{"id":153933,"date":"2022-01-04T13:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153933"},"modified":"2022-01-04T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:11:24","slug":"kawaha-samayoa-mathis-pepsi-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/04\/kawaha-samayoa-mathis-pepsi-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilo women basketball players earn Pepsi honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo women’s basketball team<\/a> topped nationally ranked Alaska Anchorage 76-73 in overtime on December 19. The Vulcans came together for a team win but two players stood out—Mandi Kawaha<\/strong> and Heaven Samayoa-Mathis<\/strong>. They were named this week’s Pepsi Athletes of the week.<\/p>\n

Kawaha led the Vulcans with 21 points and six assists, and had the game-winning bucket in overtime. She shot 50% in the field and was 6-for-7 at the free throw line and 2-for-2 behind the arc. She also collected two rebounds and a steal against the Seawolves.<\/p>\n

Samayoa-Mathis was the second-highest Vulcan scorer, setting a career high of 16 points. She was 5-for-7 in the field, 3-for-5 behind the arc, 2-for-3 at the free throw line and had one assist. She also collected a rebound and a steal.<\/p>\n

Read more at the UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Hilo women’s basketball players Mandi Kawaha and Heaven Samayoa-Mathis were named this week’s Pepsi Athletes of the week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,660,14,151],"class_list":["post-153933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t