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Wed, Feb 1, 2023 @ McKinley

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Maui

35

Iolani

50

Final	1	2	3	4
Maui (10-3, 13-5)	11	8	9	7	35
Iolani (12-3, 20-5)	16	9	20	5	50

• Points
• Rebounds
• Assists

C. Pieper 16 pts

J. Dela Cruz 15 pts  2 3pm

M. Sake 13 tot  4 off  9 def

N. Bal 6 tot  1 off  5 def

M. Frye 4 ast

J. Luna 4 ast

Top-ranked and seeded Iolani rolled by the Sabers from the Valley Isle, but the Sabers from Ewa Beach await them on Thursday.

No. 1 Iolani and No. 3 Campbell square off for the second time this season in the same venue, but this time in the Heide & Cook/HHSAA Division I Girls Basketball State Championships semifinals.

The ILH champion Raiders rolled by MIL runner up and eighth-ranked Maui, 50-35 in the first game of the double header at McKinley's Student Council Gymnasium. In the nightcap, the fourth-seeded OIA champion Sabers pulled away from BIIF runner-up and fourth-ranked Waiakea, 64-53.

Callie Pieper scored 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed six rebounds to lead Iolani. Paige Oh added 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting and Mele Sake hauled down 13 boards.

Jacy Anne Dela Cruz scored 13 of her 15 points in the first half on 6-of-13 shooting to lead the Sabers. Jordyn Luna, who scored 15 points in the opening round against Radford on Monday, finished with nine.

"The game plan was to close out and not let them shoot any 3s. Every 3-pointer they shot was frustration on the bench. They're good players if you leave them and we had to tighten that up and fix our mistakes," Iolani coach Dean Young said.

Dela Cruz scored seven points to close out the first quarter and trailed 16-11 following Sake's shot.

The Sabers closed the gap to one, but the Raiders went on a 9-0 run to go up 10, 25-15 following Haylie-Anne Otha's 3-pointer from the left wing. Dela Cruz scored the next four points and hit a 3-pointer from the wing to trail, 25-19 going into halftime.

"We had to remind them that our advantage was inside the post. Why weren't we taking advantage of that more in the first half and making it more difficult for ourselves. We tried to get the ball into the post more and put more pressure on them in transition," Young said.

Pieper asserted herself in the post and scored off a reverse putback and hit a jumper in the paint.

"That's exactly what we needed. We needed the bigs to step up. Tonight was their night to lead us in scoring and Callie answered the call and she had a great game," Young said.

Oh drove for two and Mia Frye hit a triple to put Iolani up, 34-19 in a 9-0 run to open the second half. Pieper scored off a putback and on the right block as Iolani took control for good for a 17-point lead going into the fourth.

Maui shot 5-for-22 (22.7 percent) from the field in the first half and finished 12-for-46 (26.1 percent) overall.

Iolani shot 22-for-51 (43.1 percent) overall from the field and led by as much as 18. The Raiders out-rebounded the smaller Sabers, 38 to 27.

Iolani defeated Campbell, 49-39 in the Matsumoto Law Group McKinley Girls Basketball Black and Gold Classic on Nov. 11.

The Raiders topped the Sabers, 54-39 in last year's semifinals.

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A balanced scoring attack led by a trio of Sabers in double figures helped Campbell pull away from Waiakea late in the third quarter.

Aliyah Bantolina led all scorers with 21 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field and connected on eight of her 11 free throw attempts.

Faith Mersburgh and Julien Parado each added 11, Taysia Molina-Shulte added nine and Haley Morre chipped in seven off the bench.

Three Warriors scored in double figures led by Puaena Harrington's 18 points and five rebounds. Herrington scored 22 points in their 56-44 opening round win over Kahuku.

Jolie Mantz (16.1 ppg), the team's leading scorer, finished with 15 points and was 8-for-10 from the free throw line. Maya Kaneshiro added 12 points off a pair of 3-pointers.

Mantz tied the game after the first quarter, but the Sabers erupted for a 13-0 run capped by Bantolina's steal and layup. Herrington scored the next four points and Mantz hit a 3-pointer to trail, 34-24 at halftime.

The Warriors opened up the third quarter on a 9-1 run. Herrington hit a turn around jumper and Mantz scored the next four points including a transition layup to bring Waiakea within two, 35-33.

Bantolina hit a left-handed hook and was fouled and completed the 3-point play. Mantz and Herrington would bring the Warriors within three, but Bantolina accounted for Campbell's final seven points of the quarter to help the Sabers pull away, 47-40 going into the fourth.

"Our team feeds off of energy and I knew our team was going down because they were catching up. I was either going to score or get other people to score to get the tempo back up," Bantolina said.

Kaneshiro got Waiakea within six, 55-49 following a 3-pointer at the 3:33 mark but could not get any closer as Bantolina's layup put the lead back up by double digits.

"I knew we were up, so we were going to have to be patient on the offensive side. If we wanted to bring up the tempo more on the defensive side so I would have to get steals," Bantolina said who recorded four assists.

Maui and Waiakea will play each other in the fifth-place semifinals at Moanalua at 5 p.m.

Iolani and Campbell is set to tip off at 5:30 p.m. followed by Konawaena and Kamehameha-Kapalama at 7:30 p.m.