Meet Cherilyn Molina, the 2017 Star-Advertiser All-State guard and player of the year from Konawaena.

Now meet the ’18 update: Molina v2.0 is a party and rim crasher. The senior guard scored 16 points and crashed the glass for 11 rebounds as three-time defending champion Konawaena exploded after halftime for a 59-32 win over Moanalua on Thursday night in the quarterfinal round of the Snapple/ HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships.

With the win, Konawaena (13-0) now has won 10 games in a row at the big dance.

Senior guard Mikayla Tablit added 10 points and four steals, Tanniya Uchida had 10 points and four assists, and Caiyle Kaupu tallied nine points and five rebounds. Molina chipped in five assists and four steals as the Wildcats used man-to-man and zone defenses.

Konawaena, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, will meet Lahainaluna today at 5 p.m. at Blaisdell Center.

A stoic crowd of about 400 endured major humidity in McKinley Student Council Gymnasium to see the Wildcats turn a 24-19 halftime lead into a runaway. Molina was an unexpected visitor to the boards on the offensive end. Six times, she brought down an offensive carom. Two of those hustle plays came to start the second half, sparking a 20-4 run by the Big Island Interscholastic Federation champions.

“She’s been doing that on the glass all season,” Konawaena coach Bobbie Awa said. “We had a nice second half. We actually got some transition buckets. We should’ve been doing that all along.”

In all, Konawaena grabbed 16 offensive rebounds in the first three quarters. Defensively, they forced Moanalua into 18 turnovers. They also limited Moanalua’s high-scoring center, Delylah Sanerivi, to four points on four field-goal attempts. The senior hauled in nine rebounds.

“I wish we would’ve grabbed onto the moment. We needed to dig deep and we didn’t,” Moanalua coach Tani Almont-Done said. “They couldn’t match up with us, but they had too many offensive rebounds.”

Raven Rosa-Lasco led Moanalua (11-5) with 11 points, all in the first half. Na Menehune led 5-2 early on drives to the bucket by Rosa-Lasco and Kelcie Leong, and a layup by Sanerivi.

Konawaena responded with an 8-0 run, even though Kaupu, the Wildcats’ center, had to sit with her second foul. Moanalua was within 20-16 after a drive to the basket by Rosa-Lasco, but Sanerivi, their 5-foot-10 center, sat due to foul trouble with 3:40 left in the first half.

A big spark off the bench for Konawaena was junior forward Mo‘o Mo‘o Fautanu, who hustled for four offensive rebounds in the second quarter, including one on a leap beyond the corner end line in the bleachers.

The Wildcats then dominated the third quarter as Molina scored twice on putbacks and added a layup to open the lead to 30-19. She scored eight points in all during the third, and after Tablit drove for a reverse layup before the buzzer, Konawaena led 44-23. It was fast break after fast break.

“There’s no excuse why we couldn’t get back on defense,” Almont-Done said.

Lahainaluna 38, ‘Iolani 36

The MIL champion Lunas zoomed to a 10-0 lead and hung on to oust the Raiders in quarterfinal action at McKinley. Susie Namoa had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead third-seeded Lahainaluna (15-0), which will face second-seeded Konawaena today at 5 p.m. at Blaisdell Center.

Senior Kellie Okamura paced ‘Iolani (10-5), the ILH runner-up, with 14 points.

The Raiders never led, but chipped away and got within 37-36 after Tori Maeda scored on a layup with 2:30 remaining. Lahainaluna, which went into delay mode at the start of the fourth quarter, missed two 1-and-1 opportunities before Braeanna Estabillo’s free throw made it a 38-36 game with 19.4 seconds left.

‘Iolani’s Maeda missed a left-handed layup in traffic, but Namoa was knocked off balance and called for traveling with 1.5 seconds left. Okamura took the inbounds pass and drove to the bucket, but time expired before she got her shot off.

It was a heated battle in a humid gym, a test of fullcourt pressure and two fast-breaking teams from start to finish. Lahainaluna’s biggest lead was 22-10 midway through the second quarter, and the Lunas led at the half 27-18.

Waiakea 55, Kalani 54, OT

Jazelle Dorser scored a game-high 21 points for the Warriors (10-3), who forced two turnovers in the final eight seconds to hold off the OIA champion Falcons (11-3).

Kelsie Imai added 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Dorser also had a double-double with 11 rebounds to help Waiakea reach the semifinals of the state tournament for the first time since 2008.

Logan Luke had 14 points, 18 rebounds and five steals for Kalani, which sent the game to overtime on Alayna Akiona’s 3-pointer with 59 seconds remaining in regulation.

Akiona made all three of Kalani’s 3-pointers and scored a team-high 20 points.

Maryknoll 67, Kamehameha-Maui 28

Kamalu Kamakawiwo’ole scored a game-high 11 points and was one of 17 Spartans to score as Maryknoll (13-0) reached the state semifinals for the fourth straight season.

Chayse Milne made all three of her shot attempts and added 10 points and five rebounds for Maryknoll, which will play Waiakea in tonight’s second semifinal at Blaisdell Arena.

Kimani Fernandez-Roy had seven points and seven rebounds to lead the Warriors (9-7).

Division II

Roosevelt 35, Hawaii Baptist 29, OT

Sadie Ann Luiz was the only player in double figures with 10 points and the Rough Riders (9-4) shut out the Eagles (14-3) in the overtime period to advance to the semifinals.

Kaonohi Quinlan added six points, 11 rebounds and four assists for Roosevelt, which will play Kamehameha-Hawaii in the semifinals.

Ally Wada led Hawaii Baptist with six points and 10 rebounds.

St. Francis 63, Castle 43

Nani Santos’ 15 points led three Saints in double figures as St. Francis remained undefeated at 16-0 with a win over the Knights.

Mata Sagapolutele added 13 points and eight rebounds and Kaimi Kalei finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists for St. Francis, which advanced to play Honokaa in tonight’s second semifinal.

Shayla Young had 14 points and six rebounds to lead the Knights (5-10).

Kamehameha-Hawaii 53, Le Jardin 21

Jordyn Mantz led three Warriors in double figures with 14 points and Saydee Aganus added 12 points, seven rebounds, three blocks, two assists and two steals for the BIIF champion Warriors (9-4), who are in the semifinals for the eight consecutive season.

Kamehameha-Hawaii shot 46 percent from the field (23-for-50) and forced 23 turnovers by the Bulldogs (10-7).

Julia Fisher led Le Jardin with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Honokaa 28, Kauai 26

Kayla Branco hit the game-winning jumper with one second remaining and the Dragons (9-4) battled back from an eight-point deficit at the half to hand the Red Raiders (8-1) their first loss of the season.

Branco was the only player in the game in double figures with 10 points.

Bailey Perreira had a game-high nine rebounds and Marissa Layosa had a team-high seven points for Kauai.