Boys Basketball
No. 1 Punahou tops No. 4 Saint Francis again, 59-52


ScoringLive staff
December 31, 2017, 1:42am

  

Sat, Dec 30, 2017 @ Punahou

Saint Francis

52

Punahou

59

Final 1 2 3 4  
Saint Francis (10-0, 29-3) 12 10131752
Punahou (10-3, 30-4) 11 14 18 1659


Punahou still got it.

The top-ranked Buffanblu defeated No. 4 Saint Francis for the second time in nine days with a 59-52 win over the Saints at Christopher B. Hemmeter Fieldhouse Saturday night in the championship game of the 46th annual Punahou Boys Basketball Invitational.

The two teams last met on Dec. 21 in the final game of the  Saint Francis Holiday Hoops Classic, which Punahou won 74-66.

Zayne Chong scored 16 points and went 7-for-7 at the free throw line and Cole Arceneaux added 12 points to lead the Buffanblu in the win.

Kameron Ng led the Saints in the loss with a game-high 20 points.



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