BIIF basketball: Hawaii Prep’s Skupeika scores 45 in 2OT victory

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Jonas Skupeika put on a show with 45 points, and Hawaii Prep outlasted Waiakea in double overtime, winning 70-64 Friday night at the Keaau-Waiakea boys tournament.

Jonas Skupeika put on a show with 45 points, and Hawaii Prep outlasted Waiakea in double overtime, winning 70-64 Friday night at the Keaau-Waiakea boys tournament.

Noah Ferreira scored 20 points for the host Warriors and Calvin Mattos finished with 16.

Hilo 56, Kohala 44: Ej Narido scored 16 points and Josh Breitbarth (15) and Isaac Liu (13) also reached double figures for the Vikings, who took control by outscoring the Cowboys 18-8 in the third quarter.

Lyle Laninbit-Lobju led Kohala with seven points.

Waiakea 2 57, Laupahoehoe 42: Jaden Opiana’s 12 points paced the Warriors, and Noah Tominaga and Will Soares chipped in with 11 and 10, respectively.

Kadan Stamm carried the Seasiders with 30.

Red bracket

Kamehameha 54, Keaau 48: Kamehameha pulled away from Keaau behind 18 points from Pukana Vincent. Cullen Cariaga and Samuel Kahapea also had 10 points apiece for the Warriors.

Charles Caldwell (11 points) and Tzion Carland (10 points) helped keep things close for the Cougars.

St. Joseph 50, Ka‘u 25: Cole DeSilva and Manato Fukuda combined for 24 points to lead St. Joseph.

Pete Dacalio was the only Trojan in double-figures, scoring 10 points in the loss.

Pahoa 60, Kealakehe 39: A trio of Daggers carried the load against Kealakehe. Keinan Agonias put away a game-high 28 points, and Kili Oliveira (18 points) and Joel Rosario Jr. (14 points) helped with the rest.

Blaine Broberg led the Waveriders with nine points.

Saturday at Keaau

Red Bracket

Final

Kamehameha-Hawaii vs. Hawaii Prep, 7 p.m.

Third place

Keaau vs. Waiakea, 5:30 p.m.

Fifth place

Hilo vs. Pahoa, 4 p.m.

Saturday at Waiakea

Blue bracket

Seventh place

Kealakehe vs. Kohala, 2 p.m.

Ninth place

St. Joseph vs. Waiakea 212:30 p.m.

11th place

Lahainaluna JV girls 54, Kamehameha JV 5

Honokaa 45, Kamehameha 37

Konawaena JV boys 40, HPA JV boys 37

Laupahoehoe vs. Ka’u, 11 a.m.

GIRLS

Hilo 64, Kealakehe 15

Alexis Pana paced Hilo with 17 points to down Kealakehe at HPA’s girls tournament.

The Vikings exploded for 28 first quarter points and never let the Waverider offense get on track.

Ashlyn Cabatbat, who was coming off a 23-point game against Ka‘u on Thursday, led Kealakehe with four points.

Ka‘u 37, Hawaii Prep 30: The Trojans used 37 points from Reisha Kekoa-Jarra to down host Hawaii Prep.

The teams played close until the fourth quarter, where Ka‘u outscored Hawaii Prep 15-6 to pull away.

Jazzy Buerano tallied 11 for Ka Makani in the loss.

Saturday

Ka’u JV vs. Hawaii Prep, noon

Hilo vs. Ka’u, 2 p.m.

Kealakehe vs. HPA, 3:30 p.m.

Konawaena Invitational

Friday

Lahainaluna JV girls 54, Kamehameha JV 5

Honokaa girls 45, Kamehameha 37

Konawaena JV boys 40, HPA JV boys 37

Konawaena girls 59, Lahainaluna 31

Saturday

Honokaa JV girls vs. Lahainaluna JV girls, 9 a.m.

Honokaa vs. Lahainaluna, 10:30 a.m.

Konawaena JV boys vs. Kealakehe JV boys, noon

Konawaena girls vs. Kamehameha girls, 1:30 a.m.

Konawaena JV girls vs. Kealakehe JV girls, 3 p.m.