Box Score SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — The one-two punch of Jacob Noisat and Jammall Clark wasn't quite enough to take down one of the Pacific West Conference heavyweights on Monday night in the Conlan Conlan.

Noisat and Clark, a pair of juniors for the Dominican University of California men's basketball team, combined for 32 points on 14-of-21 shooting but visiting BYU-Hawaii and All-American Jet Chang escaped with a 74-73 win on Okesene Ale's 3-point shot with 7.4 seconds remaining in the game.

It was the Seasiders' first lead since the 13-minute mark of the first half.

Dominican, which led by as many as 11 points in the second half, had a 73-68 lead with 3:07 to go following a pair of Myles Carrillo foul shots. However, the Penguins (3-15/2-5), in the last three minutes of the contest, went scoreless, missing four shots, two free throws then turning the ball over on their final possession to ruin their upset bid to knock off the defending NCAA Division II national tournament runners-up.

“This was the toughest loss of the year,” Head Coach Booker T. Harris said. “We kept playing basketball for 40 minutes and we had opportunities to extend the lead and win but we didn't execute down the stretch.  It makes it tough because our guys competed. They played their butts off.”

Chang, the league's leading scorer, led the comeback by the Seasiders (9-7/6-1). He scored a game-high 25 points, hitting 10-of-18 shots. But it was a 3-pointer by Ale, a .469 shooter from 3-point range coming into the game, which was the dagger through Dominican's heart.
Noisat had a team-high 17 points and team-high seven rebounds for the Penguins. Clark added 15 points and three blocks, both tying career-highs. Xander McNally, who is second in the nation in NCAA Div. II in steals, had a game-high four steals along with eight points, five rebounds and four assists.

It was a game that the Penguins would like back because it started so promising.

Dominican trailed by seven points early, 13-6, but then the Penguins picked up the pace and took control of the game. A three-point play by Noisat launched a 9-0 run that ended with McNally feeding Connor Haysbert to give Dominican the lead then McNally setting up Derek Ober for a ferocious slam dunk and a 19-15 advantage.

The Penguins' lead grew as large as 10, 34-24, on a Ricky Wofford hoop with 3:44 left in the opening half. The Seasiders were able to stay close thanks to 3-point shooting. Chang, who scored 13 points in the first half, connected on three of his first four 3-point shots and BYU-Hawaii made six of 11 treys before intermission.

Noisat and Clark in the first half teamed for 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting including a pair of dunks.

Senior Mark Lewis, who did not score in the first half, had an immediate impact in the second half. His tip-in following a Clark block on the other end pushed the Penguins' lead to 11, 44-33, then he hit Dominican's first and only 3-point shot of the game for a 49-39 cushion with 15:15 remaining.

The Penguins looked to be in good shape with 6:50 remaining in the game following a Haysbert foul line jumper off an assist by Noisat. That gave Dominican a nine-point lead, 67-58, but the Penguins couldn't build on that. BYU-Hawaii battled on the boards, particularly on the offensive glass (14 of their 30 rebounds were on offensive end), to outscore Dominican 16-6 in the final six minutes. The Seasiders notched nine of 17 three-pointers and made 13 of 17 free throws.

The Penguin men, who missed nine foul shots in the game, will conclude a three-game homestand on Saturday when they host PacWest and Bay Area rival Notre Dame de Namur University (7-9/3-5) in the Conlan Center. Game time is 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast live online at www.dominicanathletics.com/livevideo and http://radio.dominican.edu.