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Pung powers Kailua to Surfrider Holiday Classic title over University Lab


ScoringLive staff
December 3, 2023, 12:27am

  


Sat, Dec 2, 2023 @ Kailua

University Lab

37

Kailua

45

Final 1 2 3 4  
University Lab (12-1, 24-5) 7 1551037
Kailua (10-3, 21-7) 12 16 4 1345
M. Pung 19 pts  1 3pm  4/6 FTs
T. Ambrozich 18 pts  2/4 FTs

Maddox Pung scored 11 of his game-high 19 points in the second half to lift Kailua to a 45-37 win over University Lab in the title game of the Kailua Surfriders Holiday Classic Saturday night. 

Pung, a sophomore swingman, accounted for seven of his team's 13 fourth-quarter points as the Surfriders (6-1) tallied their third win in as many days to deny the Junior 'Bows (5-1). 

Skylar Unten scored nine points and Dylan Kunz and Noa Donnelly added six apiece for Kailua, which shot 12 of 16 from the free-throw line and hit five 3-pointers. 

Trey Ambrozich led University Lab iwth 18 points. 

Kailua held a 12-7 lead after one quarter and led 28-22 at halftime. 

The Surfriders defeated Waipahu, 60-38, in the tournament quarterfinals Thursday and handled Kamehameha by a score of 58-30 in Friday's semifinal round. 

The Junior 'Bows reached the final with a 67-64 win over reigning two-time Division I state champion Saint Louis Thursday, followed by a 64-49 win over Campbell Friday. 




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