{"id":154434,"date":"2022-01-19T14:23:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=154434"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:23:15","slug":"olson-strong-pepsi-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/19\/olson-strong-pepsi-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilo basketball players Olson, Strong named Pepsi athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo women\u2019s<\/a> and men\u2019s<\/a> basketball teams recently faced Academy of Art University and Dominican University of California. This week\u2019s Pepsi Athletes of the Week are Bree Olson<\/strong> and Jamie Strong<\/strong>—both players helped their teams pick up two wins.<\/p>\n

Olson made her first debut of the 2021-22 season on January 13 against Academy of Art. Olson scored seven points against the Urban Knights and contributed an assist in the Vulcans\u2019 66-58 win. She was a spark plug in the Vulcans\u2019 offensive on January 17 against the Penguins. She scored six of UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s 13 points in the first quarter and ended the night with a total of 11 points.<\/p>\n

Strong scored 12 points and dished out three assists in the Vulcans\u2019 75-72 victory over Academy of Art on January 13. He was key on defense where he collected four boards and snagged a steal. Strong tallied nine points against the Urban Knights. He came off the bench and downed two 3-pointers in UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s 86-78 victory. He also tabbed one block and one rebound.<\/p>\n

For more on Olson and Strong go to the UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bree Olson and Jamie Strong helped their teams knock down wins against Academy of Art University and Dominican University of California.<\/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-154434","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\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\n\t\t\n\t\t