St. Francis stays unbeaten in Division II girls hoops
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
The Hawai'i Baptist Academy girls basketball team tried its best to slow St. Francis yesterday, but the Eagles could not stop the unbeaten Troubadours from marching to another victory.
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St. Francis held off HBA for a 48-41 win at Damien to improve to 9-0 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II. The Troubadours will face second-place Kamehameha (8-1) tomorrow. Hawai'i Baptist drops to 6-2, with two weeks left in the regular season.
Hawaii Baptist's Gretchen Gerloff, left, and St. Francis' Deeann Nahale battle for a first-half rebound.
"I wouldn't say we're in the driver's seat yet," St. Francis coach Tony Tyler said, "but this win at least gets us in the car."
The Troubadours had to rev their engines to beat scrappy Hawai'i Baptist. The Eagles took an early lead and then spread the floor late in the first quarter. They used the same strategy in the second and third quarters to keep the game tight. St. Francis led 31-29 entering the final period.
"We had some girls in foul trouble and we did want to shorten the game a bit," HBA coach Deren Oshiro said. "But it wasn't really a stall. We felt we had an advantage on the perimeter and we wanted to take advantage of our quickness."
The Eagles used four quick guards — sophomores Chelsea Yasuda and Kara Morita, junior Liza Onuma and senior Jessica Choy — to find openings in the defense and score on short jumpers or layups.
Yasuda led the team with 14 points, and the four combined to score all but one of HBA's points.
But St. Francis, with a double-low post offense featuring Jamila Jarmon (15 points) and Elizabeth Narkon (10 points), took command in the fourth quarter. Jarmon scored nine of her points in that final period.
The Eagles closed to 43-41 with 1:01 left, but a layup by Adrianne Pereira and three free throws by Jarmon sealed it.
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DIVISION II
St. Andrew's 53, La Pietra 45. StA—Lehua Sanborn 23. LP—Crystal Kimura 12.
Kamehameha 74, Redemption 13. Kam—Joan Jensen 14, Regina Cummings 11.
Hanalani 57, University High 43. Hana—Bethany Nishimoto 24, Clarice Kent 24. Univ—Brianna Tsukamoto 8, Kehau Yamaguchi 8, Tara Hiramatsu 8.
Lutheran 51, Punahou 48.
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DIVISION I
PUNAHOU (7-0)
17
22
20
17
76
UNIVERSITY (2-5)
6
5
7
8
26
PUNAHOU—Rachel Kane 5, Elyse Umeda 2, Darci Murakawa 6 , Megan Abbott 5, Dana Arakawa 2, Anuhea Macfarlane 7, Milia Macfarlane 15, Misha Lam 2, Kira Kashiwa 4, Nicole Jones 9, Becky Hogue 11, Kelly Karns 4, Caroline Ane 4,
UNIVERSITY—Litiana Vakasausau 2, Jessica Shimizu 0, Iwalani Yamaguchi 0, Shalei Lumpkin 0, Ka'ula Atisanoe 5, Jeanal Souza 4, Trisha Chang 3, Kamaile Durrett 2, Janeen Waialae 0, Karlee Ka'ili'ehu 6, Diane Okubo 4, Tiara Hong 0.
3-pointers—Punahou 5 (M. MacFarlane 3, Rachel Kane 1, A. MacFarlane 1).
KAMEHAMEHA (6-1)
18
19
12
14
63
MID-PACIFIC (1-6)
6
4
7
24
41
KAMEHAMEHA—Napua Naumu 0, Tiffiny Shim 3, India Soo 0, Ashley Ruff 2, Courtney Chai 0, Beth Nakamura 6, Jeneka Taeoalii 6, Lehua Wood 2, Tai Soo 20, Megan Kanoa 8, Megan Ching 10, Noelle Russell 6.
MID-PACIFIC—Kelli Kajiwara 3, Rusella Leonhardt 3, Stacie Shimabukuro 0, Kimberly Hee 8, Shannon Nishi 5, Kristen Young 5, Stephanie Kawatomari 0, Kristen Tamashiro 0, Valerie Afficial 2, Caroline Beddow 15.
3-pointers—Kamehameha 2 (Shim, Russell). Mid-Pacific 3 (Kajiwara, Hee, Nishi).
‘IOLANI (5-2)
13
15
16
14
58
MARYKNOLL (1-6)
17
2
17
2
38
'IOLANI—Trisha Nishimoto 13, Lana Young 4, Fabriann Gin 8, Jackie Sasaki 0, Janna Young 0, Ginger Gravelle 9, Monica Tokoro 19, Raeceen Woolford 0, Elysaa Street 5, Emma Prince-Wilson 0.
Maryknoll—Pauline Chan 0, Elizabeth Kam 9, Michelle Baduria 14, Diana Samson 0, Shannon Riley 4, Jenna Castillo 0, Jessica Ho 0, Whitney Wong 0, Stacey Doran 4, Carla Donlin 7, Kanai Medeiros 0, Shalei Bissen-Kealohi 0.
3-pointers—'Iolani 1 (Gravelle). Maryknoll 1 (Donlin).
