Montrose Christian's Ismail Wainwright puts up a shot in the paint against Findlay Prep. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Findlay Prep's Christian Wood puts up a layup attempt against Montrose Christian. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Fri, Dec 21, 2012 @ Iolani

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Findlay Prep

40

Montrose

35

Final	1	2	3	4
Findlay Prep	15	11	4	10	40
Montrose	8	9	14	4	35

T. Mayimba 12 pts  6/7 FTs

14 pts  4/4 FTs

Findlay Prep held off defending champ Montrose Christian, 40-35, to advance to the title game of the Iolani Prep Classic.

Gavin Schilling and Nigel Williams-Goss scored 14 points a piece to lead the Pilots, who led 26-17 at the half.

Montrose rallied in the third quarter, going on a 14-4 scoring run to take a 31-30 lead at the end of three quarters of play.

But Allerik Freeman and Williams-Goss each hit a pair of free-throws in the late stages of the contest to give the Pilots just enough breathing room to hold on for the win.

Therence Mayimba led Montrose with 12 points.

Findlay Prep will take on La Lumiere, a 70-67 winner over Oak Hill, in the championship game set for 8:00 p.m. Saturday.