OIA Girls Basketball
Big first half helps Moanalua hold off Kalani


ScoringLive staff
January 23, 2020, 11:14pm

  

Thu, Jan 23, 2020 @ Moanalua

Kalani

38

Moanalua

51

Final 1 2 3 4  
Kalani (10-5, 11-14) 2 9161138
Moanalua (10-4, 13-9) 14 13 10 1451
Manu Itula 12 pts  0/2 FTs
Cassidy Kelso 14 pts  2 3pm  2/5 FTs


This one was nearly a runaway.

Moanalua led by as many as 19 points in the first half before staving off a late push by visiting Kalani for a 51-38 win in the OIA Division I quarterfinals Thursday night.

Na Menehune (9-3 league), who edged the Falcons (8-5) by a score of 42-40 in the regular season, moves on to take on Radford in the second semifinal Saturday night at the Rams' gymnasium.

Manu Itula scored six of her team-high 12 points in the fourth quarter to help Moanalua advance. Breanne Louis-Merry followed with 11 points and Sierra Kauweloa had 10 points off the bench, eight coming in the first half, to round out the top scorers for Na Menehune.

Lilehina Oyama and Cas Kelso each finished with 14 points to lead Kalani, who trailed 14-2 after the first quarter.




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