Honokaa girls basketball coach Daphne Honma said her team played decent, but it wasn’t without its share of mental breakdowns.
Honokaa girls basketball coach Daphne Honma said her team played decent, but it wasn’t without its share of mental breakdowns.
Those lapses cost the Dragons any chance of a comeback against Hilo.
Mandi Kawaha scored 19 points Wednesday night and Jamilla Collins-Ebanez added 11 as the visiting Vikings beat the Dragons 51-35 in a BIIF Division I matchup.
Collins-Ebanez made three 3-pointers, all in the fourth quarter for Hilo (5-0).
‘We fell asleep guarding her and left her wide open,” Honma said.
Kawena Kaohimaunu had 11 for the Dragons (2-2).
Honokaa won the JV game 42-24.
Hilo 7 13 12 19– 51
Honokaa 5 11 7 12–35
Waiakea 63, Kohala 31
Kelsei Imai scored 21 points and fellow freshmen Keeli-Jade Smith added 13 in Pahala as the Warriors cruised to improve to 5-0.
Mikayla Kekoa led the Cowgirls (1-3) with 12 points.
Waiakea won the JV game 48-20.
Waiakea 10 16 18 19 –63
Keaau 12 3 6 10–31
Keaau 45, Pahoa 42
Crystalynn Respicio-Mercado scored 21 points, helping to offset a 29-point effort from the Daggers’ Aylssa Padilla, as the Cougars pulled off a road win.
Hunter Muranaka made two 3 pointers and scored nine points for Keaau (2-2).
Padilla nailed four 3-pointers for Pahoa (2-4) and Raynah Berinobis scored 13 points.
In JV, Keaau beat Christian Liberty 34-16.
Keaau 5 11 13 16 –45
Pahoa 10 12 7 13– 42