HHSAA Boys Basketball
Top-seeded 'Iolani dominates Lahainaluna, 54-32


  

Thu, Feb 20, 2014 @ McKinley


Final 1 2 3 4  
Lahainaluna (10-6, 14-9) 5 691232
Iolani (10-3, 23-7) 15 11 11 1754
Zach Buscher 15 pts  2 3pm  3/6 FTs
Jose Ryan Madera 9 pts  5/5 FTs
Robert Mann 4 tot  1 off  3 def
Peni Taufa 9 tot  6 off  3 def




Zach Buscher scored a game-high 15 points and Robbie Mann added 12 - all in the fourth quarter - and top-seeded 'Iolani knocked off Lahainaluna, 54-32, in a quarterfinal of the Hawaiian Airlines Division I boys' basketball tournament Thursday night at McKinley.

The Raiders (11-3) advance to the 5 p.m. semifinals Friday against Campbell at the Neal Blaisdell Center Arena. 'Iolani is making its 17th semifinal appearance. A win will put the Raiders in the title game for the 13th time. 'Iolani's last title was in 2010 against Kamehameha.

Lahainaluna (9-7) falls to the fifth-place semifinals against fourth-seeded Konawaena, 1 p.m. Friday at the NBC.

It was no contest from the start, as the Interscholastic League of Honolulu champions used a 9-0 run to take a commanding 15-5 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The onslaught continued in the second quarter and the Raiders made it 26-11 at the half. Buscher closed the half with a 3-pointer, giving him 10 points at the break.

The Lunas closed the gap to 32-20 with 4:04 left in the third quarter, but the Raiders widened their margin with a 5-0 run to end the quarter with a 37-20 lead.

Mann scored 12 of his team's 17 fourth-quarter points. He accounted for six points in a 10-0 run that made it 54-29. Brandon Anguay made a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the Lunas.

The Raiders shot a hot 60 percent from the field, compared to the Lunas' dismal 26.3 percent shooting.

The Lunas had no players score in double figures. Jose Madera led with nine points on the strength of 5-of-5 free-throw shooting, while Penisimani Taufa followed with eight points.

This is Lahainaluna's 18th tournament appearance, but has reached the semifinals only once: the first state tournament in 1957, when it lost to Saint Louis.





Show your support

Every contribution, no matter the size, will help ScoringLive continue its mission to provide the best and most comprehensive coverage of high school sports in the state of Hawaii and beyond.

Please consider making a contribution today.



MORE STORIES

KIF on cusp of hosting D2 state tournaments in girls and boys volleyball

The Kauai Interscholastic Federation is expected to be included in the host rotations of the boys' and...

Track and field proposals among those being considered at HIADA conference

Athletics administrators from across the state are gathered at the Hilton Waikoloa Village, where the...

HHSAA inducts 44th class into Hall of Honor

Twelve student-athletes from 10 different schools and representing three of the state's leagues were...

Iolani's Nakanelua garners All-Hawaii Player of the Year honors

Senior setter Bailey Nakanelua was the engine that helped drive the Raiders back to the top of state...

Pearl City's Ngirmidol headlines All-OIA Division II picks

Chargers' setter Marley Ngirmidol named Player of the Year in OIA Division II; Pearl City head coach...

Moanalua sweeps All-OIA East Boys Volleyball top honors

Na Menehune outside hitter Lionel Gannon named Player of the Year and head coach Alan Cabanting named...