HONOLULU – Hawai'i Pacific University went to overtime for the second straight contest and won again, beating Holy Names 70-67 in PacWest Conference action on Saturday afternoon at The Shark Tank.
 
The Sharks (9-10, 7-6) won a season-best three straight and avenged a loss to the Hawks (5-12, 3-8) in December.
 
Sophomore Jacob Foy of Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier chalked up a double-double to lead the Sharks with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Junior Tavon Tarpley of McLean, Va./Langley came off the bench with 16 points, while senior Ronald Blain of McDonough, Ga./Union Grove just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds. Freshman Lachlan Viney of Melbourne, Australia/Mazenod chipped in 11 points from the bench.
 
The Hawks were led by Justin Chambers who posted 19 points from the pine to go with a game-high five steals. Zamaria Odom scored 15 points and Cameron Fini tallied 11 points and six boards.
 
The Sharks hit 49 percent (25-of-51) from the field, including 7-of-22 (32 percent) beyond the 3-point arc. HPU made 13-of-23 (57 percent) from the foul line. The Hawks were held to 32 percent from the floor (22-of-68), with 7-of-23 (30 percent) from the arc. HNU hit 16-of-21 (76 percent) from the charity stripe. The Sharks dominated the glass 47-29, but suffered 22 turnovers to the Hawks 10.
 
HPU jumped out to an early lead, starting with a layup from Blain that went on to an 14-5 run for a nine-point lead on a 3-pointer from redshirt freshman Ryan Godges of Santa Barbara, Calif./San Marcos. But the Hawks battled back, using a 10-0 run to take a lead at 19-17 on a 3-pointer from Odom. The game of runs continued after another Godges triple, with HNU posting an 8-0 run to claim a seven-point 27-20 lead on a Dennis Anthony jumper. The Sharks responded with triples by Viney and Foy, then Blain put the Sharks up with a layup for an 8-0 run and a 28-27 lead at halftime.
 
The first six minutes of the second half witnessed four ties and five lead changes. HPU made it a sixth lead change on a jumper by Viney to start a 6-0 run and open a five-point lead midway through the half. The Hawks responded with a 8-1 run to lead to regain a lead.
 
With a four-point HNU lead with 3:17 remaining, HPU rallied with a 5-0 run to lead 56-55 with 1:25 left on a layup by freshman Trey Chapman of Healdsburg, Calif./Healdsburg. The Hawks caught a break with a layup and free throw by Justin Chambers with 30 seconds left to lead 58-56. Tarpley tied the game with 11 seconds left on a layup with 11 seconds remaining. HPU then held the Hawks on their final possession to send the game to overtime at 58-all.
 
Tarpley led off the extra frame with a layup and later added a free throw to lead 61-58. The Hawks pulled even with 3:08 as Rob Fuller with a layup, only to have Blain use a layup and Foy bury two free throws to go back on top 66-62 with 2:11 remaining. The Hawks answered with a 3-pointer from Odom, with Blain getting a layup and HNU's Fini answering with another with 34 seconds to play, cutting the contest to a one-point HPU lead at 68-67.
 
HNU needed to foul, but sent Foy to the line. He sank both to lead 70-67 with 30 seconds left in the OT. Holy Names missed two 3-point attempts and the Sharks two free throws in the final half-minute, but HPU remained at 70-67 when the final horn sounded.
 
The Sharks don't have much opportunity to celebrate the win streak as they face third-place Concordia Irvine in PacWest play on Monday. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. following the women's 4:30 contest at The Shark Tank.