With a little motivation from Team USA, No. 1 'Iolani rallied to a 49-43 win over third-ranked Punahou in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division I boys basketball playoff game last night.

A raucous crowd of about 800 at Hemmeter Fieldhouse saw the Raiders improve to 11-2 and advance to meet No. 4 Kamehameha for the ILH championship tonight at 'Iolani. Punahou fell to 8-3.

"We came in here, we knew it was going to be a dogfight and it was," Raiders' coach Dean Shimamoto said. "It was the game we expected — our guys just fought and we were fortunate to come out with the win."

'Iolani trailed 35-30 to start the fourth quarter, but reeled off a 12-0 run to surge ahead 42-35.

"It was heart," Shimamoto said of the run. "The big thing that we talked about before the game was pride. We watched a video about Team USA and it was about pride and being from America and playing for your country and we tried to pass that on to these guys; to play with pride out there."

Punahou chipped away at the lead and made it a one-possession game after a Malik Johnson putback with 25 seconds to play, which made the score 46-43.

But 'Iolani's Jarrett Arakawa made the back end of two free throws with 17 seconds left, and after a Punahou miss, Kainoa Chu sealed it with a pair of free throws with 10 seconds to play to make it 49-43.

"Coach always tells us to come out hard on defense," said Chu, who finished with a team-high 13 points. "We wanted it on defense and we came around on offense after we hit most of our free throws."

'IOLANI (11-2) 14 8 8 19—49

PUNAHOU (8-3) 11 8 16 8—43

'IOLANI — Andrew Skalman 8, Ammon Baldomero 0, Reid Saito 0, Jarrett Arakawa 8, Josiah Sukumaran 2, Kainoa Chu 13, Trevyn Tulonghari 10, Kainoa Scheer 2, Jourdan Simmonds 0, John Foy 2, Gabriel Vega 4. Totals 13 21-33 49.

PUNAHOU — Henry Cassiday 2, Sean McFadden 9, Matt Feldman 5, James Dowsett 1, James Duncan 0, Malik Johnson 11, KT Tu'umalo 0, DeForest Buckner 15, Kaiwi Crabb 0. Totals 17 8-12 43.

3-point goals — 'Iolani 2 (Arakawa, Chu). Punahou 1 (Feldman).

Reported by Scott Metcalf

UNIVERSITY HIGH 56, SAINT LOUIS 24

Isaiah DeLaura scored 12 points, and Makena Rothenborg 10 as the Junior Rainbows beat the host Crusaders in a DII game. Culten Arroyo led Saint Louis with 13 points.

UNIVERSITY HIGH (13-1) 17 9 20 10—56

SAINT LOUIS (4-9) 4 11 0 9—24

UNIVERSITY HIGH — Adam Oshiro 0, Micah Ganiron 3, Gavin Vestal 6, Nalu O'Connor 9, Makena Rothenborg 10, Ian Akamine 3, Cameron Conradt 0, Isaiah DeLaura 12, Gui Aires 5, Ben Keller 2, Eugene Maldar 0, Peter Fee 6. Totals 23 9-16 56.

SAINT LOUIS — King Patrocinio 3, Emmett McShane 3, Skyler Sigston 0, Culten Arroyo 13, Jared Tomaszek 1, Ryan Yadao 0, Michael Brum 2, Tony Leineweber 0, K.C. Long 0, Trey Donohue 0, Zachary Bruhl 2. Totals 9 3-7 24.

3-point goals — University High 1 (Aires). Saint Louis 3 (Patrocinio, McShane, Arroyo).

Reported by Saint Louis Athletics

LE JARDIN 76, LUTHERAN 58

John Whitty scored 14 points and the host Bulldogs pounced on the Lions in a Division II game. Jordan Kumasaka scored 25 points for Lutheran.

LUTHERAN (0-15) 5 13 20 20—58

LE JARDIN (8-7) 20 21 12 23—76

LUTHERAN— Jordan Kumasaka 25, Bronson Hagihara 0, Taylor Matsumoto 4, Kyton Keliiaa 10, Shaun Takahashi 8, Brandon Kushima 9, Simeon David 0, Jourdon Johnson 2. Totals 18 14-30 58.

LE JARDIN — Tevin Togami 5, John Whitty 14, Kelvin Akamine 4, Kalani Soeda 9, Sam Spengler 3, Sean McWhinnie 7, DeVante Newsome 3, Joshua Kava 8, Nick Vinsonhaler 0, Frankie Montalvo 3, Jake Blaskowski 1, Taylor Gray 9, Ikaika Hoskins 8, Juliun Perkins 2. Totals 28 17-33 76.

3-point goals — Lutheran 8 (Kumasaka 4, Takahashi 2, Keliiaa, Kushima). Le Jardin 3 (Togami, Whitty, McWhinnie).