In the end, the Eagles of Second Baptist made one splash too many for the Roosevelt Rough Riders.

Ty Dalton poured in 23 points, hitting eight of nine at the free-throw line, to power Second Baptist (Houston) over Roosevelt 74-68 on Tuesday in the opening round of the ‘Iolani Classic.

Jalen Weber added 17 points (5-for-6 at the line) and hit two of his team’s eight 3-pointers. Wil Burns connected on three treys in the first quarter and finished with nine points.

Kevin Foster led Roosevelt with 24 points, hitting two 3-pointers and 10 of his 13 foul shots. Keanu Furtado added 15 points with two treys and Brent Quackenbush added 14 points with two treys.

"I thought we had a good game. I knew we could win," said Foster, who took the ball right to the basket against a bigger frontcourt. "We’re probably the fastest team in the state and we showed it tonight."

The Eagles had a significant height advantage, but it was their proficiency from the 3-point arc that was key. Much of the way, they struggled to keep up with Roosevelt’s blur of a fast break led by point guard Jake Kawasaki.

"It was them and their ability to push the ball," coach Kevin Mouton said. "That gave us problems and we had to make big adjustments at halftime."

Mouton insisted that his Eagles stop Kawasaki from going coast-to-coast for easy bounce passes for layups by Furtado and the other Rough Riders.

Leading 36-34 at intermission, the Eagles pulled away and outscored Roosevelt 21-9 in the third quarter. They led 57-43 entering the fourth stanza.

Roosevelt cut the lead to four, but got no closer.

Roosevelt rained in a few 3-pointers in the final minutes to close the gap.

"I think if we could’ve had one more minute, we would’ve been all right. We kept running. I told them before the game, believe you’re the better team, and they did," Roosevelt coach Steve Hathaway said.

"We held the ball a little bit when we should’ve stayed aggressive," Mouton said. "(Roosevelt) stayed aggressive."

Second Baptist shot 84 percent from the charity stripe (16-for-19). Roosevelt shot 73 percent (16-for-22).

The first half was a whirlwind. The Eagles opened the lead to 23-16 and seemed on the verge of blowing this game open when Hathaway called timeout.

The Rough Riders rallied back within 25-24 and was in the bonus with 5:01 to go in the half. Eagles fans were irate about the foul count: seven for Second Baptist and just one for Roosevelt.

Things started to get a little testy when Second Baptist’s Pedrum Rasouli roofed a layup attempt by Chaston Marcos and taunted Marcos face to face. There was no call there, but moments later, Second Baptist’s reserve center, Harry Burg, was whistled for a technical foul after his teammate was fouled near the basket. That cooled the Eagles’ momentum a bit, though Roosevelt’s switch to a 2-3 zone was a gamble that paid off.

Roosevelt led 34-31 before Carton Burton swished a trey, and Rasouli followed a miss with a putback at the buzzer for a two-point Eagles lead at the break.

"We had ’em for a while. You could tell they were panicking. I think they came in expecting to blow us out," Hathaway said. "They’re a good team. They can shoot the ball. There’s no team on this island that can shoot like that."

In another game, Terrence Phillips had 11 points and 13 assists and Andrew Fleming added 18 points as Oak Hill Academy of Virginia defeated Kamehameha 92-17.