Hawaii Prep’s Jonas Skupeika made the closing statement to the BIIF boys basketball regular season and provided a small shakeup to the playoff picture.
Hawaii Prep’s Jonas Skupeika made the closing statement to the BIIF boys basketball regular season and provided a small shakeup to the playoff picture.
Skupeika hit a shot from the lane Saturday night as time expired and finished with 14 points, and Ka Makani edged Pahoa 38-36 in Waimea to take a little momentum to the postseason.
HPA (7-5) won for only the third time in eight games heading into a Division II semifinal against St. Joseph (6-6) on Friday at Hilo Civic.
The Daggers’ fourth consecutive loss dropped them to the fourth seed. Vijay Julian scored 12 points for Pahoa (5-7), which will face Honokaa in the other semifinal on Friday.
HPA’s JV won 49-36.
Pahoa 15 6 5 10 – 36
HPA 10 12 6 10– 38
Playoff glance
At Hilo Civic
Division I
Friday
Semifinals
No. 1 Waiakea (12-0) vs. No. 2 Hilo (6-6)
No. 2 Konawaena (11-1) vs. No. 3 Kamehameha (9-3)
Saturday
Championship
Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.
Division I
Friday
Semifinals
No. 1 Honokaa (8-4) vs. No. 4 Pahoa (5-7)
No. 2 Hawaii Prep (7-5) vs. No. 3 St. Joseph (6-6)
Saturday
Championship
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.