Nationally-ranked Bishop O'Dowd and Oak Hill will face off in the Iolani Prep Classic semifinals Friday. ScoringLive photo illustration

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Two of the nation's best prep boys basketball teams will be in action Friday night in the semifinals of the 2014 Iolani Classic.

Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), the No. 3 team in the USA Today Super 25, will take on St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) at 8 p.m., while No. 11 Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) will meet Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) in the 6:30 p.m. game with a spot in Saturday's tournament championship final on the line.

Both semifinals, along with the annual dunk contest, will be live streamed on ScoringLive.com.

Oak Hill crushed Kamehameha, 92-17, in a first-round game Tuesday and pulled away from host Iolani, 82-39, in Thursday's late quarterfinal, which tipped off around 9 p.m. and did not end until about 10:20 p.m.

Senior guard Andrew Fleming scored a game-high 18 points, senior forward/center Daniel Giddens had 17 points with 12 rebounds and senior guard Terrence Phillips had a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists against Kamehameha. Giddens and sophomore guard Lindell Wigginton had 12 points each, junior forward Joe Hampton had 11 and senior guard Dwayne Bacon added 10 for the Warriors.

St. John Bosco's route to the semifinals started with a 63-27 rout of Kailua in Wednesday's opening round and continued with a 82-78 double-overtime victory over Second Baptist (Houston) in a quarterfinal Thursday.

Junior guard/forward Vance Jackson led the Braves against Kailua with a game-high 23 points. Senior guard/forward Rodney Henderson had 27 points against Second Baptist and Jackson added 20. Junior forward/center Jordan Bell contributed 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Bishop O'Dowd opened tournament play with a 74-21 first-round win over Mid-Pacific Wednesday and followed that up with a 57-49 quarterfinal win over Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Ky.) Thursday.

Senior guard Paris Austin led the Dragons in scoring both nights. He had 13 points against Mid-Pacific and posted 16 against Lexington Catholic. Ivan Rabb, a 6-foot-11 senior forward considered the top player in the tournament and the fifth-best player in the class of 2015 as rated by ESPN, had 11 points and 12 rebounds Thursday.

Orange Lutheran reached the semifinal round with a 71-34 first-round victory over Kaiser Wednesday and a 40-38 quarterfinal win over Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.) Thursday.

Senior guard Rogers Printup led the Lancers against Kaiser with 10 points and Joseph Riley and CJ Hankins added nine points apiece. Hankins led the way against Miller Grove with 13 points and Keisean Lucier-South chipped in with 12 points and eight rebounds.  

The broadcast will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday with Shawn Sueoka (play-by-play) and Michael Lasquero (color commentary) calling the Orange Lutheran-Bishop O'Dowd game to be followed by the 8 p.m. semifinal between St. John Bosco and Oak Hill, with Felipe Ojastro (play-by-play) and Alan Ching (color commentary) on the call. The dunk contest will follow.

Saturday's third-place and championship finals will also be streamed on ScoringLive.com.