On Thursday, the Chaminade University men’s basketball team lost 78-60 to Holy Names University At Tobin Gymnasium.

Silverswords at 1-2 in the Pacific West Conference 3-6 overall. They led by 10 points at the half-way mark, but the Hawks took control and scored 35-7. The Hawks also won the remainder of the game, including runs of 11-0, 22-5, and the surge.

Chaminade’s Isaac Amaral Artharee, scored 13 points. Zach McIntire, had 12 and Paris Taylor 10, McIntire also grabbed nine rebounds, which tied his career record.

The Hawks are also 3-6, 1-2 like Chaminade. Edward Gray scored 21 points, a record for HNU.

For most of the first half, Chaminade held small leads. However, Holy Names would lead on the scoreboard twice in final five minutes. Three ties were also made during the period, with the final 31-all at the halftime break, thanks to a TredynChristensen layup with 91 seconds remaining.

Chaminade trailed 41-40 in the second quarter. McIntire scored six points during a 13-2 run. This was capped by Kevin Kremer a layup that gave Chaminade its biggest lead of 53-43 with just 12:43 left.

The Hawks responded with a 10-0 run in the three minutes that followed to take the lead. Kremer made one of the two free throws to tie the score at 54, but HNU scored the decisive 22-5 run in the next nine minutes. Chaminade was ice cold after capturing its 10-point lead, and made only two field goals for the remainder of the game.

The Hawks shot 53.6, while the ‘Swords hit 24-of-60 shots for 38.3 per cent. Chaminade was able to outrebound Holy Names 33-to-28 but was only 4-of-20 from the 3-point range, while HNU was 6-of-18.

It was only the second defeat to Holy Names in team history, but Chaminade still holds a 15-2 lead in the series.

The Silverswords will travel south to the Central Valley on Friday to face Fresno Pacific University. Tipoff will take place at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (2:30 p.m. Hawai’i).