Giles carries Kaiser
By Pat Bigold
to OIA playoff victory
Star-BulletinKaiser High rallied behind Stephen Giles' 22 points to defeat Nanakuli, 53-50, in one of four opening-round games of the Oahu Interscholastic Association basketball playoffs last night. Giles, the OIA East's second-leading scorer, had the home-court advantage and he made full use of it.
"This is his house and he wasn't going to let us walk in here," said Nanakuli head coach Joshua DeFreitas.
Giles scored 13 points in the first half to keep the Cougars within three points of Nanakuli's lead (29-26).
"In the first half, they gave me jumpers, so I was taking jumpers," he said.
The 6-foot-3 senior added five points in the third quarter as Kaiser caught and went ahead of Nanakuli, 38-34. But the Golden Hawks fought back and Byron Marfil hit a short jumper at the buzzer to tie it at 38.
Nanakuli went up 42-38 and 44-40 in the fourth quarter. But Pierre Elliot sank a 3-pointer to narrow it to 44-43 and Travis Sutton scored on a hook to give the lead back to Kaiser, 45-44.
Eldridge Kahoano restored Nanakuli's lead for the last time before Brett Kakuda gave Kaiser a 47-46 edge.
Giles then stole the ball in the backcourt and Neal O'Heron scored two in a row to seal the win.
Byron (14) and Kalama Marfil (13) led the Golden Hawks.
"In the first half, they were penetrating the zone and just eating us up," said Kaiser head coach Bryan Almadova. "Basically, they outhustled us the whole first half."
Kaiser's Grant Sato held Edmanuel DeFreitas, the island's top 3-point shooter and two-time OIA West scoring champ, to 11 points. He had only one trey.
"The way we planned it, wherever DeFreitas went, we went with him - to the bathroom or the concession stand," said Almadova.
Nanakuli 16 13 9 12--50 Kaiser 13 13 12 15--53Nan: Quebral 0, Defreitas 11, Laa 8, B. Marfil 14, Kahoano 4, K. Marfil 13. Kaiser: McGee 0, Sato 4, Kakuda 6, O'Heron 4, Giles 22, Minato 0, Elliott 9, Sutton 8, Gregerson 0.
At Kaiser, the Sabers squandered a 28-19 halftime lead and needed an 8-0 overtime run to win. Campbell 50, Roosevelt 42
Campbell center Gerald Cook had two blocks and three rebounds in OT while point guard Ernest Limjoco scored four of his 10 points.
"Ernest has been really holding the team up," said Campbell head coach Bob Samson. "He's a four-year letterman and if there's anybody we want to go to, it's him."
Jeremy Matanane scored 10 of his team-leading 14 points to help the Sabers build their halftime advantage.
Dustin Low, who worked hard to hold Cook to three points, led all scorers with 23 points.
Roosevelt 11 8 7 16--42 Campbell 17 11 8 6--50Roos: Maeda 0, R. Ching 2, Labarre 0, Mong 9, J. Ching 0, Davis 2, Haliniak 2, Padua 0, Kahooilihala 4, Low 23. Camp: E. Limjoco 10, Hapenney 10, A. Limjoco 4, Matanane 14, Cook 3, Russell 8, Viloria 1, Bumanglag 0, Unutoa 0.
At Waipahu, Richard Kealoha, going 5-for-6 on free throws, scored nine of his 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Rams overcame 36-27 halftime and 43-42 third-quarter deficits. Radford 63, McKinley 55
Douglas Rhee connected on a pair of 3's and scored 14 of his game-high points in the first quarter to help the Tigers take an early 19-14 lead.
Radford 14 13 15 21--63 McKinley 19 17 9 10--55Radford: Kealoha 13, Leverenz 13, Perez 11, Hussey 8, Bumanglag 5, Grisset 4, Je. Polyascko 4, Jo. Polyascko 3, Morrow 2, Howard 0, Tanuvasa 0, Degruy 0, Lelie 0, O'Donnell 0, Hunter 0.McKinley: Rhee 20, Fetui 12, Ingalecio 8, Tuiolemotu 6, Chen 3, Sakata 2, Mai 2, Shin 2, Lau 0, Tengan 0, Kaikaka 0, Tamasoa 0.
At Waipahu, the Marauders rallied behind Jaymar Acidera's seven points in the fourth quarter to edge the Bulldogs. Waipahu 45, Kaimuki 43
Acidera, who finished with 16 points, hit a 3-pointer to pull Waipahu into a 41-41 tie with about two minutes to play.
Later, Jerome Williams made two free throws to put the Marauders ahead for good.
Kaimuki 15 10 12 6--43 Waipahu 9 12 10 14--45Kaimuki: Francisco 8, Moore 8, Yamamoto 7, Sonoda 2, Pang 3, Sione 5, Joshua 5, F. Ki 0.Waipahu: Acidera 16, Williams 9, Aquino 8, Vasega 6, Takeshita 3, Gossett 3, Canencia 0, Chang 0.
At McCabe Gym, Joseph Siofele was fouled under the basket as time expired with score tied at 47-47. He sank one free throw to win it. St. Louis 48, Punahou 47
Punahou 4 10 17 16--47 St. Louis 12 7 14 15--48Punahou: Kim 12, Wong 12, Brooks 9, Stietzel 7, Tautaha 4, Ichinose 3, Brokaw 0.St. Louis: Feeney 17, Gesser 9, Vivas 9, Nakoa 5, Siofele 6, S. Thompson 2, Dudley 0, Chang 0, Loo 0, Mann 0.
