JOEL SMITH turned in his customary stellar defense and scored above his average Saturday as Washington dumped CS Northridge 80-64.
Smith was 2-for-4 from beyond the arc and 1-for-3 within it for eight points. His season average is 6.5. He also contributed three rebounds. He started for the eighth time in 11 games and played 18 minutes.
The victory is the third straight for UW, all three coming with the current lineup of Jon Brockman and Artem Wallace up front, and Ryan Appleby, Tim Morris and Smith at guards.
A message from Joel is available right now on the UW hoops home page. He may be seen extending Christmas wishes on behalf of the Huskies at
The Huskies, now 7-4, take the floor next on Saturday December 29 at LSU.
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Hain Holds Onto Lead
With just 24 hours remaining before the ballot window closes WES HAIN maintains his 29-vote margin Saturday in Lompoc Locker Room’s “Peoples Choice” Athlete of the Year Award balloting.
Hain, Cabrillo High’s all-time scoring leader, holds 48 votes, while CHS girl golfer KELLIE GEORGE has received 19, Detroit Tigers signee CHRIS WHITE 17, and Kansas City Royals pitching prospect DANNY DUFFY 15.
The margin of 29 votes between Hain and George remained the same as Friday night as both nominees received four votes Saturday. White was the day’s favorite as he picked up 11 votes and overtook Duffy for third place overall.
The Peoples Choice results differ substantially from those returned by a select panel of sportswriters, broadcasters, and officials a week ago. Lompoc Locker Room's Select Panel picked Duffy as Male Athlete of the Year with Hain finishing third behind quarterback BOO JACKSON. White came in eighth, tied with Penn State cornerback LYDELL SARGEANT.
Voting continued slow for Coach of the Year and Team of the Year. For coach, boxing trainer ROY BACA maintained a one-vote lead 5-4 over CHS girls water polo coach COREY McINTYRE with two others at one vote apiece.
A paltry three votes give the CIF champion Cabrillo girls water polo team the lead in the team category.
With Sunday night the official close of voting the four categories look like this—
Male -- Hain 48, White 17, Duffy 15, three with one apiece
Female—George 19, two with two
Coach—Baca 5, McIntyre 4, two at one
The winners will appear on “Lompoc Locker Room—the TV Show” airing New Years Eve.
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