OIA Boys Basketball
Moanalua pulls away from Kailua to wrap up regular season


  



Thu, Jan 30, 2020 @ Kailua


Final 1 2 3 4  
Moanalua (13-2, 20-10) 9 11191756
Kailua (8-4, 19-7) 9 9 16 1347
N. Peters 19 pts  1 3pm  2/6 FTs
E. McGruder 18 pts  2/2 FTs

Visiting Moanalua outscored Kailua in the final three quarters of play to come away with a 56-47 win in the final game of the regular season Thursday night.

Geremy Robinson and DiAeris McRaven each scored 13 points to help Na Menehune improve to 9-2 in the OIA East Division I standings. Because of a head-to-head tiebreaker loss to Kahuku (9-2 OIA East), Moanalua will be the East's third seed in next week's 12-team D1 playoffs.

Kailua dropped to 8-3 in league play and will be the East's fifth seed due to a head-to-head tiebreaker loss to Kaiser (8-3 OIA East).

The Surfriders were led by Nainoa Peters' game-high 19 points in the loss.





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