Konawaena rallied past Punahou, 54-50, tonight in a double-overtime thriller to win the school's third Hawaiian Airlines/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association championship in six years before a vocal crowd of about 2,200 at Blaisdell Arena.

Konawaena finished the regular and postseason unbeaten at 15-0.

After the teams ended regulation play tied at 44-44 and the first overtime knotted at 45-45, freshman Lia Galdeira put the Wildcats up 47-45 on a layup with 2:23 remaining. She scored on another layup with 1:17 left to make it 49-45.

The Buffanblu (13-2) closed it to 49-47 on a layup by Janelle Nomura with 41 seconds remaining, but Galdeira answered with a layup after a nifty turnaround move in the lane 15 seconds later. After Punahou misfired on a shot attempt, freshman Dawnyelle Awa grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 12 seconds left.

She sank both free throws in the double-bonus to make it 53-47. After the Buffanblu missed a 3-point attempt, Kara Hanato-Smith sank a free throw with six seconds remaining to seal it.

Galdeira finished with a game-high 23 points, along with nine rebounds and four steals. Brown added 13 points and seven rebounds.

Nomura led Punahou with 20 points and four steals, and Tressa Torres added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Torres, the Buffanblu's starting post, fouled out with 2:10 left in the first overtime.