Barefield with 35.

GAME 4	8:30 p.m. (HST)	Illinois State wins 71-54
ILLINOIS STATE	HAWAI'I
Canadians in the game: MiKyle McIntosh will be on the court for Illinois State.
State comes out firing and is up 8-0 in less than two minutes into the game.
It took more than 3-minute for Hawai'i to score and by then Illinois was up by 10-0. Hopefully it's just early jitters for the Warriors.
After Hawai'i got a trey to open their scoring they went on a nice 7-0 run to make it a 3-point game.
Just about 10-minutes in and it's been a game of streaks so far… 10 by State then 7 by Hawai'I then State goes for 9. Ouch!!. Illinois up 19-7.
Both teams going back and fourth trading points as Hawai'i slowly chips into the State lead.
The Warriors got it down to 5-point game at 26-21 only to see State with back-to-back buckets and 1-2 from the line for a lead of 10 at 31-21.
As the half ends, the Illinois State Redbirds hold an 8-point lead at 33-25.
The 'birds have benefited from a nice balance of scoring as six different players have four or more points.
The 2nd half has seen State maintain control. Just over 5-minutes in and Illinois has added another six to the lead and are firmly in control at 47-33.
The game is well in hand for the Redbirds of Illinois State as with just over 10 to go in the 2nd half it's a 19-point game at 52-33. Hawai'i just did not show up in the 2nd half of the game.
State is on a 13-0 run with less than 7-minutes to go.
Unless a miracle happens, Hawai'i will move on to play Utah and Illinois State will advance to play San Francisco in semi-final # 2.
Final score is 71-45 for State.
The Redbirds were led by Deontae Hawkins with 16. MiKyle McIntosh, of Pickering ON, finished the game with 9 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a block.
Hawai'i's leading scorer was a trio of players, each with 10 - Gibson Johnson, Brocke Stepteau and Noah Allen.
The Warriors were outscored 38-20 in the 2nd half.

GAME 5	11:30 a.m. (HST)	San Diego State wins 82-63
WINNER GAME 1	WINNER GAME 2
TULSA	SAN DIEGO STATE
Canadians in the game: Montague Gill-Caesar and Nolan Narain for San Diego State.
Very close game with two very evenly matched teams.
Half-time saw the State holding a 4-point lead at 41-37.
Game tied at 51 going into a TV timeout with just over 11 to go in the 2nd half.
Coming out of the timeout State went on run and blew the game wide open.
Within two minutes it was 61-52 and San Diego was on their way to a berth in the finals.
2:30 to go in the 2nd half and it's all Aztecs as they have a big lead at 77-60.
Final score is 82-63 for State.
The Aztecs advance to the Christmas Day final versus the winner of San Francisco and Illinois State.
San Diego was led by Jeremy Hemsley with 20. Montague Gill Caesar, of Vaughan ON, had 9 points including a perfect 4-4 from the line.
Tulsa's leading scorer was Junior Etou with 18.

GAME 6	* 2:00 p.m. (HST)	Stephen F. Austin wins 67-64
* GAME WILL BE 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF GAME 5
LOSER GAME 1	LOSER GAME 2
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN	SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles jump out to an early lead,7-1, 5-minutes in.
Early lead is pushing to be a pretty good run as the Eagles are now up 10-1 just under 6 1/2 minutes into the 1st half.
With just over 10 minutes into the game it's a 12-point lead at 16-4. Austin needs to put it together quick to avoid this becoming a rout.
The Austin Lumberjacks have started to figure it out as they have been able to string a few buckets together but it will be a long road to overcome the lead they have given up.
Just over 6 to go in the 1st and it's 21-10 for Southern Miss.
Southern Miss goes back-to-back to regain a 15-point lead.
Less than 4 left in the half and it's 25-12 for the 'birds.
The Lumberjacks finally got something figured out and were able to make a significant dent into the Eagles lead.
The Jacks were able to put together a 12-3 run over a 3:20 stretch near the end of the 1st half.
At the half it's and 8-point game at 30-22.
Austin continues to narrow the lead and are not making a game of it.
Just under 6 into the 2nd half and it's 42-37 for Southern Miss.
The charge of the Jacks continues! With less than 12 to go in the game, S. F. Austin has brought it all the way back to make it a 2-point game at 46-44 for the Eagles.
With 11:21 to go Leon Gilmore III went to the foul-line and dropped both to tie the game at 46.
Then less than a minute later Gilmore slammed it home for SFA to give his team the lead at 48-46.
Gilmore at the line goes 1-2, the teams then traded layups and it's now 51-48 for the Lumberjacks.
With less than 9-minutes on the clock SFA is up 29-18 in the 2nd half.
7:08 - Chase Winchester with a 3 to make it 57-52 for SFA.
5:43 - Bilal Abdur-Rahim with a layup for Southern Miss - Michael Ramey is fouled on a 3-pointer - goes to the foul-line and drains all three and then he ties the game at 57.
Teams are trading the lead back and forth.
1:18 - Ivan Canete drops a couple free throws to make it 66-63 for SFA.
Teams trade foul-shots.
Final score is Stephen F. Austin winning 67-64.
Leading scorer for the Lumberlacks was Ivan Canete as he came off the bench to score 18.
Both of Southern Mississippi's leading scorers also came off the bench. Cortez Edwards and Quinton Campbell both had 11 for the Golden Eagles.

GAME 7	5:00 p.m. (HST)	San Franscisco wins 66-58
WINNER GAME 3	WINNER GAME 4
SAN FRANCISCO	ILLINOIS STATE
Canadians in the game: MiKyle McIntosh will be on the court for Illinois State.
Illinois State was up 2 at the half but dropped the 2nd half by 10 and thus the game.
San Francisco advances to the Diamond Head Classic final virtue of a 66-58 semi-final win.
Final score is 66-58 for San Francisco.
Charles Minlend came off the bench to lead the Dons of San Francisco with 17.
Canadian MiKyle McIntosh, of Pickering ON, was the top Redbird with a double-double with 20 points and 12 boards.

GAME 8	7:30 p.m. (HST)	Utah wins 66-52
LOSER GAME 3	LOSER GAME 4
UTAH	HAWAI'I
The game was close until about 9:30 to go in the 1st half when the Utes of Utah took a 1-point lead in a 9-8 game and pushed it to 31-18 at the half. That run was the difference in the game as the second half was quite even at 35-34 for the Utes.
Final score is 66-52 for Utah.
David Collette led the Utes with 17.
Jack Purchase was the top Warrior with 13.

GAME 9	* 9:30 a.m. (HST)	Hawai'i wins 60-46
* GAME WILL BE 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF GAME 9.
LOSER GAME 6	LOSER GAME 8
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI	HAWAI'I



GAME 10	7:30 a.m. (HST)	Utah wins 74-66
WINNER GAME 6	WINNER GAME 8
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN	UTAH



GAME 11	1:00 p.m. (HST)
LOSER GAME 5	LOSER GAME 7	Illinois State wins 68-56
TULSA	ILLINOIS STATE
Canadians in the game: MiKyle McIntosh will be on the court for Illinois State.


GAME 12	* 3:00 p.m. (HST)	San Diego State wins 62-48
* GAME WILL BE 20 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF GAME 11.
WINNER GAME 5	WINNER GAME 7
SAN DIEGO STATE	SAN FRANCISCO
Canadians in the game: Montague Gill-Caesar and Nolan Narain for San Diego State.