Punahou basketball awarded state's No. 1 seed
Advertiser Staff
Interscholastic League of Honolulu champion Punahou was awarded the top seed for this week's Hawaiian Airlines Girls State Basketball Championship Tournament.
The Buffanblu, who lost to Kamehameha in last year's title game, compiled a 14-0 record in league play.
O'ahu Interscholastic Association champion Moanalua (13-0) is the No. 2 seed, followed by Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion Konawaena (13-0) and Maui Interscholastic League champion Baldwin (13-2).
The four seeded teams receive byes in the first round, which begins tomorrow at the Stan Sheriff Center.
The tournament schedule:
Tomorrow
Game 1 Farrington (10-4) vs. Waimea (9-3), 3 p.m.
Game 2 McKinley (9-5) vs. Kealakehe (10-3), 4:30 p.m.
Game 3 Maryknoll (9-7) vs. Lahainaluna (12-3), 6 p.m.
Game 4 Kahuku (11-2) vs. Kamehameha (12-2), 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Game 5 Losers of Games 1 and 2, 2 p.m.
Game 6 Winner of Game 1 vs. Baldwin (13-2), 3:30 p.m.
Game 7 Winner of Game 4 vs. Konawaena (13-0), 5 p.m.
Game 8 Winner of Game 3 vs. Moanalua (13-0), 6:30 p.m.
Game 9 Winner of Game 2 vs. Punahou (14-0), 8 p.m.
Thursday
Game 10 Losers of Games 3 and 4, 2 p.m.
Game 11 Losers of Games 6 and 9, 3:30 p.m.
Game 12 Losers of Games 7 and 8, 5 p.m.
Game 13 Winners of Games 6 and 9, 6:30 p.m.
Game 14 Winners of Games 7 and 8, 8 p.m.
Friday
Game 15 Winners of Games 5 and 10, 3 p.m.
Game 16 Winners of Games 11 and 12, 4:30 p.m.
Game 17 Losers of Games 13 and 14, 6 p.m.
Game 18 Winners of Games 13 and 14, 8 p.m.
Admission: $7 adults, $5 students kindergarten through 12th grade.
Parking: $3.