Punahou runs away from Saint Louis
POSTED: Sunday, January 24, 2010
Henry Cassiday scored 17 points off the bench as No. 1 Punahou ran away with a big third quarter for a 68-39 win over Saint Louis last night at Hemmeter Fieldhouse.
The Buffanblu had a six-point lead at intermission, but used their balanced attack and depth to pull away. Taylor Crabb scored nine points, while Malik Johnson (eight points, five rebounds) and DeForest Buckner (eight boards) anchored Punahou in the paint against the physical Crusaders.
Punahou, which hit seven of its 15 3-point tries, improved to 5-0 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu (15-1 overall) and remained in sole possession of first place. J.K. Duncan added eight points off the bench.
Saint Louis (7-11, 1-5) shot 25 percent from the field (14-for-56) against a tough man-to-man defense and 30 percent from the foul line (7-for-23).
“;We played well for two quarters, but we just lost focus in the second half and got a little tired,”; Crusaders coach Dwight Moniz said. “;Punahou is a great team and they're well coached.”;
The Buffanblu started slowly, missing their first six shots against a tight 2-3 zone as the visitors took an early lead. However, Punahou bolted ahead with a 14-4 run. Inside shots by Buckner and Johnson gave Punahou a 17-9 lead early in the second quarter.
Back-to-back 3-point bombs by Jaris Poaca-Falefa brought the Crusaders within 19-17 midway through the second quarter, but Saint Louis never got any closer.
Punahou closed out the half with a 6-2 run, then extended the lead to 46-23 near the end of the third quarter. Punahou's halfcourt man defense and fullcourt pressure wore the Crusaders down; Saint Louis had nine turnovers in the third after committing just four in the first two quarters.
“;We had to go into the half and correct,”; Punahou coach Alika Smith said. “;We're supposed to dictate. I was taught that you might have a bad day on offense, but you control your defense.”;
At Hemmeter Fieldhouse
| Saint Louis (1-5) | 7 | 12 | 6 | 14 | - | 39 | |
| Punahou (5-0) | 8 | 17 | 21 | 22 | - | 68 |
SAINT LOUIS-Keenan Pauloa 2, Acen Cabral 4, Quinn Arakawa 0, Marcus Umu 4, Drew Viena 6, Nainoa Frank 1, Max Botticelli 0, Mika Wong 7, Joseph Kanoa 0, Bryan Cieslik 4, Jaris Poaca-Falefa 9, Reeves Koehler 2
PUNAHOU-Taylor Crabb 9, Patrick O'Neill 4, Kevin Mukai 2, Bryan Matsukawa 2, Henry Cassiday 17, Sean McFadden 3, Noah Hammond 0, Matthew Feldman 6, James Dowsett 2, Dylan Hudson 3, James Duncan 8, Malik Johnson 8, DeForest Buckner 2, Kaiwi Crabb 2.
3-point goals-Saint Louis 4 (Poaca-Falefa 3, Wong), Punahou 7 (Feldman 2, Duncan 2, T. Crabb, Cassiday, Bryan Matsukawa).
No. 3 'Iolani 62, Maryknoll 23
Kainoa Chu scored 14 points for the Raiders, who dominated the Trojans last night.
'Iolani came off a strong first quarter and maintained a comfortable lead for the rest of the game, leading 36-9 at the end of the first half.
At Maryknoll gym
| 'Iolani (4-2) | 24 | 12 | 13 | 13 | - | 62 | |
| Maryknoll (1-4) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | - | 23 |
'IOLANI - Reid Saito 5, Reece Foy 2, Kainoa Chu 14, Trevyn Tulonghari 6, Evan Sukita 4, Kainoa Scheer 6, Keahi Hogan 0, Jourdan Simmonds 2, Jarrett Arakawa 9, Ammon Baldomero 2, Josiah Sukumaran 0, Gabriel Vega 8, Adam Ching 2, John Foy 2.
MARYKNOLL - Masashi Uematsu 2, Jacob Mayer 0, Trevor Ventura 9, Craig Shoji 0, Nua Iuvale 3, Chad Sumulong 4, Isaiah Dowdell 2, Andrew Wu 1, Hirokazu Sasaki 0, Jordan Tomos 0, Kekia'i Cashman-Fernandez 2, Kekoa Welsh 0.
3-point goals - Iolani 4 (Saito, Arakawa, Chu, Tulonghari). Maryknoll none.
ILH Division II boys
'Iolani 58, Word of Life 37
University 58 Hanalani 55
Punahou 68, Island Pacific 48
Leading scorers-WOL: Ben Siania 17. 'Iol: Curtis Martin 22. UHS: Isiash Delura 23, Han: PJ Minaya 21. Pun: Henry Cassiday 17. Pun: James Portwood 17. IP: Theo Duplechain 11.
