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Coming from behind not once, but twice, Punahou pulled out a 41-38 win over Kamehameha Hawaii in the boys division one state basketball championship game at the NBC Arena.

The Buffanblu boys hoops squad gave an encore victory performance for those who missed the girls squad do the same just a night earlier over Iolani.

Kameron Steinhoff led Punahou with a team high 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Henry Cassidy (7 points) ignited the Punahou offense with four points in the final minute of the fourth quarter.

Hogan Rosehill scored a game high 20 points and collected 12 rebounds for the Warriors. Rosehill was unstoppable in the first quarter with eights points and seven rebounds but exited with 49 seconds remaining with two fouls.

Kamehameha Hawaii led 19-11 midway through the second quarter. Punahou responded with a 12-0 run to take a 23-19 lead at halftime.

Trailing 31-25 to Punahou in third quarter, the Warriors answered with a run of its own thanks to a couple of three point field goals from Rosehill to tie up the game 33-33 at the end of the third quarter.

Kamehameha Hawaii would reclaim the lead once again during the fourth quarter only to see the Buffanblu turn up the defensive pressure and transition its effort into a one point lead with a jumper by Henry Cassidy.

The Warriors took a timeout and trailing 39-38 with 38 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The Warriors decided to work its offense toward the right side with its leading scorer, Rosehill, on the wing. Unable to find an open look from behind the three point line, Rosehill attempted to pass the ball over the defense to the opposite side of court, but the ball sailed out of bounce for a turnover.

Now forced to foul to put Punahou on the free throw line, the Warriors committed three fouls over the next 20 seconds.

Punahou then discovered a  breakdown on the weakside of the Warriors defense and converted on an easy scoring opportunity. Henry Cassidy’s lay-up with nine seconds left in the game put Punahou up 41-38.

The Warriors did not call a timeout and dashed up the court in a desperate attempt to tie the game with a three point field goal gy Kramer Kealoha but it would rim out and Cassidy would grab the rebound at the buzzer.

Punahou, the ILH runner-up, won its first state title since 1999. Kamehameha Hawaii, the BIIF runner-up, came up three points short in its first ever state championship game appearance.

Punahou            7  16  10  8 – 41
Kamehameha-Hawai  12   7  14  5 – 38

Punahou Leading Performers
Steinhoff 15 points, 12 rebounds
Toma 9 points
Crabb 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 slam dunk

Kamehameha-Hawaii Leading Performers
Rosehill 20 points, 12 rebounds
Kramer 7 points, 7 rebounds, 3
assists

OTHER D-I SCORES:

Konawaena d. Moanalua,  Forfeit

Konawaena finishes in 3rd Place

Kamehameha-Kapalama d. Iolani, 69-49