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By Wes NakamaHHSAA
Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) seized on its height and athletic advantage -- together with 'Iolani's poor shooting -- Thursday night as the Warriors rolled past the Raiders, 62-30, in the 'Iolani Prep Classic quarterfinals.
Oak Hill, ranked No. 6 in the USA Today Super 25, will face No. 12 Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.) in Friday's 8 p.m. semifinal. The popular annual dunk contest will follow.
'Iolani will face Yates (Houston) in a 3:30 p.m. fifth-place bracket game.
The Raiders took a 2-0 lead on Marc Ma's layup 69 seconds into the game and tied it at 4-4 on Ikaika Phillip's reverse with 4:34 remaining in the first period, but the Warriors responded with a 12-0 run to finish the quarter.
Ma opened the second period with a putback to close it to 16-6, but Oak Hill answered with a 7-3 run that pushed it to 23-9 after Troy Williams' free throw with 4:42 left in the half. The Warriors then ended the quarter with a 6-1 spurt to take a 32-13 lead into the break.
After Ma opened the second half with a layup to close it to 32-15, but Oak Hill then blitzed to a 15-2 run that essentially put the game out of reach at 47-17 midway through the third period.
Williams, a 6-foot-6 swingman who has signed to play for Indiana University next season, led all scorers with 17 points and Rokas Gustys added 11 points.
No. 1 FINDLAY PREP (Henderson, Nev.) 73, COOLIDGE (Washington, D.C.) 63Gavin Schilling scored a game-high 26 points and Christian Wood added 22 points as the Pilots held off the Colts in quarterfinal action.
Findlay's 11-point second-half lead shrunk to 58-55 after Nijee Britton's putback with 4:18 remaining in the game. The Pilots soon stretched it to 64-57, but Omar Roberts converted a three-point play to trim it to 64-60 with 2:20 left. That was as close as Coolidge would get, however.
Nigel Williams-Goss added 11 points for Findlay Prep.
Everette Coker led the Colts with 19 points and Shaquille James added 16 points.
No. 12 MONTROSE CHRISTIAN (Rockville, Va.) 43, JOHN CARROLL (Bel Air, Md.) 28Jordan Swopshire scored 17 points and Mark Williams added 14 points to help the Mustangs pull away from the Patriots in quarterfinal action.
After a methodical first period ended tied at 7-7, Montrose Christian outscored John Carroll 11-4 in the second quarter to take an 18-11 lead into halftime. The Mustangs then led 26-18 after three periods and pulled away in the fourth.
Rodney Elliott led the Patriots with 12 points.
LA LUMIERE (La Porte, Ind.) 96, YATES (Houston) 63Sam Longwood scored a game-high 28 points and Jalen James added 21 points to help the Lakers race past the Lions.
La Lumiere led 29-15 after one period, 59-41 at halftime and 81-52 heading into the fourth quarter.
Adi Aruna added 14 points for the Lakers.
Darrion Martin led Yates with 18 points.
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