HHSAA Girls Basketball
Balanced attack lifts Punahou over Kahuku


ScoringLive staff
February 2, 2011, 11:46pm

  


Wed, Feb 2, 2011 @ Radford

Kahuku

33

Punahou

37

Final 1 2 3 4  
Kahuku (8-9, 10-11) 10 581033
Punahou (10-2, 12-3) 4 7 15 1137
H. Maeda 9 pts  3/6 FTs
J. Noga 15 pts  3/3 FTs
H. Maeda 12 tot
J. Noga 6 tot
Punahou uses a key 15-8 third quarter to score a 37-33 comeback win over Kahuku in a Division I quarterfinal matchup at Radford.

Hailey Ann Maeda scored 9 points, Julia Brand added 8, and Jennifer Ching 7 more to lead a balanced Buffanblu attack.

Maeda also grabbed 12 boards and added 2 blocks for Punahou, who will face Lahainaluna in the final game of the night at Blaisdell. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.

Kahuku post Joshy Noga led all scorers with 15 points, and also pulled down 6 rebounds in the loss.

The Red Raiders will face off with Kapolei tomorrow in a 3:00 p.m. consolation bracket contest, also at Blaisdell.



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