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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 to THURSDAY FEB. 14, 2013 VOLUME 108 ISSUE 54
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my shots and that wasn’t fixing it. I could shoot 1,000 shots in a day, and it wasn’t gonna help me.” Five days after the UCI game, Brereton broke through with his best performance in months perform oor in UH’s 60-52 win over Pacific. as he shot 4-of-5 from the fl floor
JOEY R AMIREZ Sports Editor With his junior season in the books, for-ward Hauns Brereton was on track to make his final year on the Rainbow Warrior basketball team a great one. Brereton was selected as one of UH’s three captains in the offseason and did not disappoint in the season-opening victoryy over Maryland-Eastern Shore as he poured in a career-high 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting. However, what followed was a cold streak ak that even “Iceman” could not handle. Brereton made just eight of his 27 field-goal d-goal attempts during the next four games and failed iled to shoot better than 27 percent in any of them. “Maybe it meant a little too much outside pressure on him to perform as a senior,” said d head coach Gib Arnold. “You see it sometimes with ith seniors thinking about next year: College career’s areer’s done. What’s coming up next? I had a lot off meetings with him just to tell him to relax and to play and to enjoy the moment.”
the captain moves forward
GA M E T I M E Since then, Brereton has seen his minutes increase. The Bartlett, B Tenn., team-high 21 points in native gave UH fans a show last week when he scored a team-hi a 94-73 upending of Big West-leading Long Beach State. “He’s playing where he needs to be playing, and it’s “We need him to be the perfect time for it,” Arnold said. “W at his peak now. … We need him to be at his best this best of his career.” time of year, and he’s playing the bes Two days later, it appeared as if Brereton may have regressed, as he shot 2-of-11 in a reHowever, he justified match against UC Irvine. Howev his presence on the f loor by sho shooting 12-of-12 from the foul line. guys like that “There’s not a lot of g Chrisitan Standin the world,” said junior forward C hardinger. “When I’m the fi re on the court, he’s like the water. He’s [a] calm knock-down shooter.” his team“Iceman” was just who wh game’s final 90 mates needed in the g seconds, when he knocked down all eight eig free-throw when UCI was attempts w intentionally fouling and intentiona desperately hoping for desperat a miss. “He’s “He gonna be our starter and our leader starte for the th rest of the season,” Arnold said. seaso “And I expect him “An to continue doing what he’s been doing great leadership, – gr knocking down big kno sshots [and] playISMAEL MA / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I ing tough. That’s in Senior forward Hauns Brereton has scored 50 points in the past three games who he is.”
We need him to be at his best this time of year, and he’s playing the best of his career. -UH men’s basketball head coach Gib Arnold
CONFIDENCE RETURNS After a trio of lukewarm performances, ances, Brereton fell further into his slump. Hee shot 7-of-26 from the field in UH’s next seven matchups and saw his playing time reduced to the point where he was on the floor for justt three minutes against UC Irvine on Jan. 9. “By then, I got even to scout team at one time,” Brereton said. “And then I hit a very ery alltime low in basketball.” Rather than watching his senior season n expire from the bench, Brereton decided to fight his way back into the starting lineup. “A lot of it was just getting my mind right,”” Brereton said. “I felt like I was taking a lot of hits mentally, and my confidence kept on getting less and less. I had to really build my mental game up. I always work rk on my reps and
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