Senior guard Jewel Paaluhi-Caulk scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 2 Kamehameha escaped with a 44-32 win over No. 5 ‘Iolani on Tuesday night at the Father Bray Athletic Complex.

Kamehameha improved to 2-0 in Interscholastic League of Honolulu play (12-1 overall) with the tough road win. The game was the regular-season opener for ‘Iolani (7-5 overall).

Down 31-21 to start the fourth quarter, the Raiders went on a 9-2 run behind senior Tori Maeda (19 points) and freshman Lily Lefotu Wahinekapu. Maeda’s layup with three minutes left cut the lead to 35-32, but Kamehameha closed the game out with a 9-0 run.

Paaluhi-Caulk corralled three key offensive rebounds in a crucial third quarter after center Kalina Obrey left with an injured left hand. She played through the injury after getting hit in the first quarter, but departed at halftime with an ice pack on the hand.

“Coach said we had to be more of a scoring threat, and we had to step up our trust, especially with our younger players,” said senior Kiana Vierra, who finished with 10 points, five rebounds, four steals and two blocks.

Vierra and sophomore Noelle Sua-Godinet returned from preseason ankle injuries. Vierra was rusty, hitting just three of her 13 field-goal attempts, but she made up for it defensively.

Sua-Godinet added eight points, eight rebounds and two blocks, and sophomore Malie Marfil was key as well, scoring five points and adding toughness and length to Kamehameha’s man-to-man defense. Running a flex offense for most of the way, the Warriors shot 35 percent from the field — 13 percent from the arc and 47 percent in the 2-point area.

“With a girl like Kalina, don’t be surprised if you see her in the lineup on Friday,” Warriors coach Joseph Cho said, referring to a key showdown with No. 1 Maryknoll. “Kiana played with a fever. She’s fighting a cold, and Noelle had the ankle.”

Even Paaluhi-Caulk played with her right hand wrapped up after she accidentally poked a pencil into her palm.

Still, it was a tough night for the young Raiders without senior post Kayla Malta (ankle). The Raiders shot 27 percent from the field, including 1-for-18 from 3-point range.

Even without Obrey, who had six points and seven rebounds by halftime despite constant triple-teaming, the Warriors finished with a 38-26 edge on the boards.

Kamehameha took its biggest lead of the first half, 24-13, after Sua-Godinet hit two foul shots shortly before the break.

The Raiders cut the lead to 24-19, but their fullcourt pressure did little to disrupt Paaluhi-Caulk and her teammates, who opened the lead back to 10 after Vierra sank her only trey of the game.