When the Kamehameha Warriors call her number, Alohi Robins-Hardy answers to anything from 1 to 5.
Playing center on defense and point guard on offense down the stretch, the 6-foot-2 senior scored 14 points, corralled 19 rebounds, made three steals and dished out five assists as No. 6 Kamehameha stifled No. 3 Maryknoll 50-35 on Tuesday night at Kekuhaupio Gymnasium.
“Alohi just tore us up. She played the way she should be playing all the time,” Maryknoll coach Chico Furtado said of the BYU-bound, two-sport standout. “She played within herself, didn’t force shots, got to the bucket, when we missed shots, there weren’t a whole lot of offensive rebounds.”
Robins-Hardy’s value as a primary ballhandler in the closing minutes was key. With a 41-33 lead and 4:52 to play, the Warriors spread the court. Coach Darold Imanaka kept Robins-Hardy at point guard, but flanked her with teammates Kea Ryder and Breann Nueku to kill the clock. Kamehameha closed the game out with a 9-2 run.
“It’s tiring, but you’ve got to pull through and play for the team,” Robins-Hardy said. “Coach told us to just relax and take care of the ball.”
Kamehameha improved to 5-2 in ILH play (11-3 overall), handling Maryknoll’s constant man-to-man pressure. The Warriors are 3-1 since a season-ending injury to point guard Tiare Kanoa, who was on the bench cheering her teammates on.
“We tried to take advantage of that and pressure their guards a little bit, but my team was never really into it,” Furtado said.
Maryknoll fell into a tie with Kamehameha at 5-2 (14-3 overall). Struggles at the foul line (8-for-19) didn’t help, but the Spartans just never got into a flow as the Warriors put up a battle on every front.
“Everybody stepped up,” Imanaka said. “Our coaching staff did a great job scouting.”
That defensive awareness paid off. Maryknoll’s perimeter shooters were contested most of the night and finished 4-for-21 from the 3-point arc.
Makana Aleki provided the force inside with nine points, five boards and two blocks despite a sore ankle and a sore Achilles’ heel.
“We had to play hard and play with heart,” Aleki said.
Ryder (five assists), Nueku and Cassidy Keola chipped in nicely with six points apiece. But the difference in a battle between two tough-nosed, defense-first squads was Robins-Hardy.
She set the tone with four assists in the first quarter. Her feed to Aleki for a low-post bucket gave the home team a 14-5 lead late in the opening stanza.
At Kamehameha gym
| MS (5-2) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
— |
35 |
| KS (4-2) |
14 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
— |
50 |
MARYKNOLL—Alexis Delovio 3, Maile Goodin 3, Maya Rodriguez-Chang 0, Maia Laboy 5, Cianna Ochoco 9, Kaile Cambra 3, Maegaen Martin 5, Lindsey Lee 0, Siena Shupe 7.
KAMEHAMEHA— Brooke Kaawa 2, Breann Nueku 6, Kea Ryder 6, Miki‘ala Maio 1, Kanoe Marks-Mahoe 2, Shelbey Cadinha-Oku 1, Alohi Robins-Hardy 14, Nicole Kaaihue 3, Shantel Aleki 9, Mikaylah Kaohu 0, Cassidy Keola 6.
3-point goals—Maryknoll 5 (Goodin, Laboy, Ochoco, Cambra, Shupe). Kamehameha none.
No. 9 ‘Iolani 55, Sacred Hearts 35
Jade Botelho scored 13 points and Emily Nomura added 10 to lead the Raiders over the Lancers. Celina Pagan had 15 points in the loss.
At ‘Iolani gym
| SHA (1-5) |
10 |
5 |
14 |
6 |
— |
35 |
| ‘Iolani (4-3) |
12 |
17 |
18 |
8 |
— |
55 |
SACRED HEARTS—Tiare Libarios-Moses 3, Keala Rutkowski 5, Hoku Rutkowski 0, Kaela Fiesta 0, Zoe-Ann Yamamoto 0, Jessica Hanashiro 0, Cirena Aiwohi 4, Erica Pagan 8, Celina Pagan 15, Vikatolia Tupou 0.
