Salele Aliifua scored 15 points to lead Kaiser to a 47-45 victory over Word of Life in an opening-round game of the boys Division II Hawaiian Airlines State Basketball Championships last night at Moanalua High gym.

Kaiser faces top seed 'Aiea in today's quarterfinals at Moanalua gym.

Jared Shimabukuro scored 11 to lead Word of Life.

KAISER (12-6) 17 10 7 13 — 47

WORD OF LIFE (7-3) 11 10 11 13 — 45

KAISER — Jaymes Kawashima 5, Landon Tamanaha 7, Mychael Nagata 5, Kalua Noa 6, Brannon Wong 5, Jeffrey Gordan 0, Devin Wolfe 0, Keola Hunt 0, Kainoa Pa 0, Zachary Wong 4, Salele Aliifua 15. Totals 19 8-23 47.

WORD OF LIFE — Rafael Torres 0, Ryan Alvarado 0, Jared Shimabukuro 11, Jacob Alvarado 9, Peter Hanakahi 9, Aaron Tipoti 6, Gabe Miller 4, Phillip Clarke 4, Kahu Mariani 0, Travis Ogami 2. Totals 16 10-13 45. 3-point goals: Kaiser 1 (Nagata). Word of Life 3 (J. Alvarado 3).

Reported by Moanalua Athletics

HAWAI'I BAPTIST 63, ST. JOSEPH 40

Kyle Barretta scored 16 points and Dayne Kato added 15 to lead the Hawai'i Baptist over St. Joseph at Moanalua High gym.

The Eagles (9-1) face No. 4 Moloka'i in today's quarterfinals at Moanalua.

Jacob Andrade led St. Joseph with 21 points.

ST. JOSEPH (9-7) 10 7 7 16 — 40

HAWAI'I BAPTIST (9-1) 18 12 17 16 — 63

ST. JOSEPH — Hunter Lee 0, Devyn Monberg 3, Jacob Andrade 21, Sekona Holani 2, Paul Battad 2, Cassius Aiwohi-Kegler 4, Royden Masulit 3, Will Scanlan-Leite 5, Keyin Crudele 0, Cruz Martinez 0, Jeremy Andrade 0. Totals 14 4-9 40.

HAWAI'I BAPTIST — Reid Morihara 8, Ellison Iseri 2, Dayne Kato 15, John Kagehiro 0, Victor Cheung 2, Jason Liang 8, Ryan Sakai 0, Patrick Matthews 4, Phillip Sarubbi 6, Josiah Hester 0, Ryan Leung 0, Nathan Le 2, Kyle Barretta 16. Totals 25 9-14 63. 3-point goals: St. Joseph's 8 (Andrade 6, Monberg, Scanlan-Leite). Hawai'i Baptist 4 (Kato 4).

Reported by Deren Oshiro

FARRINGTON 50, LANA'I 39

Bryson Tatupu-Leopoldo scored 10 points to lead the Governors past the Pinelads at Pearl City gym.

Farrington faces third-seeded Kohala in the quarterfinals today at Pearl City.

Dustin Donato led Lana'i with 10 points.

LANA'I (9-4) 8 9 6 16 — 39

FARRINGTON (14-3) 10 9 11 20 — 50

LaNA'I — Philip Bolo 8, Russell Lamay 2, Chris Ganer 9, Elmer Agtarap 4, Matthew Tan 0, William Haban 0, Lorenz Valdez 3, Ryan Fauate'a 0, Bryan Etrata 3, Neil Maltezo 0, Dustin Donato 10. Totals 15 7-8 39.

FARRINGTON — Jordan Ibana 6, Christian Hernandez 8, Dio Labayog 1, Oscar Carter 8, Steven Kamano 5, Bryson Tatupu-Leopoldo 10, Dayton Kealoha 7, Michael Carter 0, Charles Rocha 0, Jayfrey Hernandez 0, Albert Porter 0, Joshua Wallace 3, Ephraim Vita 0, Andre Pettis 2, Ronald Williams 0. Totals 19 9-18 50. 3-point goals: Lana'i 2 (Bolo, Valdez). Farrington 3 (Kamano, Wallace, C. Hernandez).

Reported by Bree Kunishima

MCKINLEY 46, KAUA'I 42

The Tigers got 14 points from Ionatana Woodard and 12 from Tavita Woodard in a victory over Kaua'i at Pearl City gym.

McKinley faces No. 2 University today in the quarterfinals.

The Tigers trailed 27-26 entering the fourth quarter, but outscored the Red Raiders, 20-15.

Basil Walton scored 20 points and Tyrus Ceria-Lux added 11 for Kaua'i.

MCKINLEY (13-4) 2 14 10 20 — 46

KAUA'I (8-1) 8 9 10 15 — 42

MCKINLEY — Julius Borje 0, JT Thabiti 2, Moku Spencer 4, Earvin Sione 7, Tavita Woodard 12, Jordan Macalma 7, Marshall Miyasaka 0, Ionatana Woodard 14, Tae Lee 0. Totals 20 6-12 46.

KAUA'I — Scott Taylor 0, Aric Cansino 0, Teila Huni 0, Justin Ramos 2, Tyrus Ceria-Lux 11, Travis Stine 5, Jeremy Robinson 4, Basil Walton 20. Totals 15 8-14 42.

3-point goals: Kauai' 4 (Ceria-Lux 2, Walton 2).

Reported by Kasie Kunishima