Basketball Recap: Hanalani's Victory on Friday Extends Winning Streak to 17

By Team Reports Jan 25, 2025, 4:14am

Basketball Recap: Hanalani Royals vs. Mid-Pacific Institute Owls

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Previous Games

01/24/25 @ Mid-Pacific Institute66-22
01/23/25 @ University Laboratory School48-27
01/21/25 vs Hawaii Baptist Academy53-40
01/18/25 vs Sacred Hearts Academy74-14
01/15/25 vs Varsity Opponent62-21
+ 12 more games

Hanalani extended their winning streak to 17 games thanks to a huge performance from Ellana Klemp. The Hanalani Royals blew past the Mid-Pacific Institute Owls 66-22 on Friday thanks in part to Klemp, who went 10 of 13 en route to 24 points and six boards. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in points.

Piha Akiona was another key player, putting up five points and four steals. She is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played.

Hanalani pushed their record up to 23-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 32.1% in those games and 20.3% outside of them. As for Mid-Pacific Institute, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-11.

Hanalani will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Damien at 6:30 p.m. Mid-Pacific Institute has already played their next matchup (against Sacred Hearts Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.

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