HONOLULU — The Dominican University of California men's basketball team trailed early and never quite recovered in a close 88-83 PacWest loss to Chaminade on Monday night to close out the Penguins' three-game road trip to Hawaii.

The Penguins (9-7/5-4 PacWest) had five players in double digit scoring but so did the Silverswords (7-9/5-4 PacWest). Christopher Schwartz-Edmisten came off the bench to lead the Penguins with a team-high 18 points before he fouled out late in the contest. Karl Ohrner, Ryo Tawatari, and Seth Turner scored 14 points apiece — it was a career night for Orhner. Josh Ramirez added 10 points and a team-high five rebounds.

Kuany Kuany led all players with 24 points for the Silverswords and 18 by the half. Rohndell Goodwin added 18 points. Sam Daly and Kiran Shastri each had 11 points. Kevin Hu finished with 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds.

Both teams came out firing and went a combined 7-of-7 from deep to begin the game. Dominican wound up taking over twice as many three-point attempts (29 to 14) but only made four more. The Penguins trailed by three with 3:36 left in the first half and twice had opportunities to cut the lead further but instead found themsleves trailing 47-40 at the half.

Chaminade pushed the lead to 10 in the second half but a 10-3 run pulled the Penguins back within three with just over 15 minutes to go. Russell Davis' contested layup a minute later pulled the Penguins within one. However, Dominican couldn't pull even or take the lead. Instead, the Silverswords answered with an 8-0 run that extend the lead back to double digits. A Hu three-point play made it at 13-point game. Dominican scored five points in the last 15 seconds and had an opportunity to score again but time expired.

Dominican will look to even the season series when the Silverswords visit on Feb. 4. Dominican hosts Concordia Irvine on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. That is also Warriors Night. Chris DeMarco '09 — an NAIA All-American while at Dominican and a current member of the NBA's Golden State Warriors coaching staff — will be honored at halftime of the men's game for being a part of the Warriors' 2015 World Championship. There will also be free door prizes courtesy of the Warriors. Live stats and pay-per-view video will be available at dominicanathletics.com/live with live audio provided by Penguin Radio at radio.dominican.edu.