OIA Boys Basketball
Big first quarter helps Mustangs overpower Knights


  



Fri, Jan 12, 2018 @ Kalaheo


Final 1 2 3 4  
Castle (0-10, 5-19) 2 126626
Kalaheo (10-3, 20-13) 25 15 17 1774
K. Smith 17 pts  1 3pm  4/6 FTs
J. Willis 13 pts  3 3pm  4/4 FTs
A. Kearney 11 tot  4 off  7 def
J. Willis 6 tot  6 def
A. Kearney 5 ast
K. Kambal 5 ast

This one was over as soon as it started.

Kalaheo jumped out to a 25-2 lead after the first quarter and never looked back as it dominated visiting Castle in a 74-26 win at Pete Smith Court Friday night.

Kanoa Smith scored 17 points and Andrew Kearney had a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds to help the Mustangs pick up their second straight win and improve to 3-3 in the Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I-Eastern Conference standings.

Lawrence DeCosta also had 11 points for Kalaheo as the home team held the Knights to single-digit scoring in the first, third and fourth quarters.

Josh Wills led Castle (0-5) in the loss with 13 points with six rebounds and three made triples.





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