They found their shooting stroke, taking an 11-0 lead and finishing at 48.5 percent after 32- and 24-percent efforts in the prior two games. The view inside was even prettier for the Aztecs (4-0). The 2,400-seat Lahaina Civic Center sits on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean, with views of two islands, palm trees swaying in the tropical breeze, puffy white clouds floating past, auburn sunsets over the water. “We love competing against each other,” BYU star senior Tyler Haws said. Hours after moving up a spot to 15th in Associated Press poll, the Aztecs beat rival BYU 92-87 in double overtime in the opening round of the famed Maui tournament – a wild, riveting game befitting of their first meeting since the Cougars left the Mountain West in 2011. They reeled in another big one Monday night in Lahaina, this time on land. Twenty minutes out, they hooked a 441-pound marlin. He and son Mark, neither of them personifying the family name, decided to – what the heck – hop on a boat for a fishing trip. Steve Fisher has been to the Maui Invitational with basketball teams five times now, but maybe his most memorable experience on the island came during a family vacation.
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