Scott Smith scored 17 points and Jeremiah Masoli added 13 to lead Saint Louis past visiting Punahou, 58-49, last night in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu regular season finale for both teams.

Each team finished 8-4, but Saint Louis clinched third place by beating Punahou twice in the regular season.

Saint Louis will have the No. 1 seed and homecourt advantage in next week's ILH third-place tournament to decide the league's third and final berth in the state tournament.

Kamehameha (10-1) and Iolani (9-2) have clinched the ILH's two automatic berths and will meet tonight in the regular season finale at Iolani. Tipoff is at 8.

If Kamehameha wins, it clinches the ILH title. If Iolani wins, the teams will meet again either Wednesday or Thursday in a winner-take-all game.

Saint Louis, ranked No. 4 in The Advertiser's statewide Top 10 poll of coaches and media, took the lead for good last night on Scott Smith's three-point play that made it 34-32 with 3:57 remaining in the third period. The Crusaders opened the fourth quarter with an 8-4 run to build the lead to 48-41 with 3:33 left.

The No. 3-ranked Buffanblu closed to 50-45 on Kyle Whitford's layup with 1:40 remaining, but Smith and Kulia Aiona scored on layups to break Punahou's full-court press and seal the victory.

Miah Ostrowski led the Buffanblu with 18 points. Punahou made 13 of 16 free-throw attempts.

PUNAHOU (8-4) 12 11 14 12 — 49

SAINT LOUIS (8-4) 10 16 14 18 — 58

PUNAHOU — Spencer McLachlin 8, Danny Cho 4, Miah Ostrowski 18, Brandon Kapana 4, Trenton Zane 2, Kimo Makaula 2, Ted Hawkins 0, Freddie Hart 0, Keali'i Frank 1, Kameron Steinhoff 8, Kyle Whitford 2. Totals 17 13-16 49.

SAINT LOUIS — Jeremiah Masoli 13, Scott Smith 17, Elliott Purcell, Jr. 4, Cole Shidaki 7, Cameron Bayne 10, Kulia Aiona 4, John Quindara 0, Kalua Noa 0, Ricksson Pacarro 3. Totals 24 5-7 58.

MARYKNOLL 48, DAMIEN 46

Tyler Tsukazaki scored 30 points as the Spartans edged the Monarchs.

MARYKNOLL (4-8) 9 13 9 17—48

DAMIEN (1-11) 8 11 13 14—46

MARYKNOLL—Tyler Tsukazaki 30, Chris Hsia 0, Tommy Nguyen 4, Simeon Ke-Paloma 0, Richardson Talavera 0, Travis Liu 5, Zachary Misajon 4, Jordan Ho-Ching 4, Richard Herring 1. Totals 15 16-23 48.

DAMIEN—Nikko Romuar 0, Kama Bailey 9, Winnie Gapuz 4, Matt Gochenouer 6, Tony Cerezo 0, Aminis Thompson 0, Haku Correa 1, Kenneth Rossi 1, Mike Sipili 13, Mana Mikaele 10, Sione Tau 2. Totals 18 6-11 46. 3-point goals—Maryknoll 2 (Tsukazaki, Liu). Damien 4 (Bailey 3, Mikaele 1).

Reported by Steve Lewis

ILH DIVISION II

Hawai'i Baptist defeated Le Jardin, 61-41, yesterday in the ILH Division II regular-season finale for both teams.

The Eagles (10-3) qualify for next week's ILH third-place tournament to determine the league's third berth in the state tournament. HBA will be the eighth seed and play fifth-seeded Maryknoll Wednesday.

Kamehameha (12-0), Punahou (12-1) and Iolani (10-2) are ineligible for the ILH third-place tournament.

Yesterday's results:

HAWAI'I BAPTIST 61, LE JARDIN 41

Leading scorers—HBA: Jeremy Yeung 15, Jason Liang 13, Kyle Barretta 12. LJ: Kevin Heinemann 18.

LANAKILA BAPTIST 75, LUTHERAN 33

Leading scorers—LB: Alika Borabora 22, Galen Kama 17, Charles Hazelwood 15. Lut: Derek Alik 18.

PUNAHOU 64, HANALANI 41

Leading scorers—Pun: Dru Hara 9. Han: P.J. Wood 17.

SAINT LOUIS 44, ACADEMY OF THE PACIFIC 42

Leading scorers—SL: Kamalu Umu 21. AOP: Tri Bourne 18.

Reach Wes Nakama at wnakama@honoluluadvertiser.com.