Saint Francis' Shabir Lynton drives the ball down court against Hawaii Prep. Tyler Kanoa | University High

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Hawaii Prep's Jovan Crnic heads to the basket for a shot against Saint Francis. Tyler Kanoa | University High

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Saint Francis forward Matthew Nuumanaia puts up a shot as Hawaii Prep's Kama De Silva challenges. Tyler Kanoa | University High

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Fri, Feb 22, 2013 @ Kaimuki

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Hawaii Prep

53

Saint Francis

55

Final	1	2	3	4
Hawaii Prep	23	10	6	14	53
Saint Francis (9-0, 25-5)	13	17	12	13	55

M. Nuumanaia 16 pts  2 3pm  2/9 FTs

J. Crnic 25 pts  2 3pm  7/10 FTs

Shabir Lynton hit the game-winner with 0.3 left as top-seeded Saint Francis edged Hawaii Prep in down-to-the-wire thriller, 55-53.

Ka Makani led by 10 points after the first quarter, but the Saints battled back in the second and third periods, and took a 42-39 lead into the fourth quarter.

Matthew Nuumanaia led a trio of double-digit scorers for Saint Francis with 16 points. Austin Ursua added 13 and Blaine Won 10 for the top-seeded ILH D2 champions, who survived to face Kailua in Saturday's title game set for 5:00 p.m. at Neal Blaisdell Arena.

Hawaii Prep got a game-high 25 points from senior guard Jovan Crnic in the loss.