Moloka'i's Kalei Adolpho is 6 feet 1, so she always stands out.

In the biggest game of her life to date last night, she came up big.

Adolpho made the go-ahead putback with 12 seconds remaining and finished with 21 points and 19 rebounds as Moloka'i beat Kamehameha-Hawai'i, 45-42, in the final of the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Girls Basketball Division II State Championships at Blaisdell Arena.

Aldolpho's putback put Moloka'i ahead 44-42. Her shot came after teammate Kylie Joe Mawae missed from the right side and Jolenta Duvauchelle missed a couple of follow-up attempts in the paint.

"I knew the score ... So I just tried my hardest to put it in," said Adolpho, a sophomore center.

Kamehameha-Hawai'i was whistled for a traveling violation on its next possession with 7.8 seconds left, and Adolpho was fouled quickly after catching an inbounds pass.

Adolpho made the first attempt with 6.4 seconds left to put the Farmers up by three, but missed the second. Kamehameha-Hawai'i rushed up court on its final possession and missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer from the right wing as time expired.

Moloka'i, the Maui Interscholastic League champion and No. 4 seed, won its league's first girls state basketball championship.

Kamehameha-Hawa'i, the Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion and No. 2 seed, won the state Division II title in 2005 and 2007.

"We're the underdog, Moloka'i, because we're a small island, not too much people," said guard Danna-Lynn Hooper-Juario. "We proved people pretty much wrong."

Adolpho finished 9-of-11 from the field, and also contributed six blocks and solid screens at the top of the key for Moloka'i (15-0). Eight of her rebounds came on the offensive end.

"She's tough. She's very active on the boards," said Kamehameha-Hawai'i coach Kalani Silva. "You can hardly block her out because of her agility. She does a good job of using her body."

Kamehameha-Hawai'i had momentum entering the fourth period after Kayla Lacaran-Costales hit three consecutive 3-point attempts over the final 1:25 to put the Warriors ahead 39-33. She had 13 points in the period and finished with 19.

"She's our go-to shooter," Silva said. "She just came out and lit it up when we needed her."

Kamehameha-Hawai'i (12-2) went 0-of-12 from the field in the fourth, however, and scored three of its points from the line.

"That has been our emphasis all year," Adolpho said of her team's defensive effort. "Everybody was just really staying with their man and trying their hardest to stay with it."

Added Hooper-Juario, who added 11 points and seven rebounds for Moloka'i: "It takes a positive attitude, knowing the game isn't over; not giving up, leaving it all on the court and going out on the court and pushing and pushing."

Moloka'i made 4 of 10 shots from the field in the fourth, and 4-of-5 from the line.

Adolpho scored the Farmers' final five points.

"I have to give credit to that girl. She's awesome," Hooper-Juario said.

It's only fitting that Adolpho and Hooper-Juario, a junior, led Moloka'i to victory. The pair has been playing together for quite a while.

"I'm the point guard, she's the center," Hooper-Juario said. "We've had chemistry together ever since we were 9, 10 years old."

Kamehameha-Hawai'i took its largest lead of the first half at 15-9 after Shanley Apele's field goal with 5:40 remaining.

The Warriors made only one field goal the rest of the half as the Farmers got within 19-17.

Lacaran-Costales scored six first-half points for Kamehameha-Hawai'i. Adolpho had eight for Moloka'i.

The pace really picked up in the third period, which had six ties and three lead changes.

Kamehameha-Hawai'i was 8-of-14 from the field in the third; Moloka'i was 8-of-12.

Both teams are really young. Moloka'i has only one senior and Kamehameha-Hawai'i has three.

"It's good that this is not the end for me and I can keep playing," said Adolpho, one of five sophomores on the Farmers' roster.

Kamehameha-Hawai'i's Silva said: "I'm the proudest coach that can be. I think I'm prouder than the Moloka'i coach; no offense. These girls have overcome so much adversity. We lost nine people from our team last year and the three returnees did such a great job of pulling people together. I don't think anyone thought we'd get back here so soon."

THIRD PLACE

KAIMUKI 59, KAPA'A 51

Olivia Phommachanh scored 12 points, Lani Mikaele 11 and Dejah Fa'asoa 10 as the Bulldogs (16-5) beat the Warriors (10-2) in the third-place game. Jondi Das led all scorers with 18 points for Kapa'a.

KAIMUKI (16-5) 11 17 13 18 — 59

KAPA'A (10-2) 5 12 17 17 — 51

KAIMUKI — Olivia Phommachanh 12, Pua Akaka 4, Sasha Tokuda 0, Brooke Borce 1, Tanya Villanueva 0, Dinishah Fa'asoa 3, Justell Arthur 0, Brittney Anglin 2, Letisha Fa'asoa 0, Dejah Fa'asoa 10, Leti Mikaele 6, Ashley Fortson 8, Lani Mikaele 11, Keana Paez 2. Totals 20 17-24 59.

KAPA'A — Leinaala McCabe 8, Jondi Das 18, Leihua McCabe 0, Mailika Napoleon 2, Victoria Tuttle 0, Lahela Creamer 0, Shalyn Tupou 2, Jessilyn Artaho-Aki 3, Layna Christian 2, Kasa Pohiva 0, Ashlyn Lee 0, Jodi Das 0, Kira Nakamura 10, Mahea Hanie-Grace 6. Totals 20 7-21 51.

3-point goals: Kaimuki 2 (Phommachanh 2). Kapa'a 4 (McCabe 2, Nakamura 2).

FIFTH PLACE

KAHUKU 60, MARYKNOLL 54

Vaimalama Tito scored 12 points and Lavinia Latu and Alysha Cummings each added 11 as the Red Raiders (16-2) beat the Spartans (13-1) for fifth place. Ashley Agcaoili scored 16 points to lead Maryknoll.

MARYKNOLL (13-2) 7 22 13 12 — 54

KAHUKU (16-2) 23 15 13 9 — 60

MARYKNOLL — Kristen Canencia 13, Stacie Lau 0, Shuilina Wu 2, Nicole Lee 0, Kayla Godinet 0, Ashley Agcaoili 16, Kelcie Lau 2, Corine Gushikuma 0, Amanda Tseu 0, Ashley Shiroma 0, Melissa Ching 4, Soana Fifita 3, Tiana Marquez 14. Totals 20 9-14 54.

KAHUKU — Nile Te'o 9, Vaimalama Tito 12, Temutisa Te'o 0, Lavinia Latu 11, Maria Tonga 0, Jessica Falemalu 7, Jovan Falemalu 5, Uluakimata Tonga 0, Rachel Tailele 5, Alysha Cummings 11. Totals 22 9-17 60.

3-point goals: Maryknoll 5 (Kawaihoa-Marquez 4, Canencia), Kahuku 7 (Tito 4, Falemalu, Cummings, Latu).