Basketball Recap: Hawaiian Mission Academy Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

By Team Reports Jan 31, 2025, 10:16am

Basketball Recap: Hawaiian Mission Academy Knights vs. University Laboratory School Junior Rainbows

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hawaiian Mission Academy can now relate to. They lost to the University Laboratory School Junior Rainbows at home by a 46-32 margin on Wednesday. The Knights were not able to make up for their defeat to the Junior Rainbows from their previous meeting back in November of 2016.

Kelis Tavares

Rebounds

01/29/25 vs University Laboratory School14
01/24/25 vs College View Academy10
01/25/25 vs Mountain View Academy8
01/23/25 vs Monterey Bay Academy3
01/27/25 vs Island Pacific Academy2

Despite the loss, Hawaiian Mission Academy saw an underclassman step up: freshman Kelis Tavares almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 14 rebounds. Those 14 boards set a new season-high mark for Tavares.

Hawaiian Mission Academy's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4. As for University Laboratory School, their victory ended a 19-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-6.

As of now, neither Hawaiian Mission Academy nor University Laboratory School have any future games scheduled.

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