‘IOLANI—Brooke Kaneshiro 0, Emily Nomura 10, Klein Masutani 3, Brooke Maeda 2, Sierra Buscher 4, Kelsi Ikeda 9, Lindsey Combs 2, Camy Aguinaldo 5, Jessica Otsu 0, Alyssa Finger 0, Sunshine Saucedo 2, Skyler Nakata 5, Jade Botelho 13.
3-point goals—Sacred Hearts 2 (C. Pagan). ‘Iolani 1 (Ikeda).
ILH DIVISION II GIRLS
‘Iolani II 36, Hanalani 32
Hoakalei Dawson scored 15 points to help the Raiders hold off the Royals. Shanel Taparra scored 15 for Hanalani.
At ‘Iolani gym
| Hanalani (1-6) |
1 |
10 |
8 |
13 |
— |
32 |
| ‘Iolani II (3-3) |
15 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
— |
36 |
HANALANI—Isabelle Aki 0, Rebekah Yamada 4, Alexa Nava 2, Shanel Taparra 15, Lexi Hee 9, Jonnisty Monalim 2, Erica Barro 0, Kiara Peterson 0, Kara Tanaka 0.
‘IOLANI II—Sydnee Halcro 4, Kelsie Fukuda 7, Courtney Kiehm 0, Courtney Kennedy 7, Lansing Sugita 1, Hoakalei Dawson 15, Robi Kodama 1, Reilly Killeen 0, Megan Kibota 1.
3-point goals—Hanalani 1 (Hee). ‘Iolani II 1 (Fukuda).
ILH DIVISION III BOYS
Christian Academy 58, Lanakila Baptist 43
At Hawaiian Mission gym
| C. Academy (3-0) |
12 |
16 |
16 |
14 |
— |
58 |
| L. Baptist (0-3) |
8 |
10 |
6 |
19 |
— |
43 |
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY—Frederick Harris III 9, Matthew Urcia 18, Rylie Schenbeck Chang 0, Xavier Matthews 5, Hollis Tam 0, Austin Miura 0, Bryson Stride 0, Joshua Luna 17, Jacob-Aaron Salas 0, Raymond Black IV 5, Brandon Hong 0, Jarrin-James Ralar 4, Brayden Salas 0.
LANAKILA BAPTIST—Keanu Cikowsky 14, Roycen Roult 12, Robert Baker 3, Geo Julian 8, Jerrold Mariano 3, Colton Salvador 3, Joshua Carlton 0.
3-point goals—Christian Academy 4 (Urcia, Luna, Black IV, Harris III). Lanakila Baptist 2 (Cikowsky 2).
Hawaiian Mission 51, Island Pacific 47
At Hawaiian Mission gym
| HMA (3-1) |
10 |
9 |
19 |
13 |
— |
51 |
| IPA (2-1) |
10 |
14 |
7 |
16 |
— |
47 |
ISLAND PACIFIC—Brian Arde 0, Josiah Gabriel 0, Michael Brenner 0, Dustin Agbayani 0, John Black 15, Ian Schumaker 22, Brett Arakawa 0, Dalton Wood 1, Ryan Tosiulai 0, Andrew McCarthy 6, Micah Lum 3,
HAWAIIAN MISSION—Andrew Yamada 0, John Saldevar 0, Riley Kim 0, Jordan Clark 0, Trevor Johnson 10, Mark Valencia 14, Jared Siok 11, Seth Jackson 8, Richard Domingo 0, Logan Earles 8.
3-point goals—Island Pacific 3 (McCarthy 2, Lum 1). Hawaiian Mission 4 (Earles 2, Valencia 2).
ALSO
ILH
Junior varsity boys
Damien Gold 46, Hanalani 11
Hawaii Baptist 46, Saint Louis 27
Kamehameha White 42, ‘Iolani 30
Punahou Blue 55, Kamehameha Blue 44
Punahou Gold 60, Mid-Pacific 50
Saint Louis 63, Maryknoll 46
University High 38, Damien Purple 37
