FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: December 17, 2007
CONTACT: Jeff Duggan, SID
PHONE: (303) 273-3095

Oredigger basketball teams to play in Hawaii on Dec. 21st & 22nd

GOLDEN, Colo. - The Colorado School of Mines men's and women's basketball teams will each embark upon a two-game road trip in Hawaii on Friday and Saturday, December 21st and 22nd.

The CSM women (5-4 overall, 3-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) will play at BYU - Hawaii (Laie, Hawaii) at 3:00 p.m. on December 21st before traveling to Honolulu to face Hawaii Pacific University at 8:00 p.m. the following night.

The Oredigger men (5-4, 1-2 RMAC) will square off against Seattle Pacific University in Laie at 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening (at BYU - Hawaii) before playing at Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night.

All game times listed above are Mountain Standard Time.

The CSM men are led by Honolulu native Kyle Pape. A 6'0", 190-lb. junior guard from Iolani High School, Pape is currently ranked first on the team and second in the RMAC in points per game (19.4). Selected to the 2007-08 Pre-Season All-RMAC East Division Team, Pape was the only Oredigger to start all 27 games during his sophomore campaign in 2006-07. Pape, who earned Second Team All-RMAC East Division accolades last winter, garnered RMAC Freshman of the Year and RMAC Shootout All-Tournament honors in 2005-06.

During his prep career, Pape averaged 20.2 points per game as a senior while leading Iolani to its fourth consecutive state title in 2004-05. Selected as the state tournament MVP his senior season, Pape also earned HonoluluAdvertiser.com Player of the Year and the Gatorade Player of the Year honors.

For more information, please visit http://athletics.mines.edu or contact CSM Sports Information Director Jeff Duggan at jduggan@mines.edu.

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