I really liked our chances after a strong performance earlier in the day (13U) and especially with Manoa there for the second game.
We stayed close most of the way, but we never led. We were down 10 or 12 early, got within 21-17 or so, but trailed by 6 to 9 points most of the way. Kailua is, by far, the tallest team in the any of our leagues. But we did a decent job rebounding though our boxing out could and should be better. It was tough on Kapaa and Kyle to battle with guys 6-4 and 6-6.
We were cold from 3-point range. I think Manoa was the only one to hit from the arc, and he was also the only one (besides Hsien and Kyle) who didn't play in the earlier 13U game. I think having just 7 guys for the 13U game (against Asing Park) wore us out somewhat for the second game. That's where we really miss Chris (stayed home to take care of his mom) and Kali‘a (playing in CAL with his original team).
We finally got something going in the fourth quarter when our guys really attacked the rim hard on drives. Kapaa really went tough and got beat up pretty good. All our guys played with heart, and if we hit a few more threes, it would've changed the whole game. Kailua had just 7 guys (we had 10 for the CAL game) and they were running on fumes at the end, but it was too late.
We have guys who did their best in two games, and we have guys who are rusty and/or out of shape. It's hard to keep playing guys who are out of shape. Which is why on Monday, Coach Roy has a beach workout planned at Keehi Lagoon.
It was a good weekend: two wins in three games. We still have a lot of work to do. We will get there.
Next: Monday, 4:00 pm, Keehi Lagoon workout. Call Coach Roy 284-1643 for a ride from Kalihi. Everybody else, call me 551-1054.
WE LUB THIS GAME! Boxscore added 1/20/14
| H1 Thunder at Kailua [CAL League Intermediate Div.] | |||||
| Jan 19, 2014 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| H1 Thunder (1-2) | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| Kailua [CAL League Intermediate Div.] () | 14 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 |
| H1 Thunder | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #2 Kapaa Nishimura | 1 | 4-12 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 7-3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| #3 Kyle Moraga | 1 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| #5 Jared Elwin | 1 | 1-7 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| #7 Joshua de Jesus | 1 | 1-7 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| #21 Manoa Kualii-Moe | 1 | 3-10 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #0 Micah Visoria | 1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| #4 Hsien Pascua | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #6 Ryan Higashionna | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #20 Felcris Ahadain | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #33 Javan Montiho | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #13 Chris Afe (mom had surgery) | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | |||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 11-51 (.216) | 4-35 (.114) | 7-9 (.778) | 17-10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | |
| Kailua [CAL League Intermediate Div.] | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #3 | 1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| #11 | 1 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| #22 | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| #34 | 1 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| #35 | 1 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 14-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #6 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| #20 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 18-32 (.563) | 2-6 (.333) | 4-11 (.364) | 33-7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 44 | |
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