ALIAMANU — Kaimuki got off to a hot start and never looked back Wednesday night. 

ManDuy Pham hit four of his team's seven made 3-pointers and scored a game-high 14 points to lead Kaimuki to its third OIA Division II title in five years with a 59-38 win over Waianae at Radford's James Alegre Gymnasium. 

The Bulldogs (10-1) shot 52.5 percent from the field, including 7 of 14 from 3-point range and held the Seariders (8-3) to 20 percent shooting on field goals. 

"Every single day, the first forty minutes is all about shooting," Kaimuki coach Greydon Espinda said. "Whether we shoot the mid-range shots or the 3-point shots, we do it every single day and tonight it paid off."

Pham shot 5 of 9 from the field and 4 of 5 from beyond the arc. He made three of his shots from distance in the first half. 

Elijah Fritz-Betiru scored 11 points, Hilton Edward had nine and Dylan Sogawa seven for Kaimuki, which never trailed and led by as many as 23 late in the contest. 

The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 10-3 lead within the first three minutes. 

Pham drained a step-back 3 from the left wing to get things started. After Edward swished a 16-foot jumper, Pham splashed another triple from 24 feet to get his team out to an 8-2 cushion. A few possessions later, Kinere recorded a steal and fast break layup to put Kaimuki into double figures. 

The Bulldogs held a 19-10 lead after the first quarter and stretched it to a 25-19 margin by halftime. 

Pham was a perfect 3 for 3 on 3-point shots in the first half. 

Espinda said that Pham has the green light from anywhere, at any time. 

"He's earned that. Being a four-year varsity player, he earned it," Espinda said. 

Waianae committed 10 turnovers through two quarters, which Espinda's squad parlayed into a 12-5 edge in points off turnovers. Edward had nine points and three steals by the intermission. 

Kaimuki shot 15 of 27 from the field (55.6 percent) in the first half, including 5 of 10 on 3-pointers. 

The Bulldogs closed out the third quarter on a 9-4 run to take a 46-26 lead into the final stanza. 

The Seariders cut to a 48-36 deficit after a Thomas Tucker free throw with 3:05 to play, but Samuel Mulitalo ignited an 11-0 Kaimuki run with his bucket inside. TJ Domingo's 3-pointer capped the run and gave his team a 59-36 advantage with 32 seconds remaining. 

"We've lost 18-point leads in the past, so we had to just keep the motor going, put the pedal to the gas and just keep going," Espinda said. 

The Bulldogs made 4 of 5 field goals over the final eight minutes to negate a 10-of-23 shooting night from the free-throw line. 

Kaimuki held a 26-12 advantage in points in the paint. 

Josten Figueroa scored nine points, Tucker tallied seven points, 13 rebounds, eight steals and three blocks and Herman Ellis chipped in six points and two assists for Waianae. 

The Seariders were just 3 of 19 (15.8 percent) on 3-point attempts. 

The teams combined for 41 turnovers, including 22 by Kaimuki. 

It was the second time that the teams faced off this season. Waianae defeated Kaimuki in double-overtime when the teams squared off to open the OIA D2 season back on Dec. 20. 

"We're a totally different team from then. Guys who started in the beginning, didn't start (Wednesday). We had to reshuffle our lineup and we played great defense. I think down the stretch we only gave up like, maybe 40 points a game, so our defense was our aura to go off and offensively, we don't have a problem scoring," Espinda said. 

It is Kaimuki's sixth OIA championship. It also won league D2 titles in 2022 and 2024. 

Waianae reached the league final a year after it posted a 1-9 record. 

The Seariders were seeking their first OIA crown in boys basketball. 

Both teams will represent the OIA in next week's Hawaii Army National Guard D2 Boys Basketball State Championships.