Posted at 10:21 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2007
State DII girls hoops: KS-Hawai'i eases by St. Francis
Advertiser Staff
As happy as Kamehameha-Hawai'i head coach Kalani Silva was with his team's hard-fought 62-50 win over St. Francis tonight, he couldn't get the foul smell out of his nose.The teams combined for 48 fouls and 53 turnovers.
St. Francis went to the line 47 times, converting 33 attempts. They scored only eight field goal attempts, including one 3-pointer.
Kamehameha shot 13-for-27 from the line.
"If not for those calls, this would have been an 30-, 40-point game," said Silva, who was assessed a technical foul for questioning a charging call. "I don't understand what happened. I just wanted them to make the same calls both ways."
The Warriors got a dominant performance from their 5-foot-6 junior center Tabitha Eseroma, who finished with 27 points on 9-of-11 from the field (9-16 at the line) and 16 rebounds. Ashlee Kalauli and Sierra Gacayan each chipped in 11 points for Kamehameha.
St. Francis was led by junior guard Bryanna Batts, who scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds.
