Kapa‘a 48, Waimea 46 WAIMEA — The Round 1-ending matchup between Kapa‘a High School and Waimea High School’s boys basketball teams saw the game tied five times and brought on the first overtime play of the season. After a long
Kapa‘a 48, Waimea 46
WAIMEA — The Round 1-ending matchup between Kapa‘a High School and Waimea High School’s boys basketball teams saw the game tied five times and brought on the first overtime play of the season.
After a long night, the Warriors pulled off the 48-46 win over the Menehune Saturday night at the Clem Gomes Gym.
Kapa‘a led for most of the night up until the third quarter, when the Warriors found themselves going cold. In a pivotal quarter, Waimea tied the game at 31-31 with 5:11 left. Waimea’s Keelan Sakuda’s timing couldn’t have gotten any better as his first two baskets of the night gave Waimea its first lead of the night.
With the possession going back to Kapa‘a, Keleo Cummings had the chance to tie the game again when he was fouled and sent to the line. But Cummings would go on to miss both free throws, ending the quarter.
Waimea outscored Kapa‘a for that quarter 16-3 and led going to the stretch.
Cummings redeemed himself, scoring off the glass on a Kapa‘a drive and drawing the foul for a 3-point play. When his free throw bounced in and out of the rim, Kekoa Prem snagged the rebound to sink it in, bringing the game to yet another tie.
On another drive, Prem got sent to the line after being fouled by Greg Griffin, and made good on both attempts, putting Kapa‘a up by 2 points.
Waimea’s Bransen Agu got an opportunity to tie the game again when he was sent to the line, making good on the first as the second rattled off. Waimea trailed by 1 with 4:10 left.
Waimea reclaimed the lead when Kaimana Girod got a 3-point play after sinking a basket and drawing the foul.
But the third tie of the night came after Cummings made good on another set of free throws.
Kapa‘a’s Kila Youn was able to put the Warriors back up at 41-39.
With less than a minute left to go, Griffin was able to bring the game to its fourth tie. A traveling call on Kapa‘a’s Prem turned over the ball, giving the final possession of regulation time over to Waimea. Braxton Garma’s attempt to steal the win from Kapa‘a was blocked, sending the game into overtime.
Both teams scored a basket apiece for another tie at 43-43, but Kapa‘a was able to pull away when it got a set of scores from Calvin Villanueva. Another set from John Berales put Kapa‘a up by 4 points.
Garma sunk a huge 3-pointer with three seconds left of play to get within 1. Waimea’s Girod fouled out with his touch on Prem, sending Prem to the line. Prem made good on the first of the two. Waimea’s Griffin got a hold of the ball and as a last second attempt, launched the ball upcourt, but to no avail.
Kapa‘a was led by Cummings who finished with 14 points. Prem scored 12.
Girod finished with 22 points and six rebounds. Griffin snagged 12 rebounds.
In the junior varsity matchup, Waimea’s Malcolm Carter sunk five 3-pointers finishing with a season-high 26 points to lead the Menehune over the Warriors 51-41.
Teammate V.J. Carino was the Menehune’s second leading scorer with 12 points.
Waimea came out shooting, outscoring Kapa‘a 16-11 in the first frame with Carter hitting 9 points, including two of his game-total five 3-point bombs.
Kapa‘a’s best frame was the third quarter when they outscored Waimea 12-9, but could not overcome a 25-19 halftime deficit. Kapa‘a finished with three 3-pointers, the first coming in the third period by James Padre, who finished with 7 points, and the other two coming in the fourth period by Stephen Greenleaf and Kapono Cummings.
Greenleaf led the Warrior scoring with 11 points. Cummings finished with 10.
