ILH Boys Basketball
Hawaii Baptist fights off Christian Academy, 60-50


  



Sat, Feb 7, 2015 @ Le Jardin


Final 1 2 3 4  
Hawaii Baptist (10-2, 18-9) 15 20131260
Christian Acad. (0-13, 1-16) 4 12 15 1950
J. Luna 13 pts  1 3pm  2/2 FTs
B. Hosaka 23 pts  2 3pm  7/7 FTs
X. Matthews 15 tot  8 off  7 def
I. Liva 15 tot  6 off  9 def
I. Harris 3 ast

KAILUA – A strong first half helped Hawaii Baptist hold off Christian Academy, 60-50 in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II contest at Le Jardin's Charles B. Wang Gymnasium Saturday evening.

BJ Hosaka scored a game-high 23 points and Isaac Liva posted a double-double of 13 points and 15 rebounds to help the Eagles improve to 8-2 in league play. The Patriots fell to 0-10. 

Christian Academy saw four players finish in double figures. Joshua Luna led the way with 13 points and seven rebounds. Xavier Matthews and Rylie Schenbeck-Chang each had 12 points and Isaiah Harris chipped in 10. Matthews also had 15 rebounds to finish with a double-double.

Hawaii Baptist led 15-4 after the first quarter and 35-16 at the break. Liva's basket to start of the third quarter gave the Eagles their largest lead of the game, 37-16.

The Patriots answered with a 9-0 run to make the score 37-25 in a span of under two minutes. Michael Dang's 3-pointer ended Christian Academy's run and made it a 15-point game with 5:08 to go in the third.

Hawaii Baptist pushed their lead back up to 20, 47-27 after Danton Tominaga's steal and finish.

Christian Academy would scrap its way back into it throughout the remainder of the second half, but could never whittle Hawaii Baptist's lead down to single digits.

The Eagles has games against Le Jardin and Hanalani to close the season while Christian Academy will try to get its first league win with games against University High and Damien.



Reach Michael Lasquero at [email protected].




Show your support

Every contribution, no matter the size, will help ScoringLive continue its mission to provide the best and most comprehensive coverage of high school sports in the state of Hawaii and beyond.

Please consider making a contribution today.

ADVERTISEMENT


IMAGE GALLERY



MORE STORIES

All state baseball, softball games postponed due to inclement weather

Baseball set to resume at 10 a.m. back at Les Murakami Friday; Softball semifinals scheduled for 10 a.m....

Top-seeded Warriors blank Chargers

Kainoa Kaneshiro threw five innings of three-hit ball to lead the defending state champs past OIA fifth-place...

Crusaders clutch in hitting, fielding and pitching in quarterfinal win

Saint Louis rallies from 4-0 deficit to turn back Kailua, 6-4, to advance to the semifinals.

Big inning aids No. 3 Maui to victory against No. 8 Waiakea

The Sabers sent 11 batters up in a five-run third inning to take down the Warriors.

Small ball goes long way in No. 4 Baldwin's win over No. 7 Hilo

The Bears endured two delays en route to its 5-4 win against the Vikings in the quarterfinals.

Kamehameha batters Leilehua to face Baldwin in semis

The Warriors raced out to a 7-0 lead in the first inning and led 11-0 after three to rout the Mules in...