HHSAA Basketball: Kohala takes third in D-II tournament with 78-46 victory over HBA

Kohala’s O’Shen Cazimero throws down the final dunk of his high school career in the fourth quarter of the Cowboys’ 78-46 victory over Hawaii Baptist Academy in the HHSAA Division II Third Place game Saturday at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. (Tom Linder/West Hawaii Today)

Kohala’s La’akea Kauka drives toward the basket during the first half of the Cowboys’ 78-46 victory over Hawaii Baptist Academy in the HHSAA Division II Third Place game Saturday at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. (Tom Linder/West Hawaii Today)

Logan Neves, La’akea Kauka, Koby Agbayani, Legend Libron and O’Shen Cazimero are all smiles on the sideline as the final seconds tick off the clock of Saturday’s 78-46 Kohala victory over Hawaii Baptist Academy in the HHSAA Division II Third Place game Saturday at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. (Tom Linder/West Hawaii Today)

HONOLULU – By the time O’Shen Cazimero threw down a thunderous left-handed slam in the fourth quarter, Kohala’s statement had already been made.