{"id":191927,"date":"2024-02-13T15:45:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=191927"},"modified":"2024-02-13T15:45:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:45:44","slug":"kta-super-stores-superstars-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/13\/kta-super-stores-superstars-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulcan basketball players named KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores Superstars of January"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> basketball players Kamalu Kamakawiwoole and Charles Elzie III<\/abbr> were selected as the KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores Superstars of the Month. The award goes to one male and one female Vulcans student-athlete for their stand-out accomplishments.<\/p>\n

Kamakawiwoole posted a career-high 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals in a 74-71 win over Point Loma on January 6. The fifth-year senior capped her performance with back-to-back 3-pointers in the final minute of play to seal the victory. She also posted 24 points (7-11 FG<\/abbr>) and hit a deep buzzer-beating bucket to help the Vulcans claim victory over Chaminade on January 30.<\/p>\n

In the first game of 2024 against Concordia University Irvine, Elzie surpassed 1,000 career points spanning from his first four seasons at The College of Idaho in the NAIA<\/abbr>. In a narrow two-point loss to Azusa Pacific, Elzie posted a career-high 26 points on 8-of-13 shooting while going 8 for 10 at the free throw line. Against Point Loma on January 4, he scored a 3-pointer to tie the game with seconds to go only to watch the Sea Lions pull off a half-second buzzer-beating win. Elzie also tied the score on an inside basket against HPU<\/abbr> on January 20 to send the game to overtime, later giving the Vulcans the lead on a 3-pointer with just over a minute remaining.<\/p>\n

For more go to HiloAthletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Hilo basketball players Kamalu Kamakawiwoole and Charles Elzie III<\/abbr> were selected as the KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores Superstars of January.<\/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":[58,82,660,714,14,151],"class_list":["post-191927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","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