Moanalua's Geremy Robinson dunks at the conclusion of the game. Robinson scored 19 points to help lead Na Menehune to back-to-back OIA league titles. CJ Caraang | SL

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Wed, Feb 12, 2020 @ McKinley

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Moanalua

56

Kahuku

48

Final	1	2	3	4
Moanalua (13-2, 20-10)	9	14	17	16	56
Kahuku (11-3, 19-7)	8	7	15	18	48

• Points
• Rebounds
• Assists

O. Cheng 25 pts  3/5 FTs

G. Robinson 19 pts  1 3pm  6/8 FTs

O. Cheng 17 tot  12 off  5 def

D. McRaven 8 tot  4 off  4 def

S. Reid 2 ast

G. Robinson 2 ast

KAKAAKO — Geremy Robinson scored 19 points and DiAeris McRaven added 15 points with eight rebounds and No. 8 Moanalua made it back-to-back league championships with its 56-48 win over No. 4 Kahuku at McKinley's Student Council Gymnasium Wednesday night.

Na Menehune (13-2), the third seed out of the Eastern Division in the 12-team tournament, avenged a three-point, regular-season loss to the Red Raiders (11-3) to extend their winning streak to 10 games.

Moanalua will be the No. 2 seed and have a first-round bye in next week's Snapple/HHSAA Division I State Championships, which it quickly turned it attention to.

"It feels good but we're definitely not satisfied," said Robinson, a junior guard. "We did this last year, now we gotta pull through in states, so we want to make sure we win states. This really wasn't our goal, but I'm glad we won it."

Robinson scored 14 points after halftime. He was 6 of 8 from the free-throw line.

McRaven did not play in Moanalua's previous meeting against Kahuku because he was in California for a volleyball trip, but he certainly made his presence felt Wednesday night.

The senior post tallied nearly half of his points on 7-of-10 shooting from the charity stripe.

"I was really excited knowing that (the Red Raiders) didn't get the opportunity to see how I play. I wanted to show them something different, wanted to help my team get that W and I just had to do my part, try not to do too much," McRaven said. "In the beginning (of the game) I was getting a little stuck just trying to get my points from free throws, but towards the second half just try to work with my team, I got the dunks and yeah, I was just trying to do my part."

Four of McRaven's rebounds were on the offensive glass. He also played a key defensive role as the primary defender against Kahuku 6-foot-9 big man Oscar Cheng, who was coming off a 16-point, 15-rebound effort in Monday's 59-58 semifinal win over Leilehua.

"With him being a lot bigger than me it was a lot different," said the 6-foot-5 McRaven. "Usually I'm the tallest one on the court, but now that's he's like way taller than me I had to stay lower, kinda play like a small guard — like how other people play against me — so I just had to stay low, I had to try to stay physical, get a few charges, try to get some foul calls early on and try to be as physical as possible."

Moanalua coach Michael Johnson — whose very first game with the program was at Kahuku on Jan. 2 — was glad to have McRaven this time around against the Red Raiders.

"There's not a lot of bigs with his size and athleticism here on the island," Johnson said. "Just his presence alone being inside the paint, it makes everyone that's driving think twice — sometimes they alter their shots, sometimes they jump-stop — plus he just leads us on our rebounding. He's an athletic big, goes in strong with the basketball and he's a matchup nightmare for a lot of people because he's quick, he's athletic, he can shoot it, so he makes a big-time difference for us."

Kahuku stayed within striking distance for much of the first half, but Moanalua used an 11-4 run in the final 2:22 of the second quarter to take a 23-15 lead into the break.

Na Menehune took its largest lead with 53 seconds left in the third quarter on a three-point play by Robinson. He drove the lane then spun around 6-foot-9 Kahuku big man Oscar Cheng before finishing a lay-in and drawing a foul on the play. Robinson converted the subsequent free throw to give his team a 40-26 lead.

Kahuku went on an 11-4 run late in the fourth quarter to pull within 52-48, but Robinson hit four straight free throws in the final 26.3 seconds to close it out.

Moanalua shot 72 percent (18 of 25) from the free-throw line, well above its season-average of 57.4 percent.

"It was decent," Robinson said of his team's free-throw efficiency. "We can do way better, we missed a couple of important free throws, but we came through at the end and made sure we made ‘em in the clutch."

Cheng finished with a 25 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field. He also grabbed 17 rebounds, 12 of them on the offensive glass.

"He was an extremely good player, he crashed the glass extremely hard and that was one of our keys, we had to control the rebounding and tonight we struggled a little bit early, but somehow, someway the guys fought and battled and came up with the ones that we needed," Moanalua first-year coach Michael Johnson said.

The Red Raiders shot 17 of 53 (32 percent) on field goals; they were 0 for 8 from beyond the arc and 14 of 24 (58 percent) on free throws.

Moanalua made 17 of its 56 shots from the field (30 percent), including 4 of 12 on 3-pointers.

It is Moanalua's sixth OIA championship and fourth since 2010. Its won its four tournament games by an average margin of 15.7 points. It avenged its two regular-season losses — to Kalaheo and Kahuku — with an eight-point semifinal win over the Mustangs Monday and Wednesday's wire-to-wire victory over the Red Raiders.

Kahuku, the East No. 2 seed, was seeking its ninth league title and first since 2017. It had won 11 of its last 12 games entering the championship game.

The Red Raiders will host Kaiser at 6 p.m. Monday to open state tournament play. The winner of that game will meet Maui Interscholastic League champion and tournament No. 4 seed Baldwin at 5 p.m. Wednesday at McKinley.

Moanalua will await the winner of Monday's first-round game between Damien and host Lahainaluna. It will play in the 7 o'clock quarterfinal in its home gym on Wednesday night.