Basketball Recap: Nanakuli Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with Maryknoll

On Saturday, Nanakuli faced Maryknoll in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Nanakuli Golden Hawks lost to the Maryknoll Spartans on the road by a 52-36 margin. The game marked the Golden Hawks' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Nanakuli is on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6. As for Maryknoll, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-1.

Nanakuli will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Waialua at 7:00 p.m. on December 23rd. As for Maryknoll, they will take on McKinley in a tournament on Thursday. Maryknoll is facing McKinley at the right time seeing as McKinley is stuck on a five-game losing streak.