McKinley endured stagnant west-bound traffic to get to Pearl City on Friday afternoon.

The Tigers will gladly take another lengthy bus ride out to the North Shore on Saturday after extending their season with a 42-29 win over the host Chargers in the first round of the OIA Red boys basketball tournament.

Dan Villejo scored a game-high 14 points and Macjun Otarra added 11 as McKinley advanced out of the one-and-done opening round to face second-ranked Kahuku in a quarterfinal game scheduled for 6 p.m.

After McKinley closed the regular season with a loss at Kaimuki on Feb. 6, coach Duane Omori said the Tigers used the week off to regroup and focused on defense in practices leading up to the postseason tournament.

The emphasis paid off on Friday, as McKinley’s 2-3 zone limited Pearl City’s production in the paint early and the Tigers guards hounded passing lanes to create scoring opportunities off steals.

"We knew they had (center Garrette Kanamu). He’s a real presence inside and we’ve been struggling with teams that have a good center and we worked a lot on that," Omori said.

McKinley arrived at Pearl City about 40 minutes before the scheduled 6 p.m. tip-off and Otarra helped jump-start the Tigers in the opening minutes. He found soft spots in Pearl City’s zone along the baseline and hit three mid-range jumpers in the game’s first three minutes.

On the defensive end, the Tigers packed their zone into the paint and held Pearl City to nine points in the first half.

"We weren’t aggressive," Pearl City coach Lionel Villarmia said. "It’s not like we hadn’t seen a 2-3 zone the whole year. We’d seen it and we weren’t aggressive."

Pearl City guard Tylor Canon tried to spark the Chargers from the perimeter with seven points in the third quarter, and they closed to 28-23 when Pierce McMoore hit a 3-pointer early in the fourth.

But Villejo converted a Mark Burke steal into a layup on the other end to start a 9-0 McKinley run that put the Tigers firmly in control.

"We just had to stop their big guys and when they turned over the ball we just ran the break, transition all day," Villejo said.

MCKINLEY–Kyle Moraga 0, Dan Villejo 14,Kevin Nagasawa 0, Mark Burke 5, Marcus Aikau 0, Gilbert Antonio 4, Isaac Lu 0, Jonah Howard 2, Macjun Otarra 11, Keama Pratt 0, Huthifa Abdel-Juwad 6, Niko Pader 0, Kyle Coloyan 0. 

PEARL CITY–Pierce McMoore 6, Sape Tupuola 4, Gilbert Tapat 4, Tylor Canon 7, Izak Hay 0, 

Joshua Arrellano 0, Chris Roy 0, Grant Carter 2, Juchan Lee 2, Garrette Kanamu 3, Garren Spillner 0, Blaise Scanlan 1.

3-point goals–McKinley 1 (Antonio). Pearl City 2 (Canon, McMoore).

Farrington 52, Waianae 34

Jake Smith poured in a game-high 14 points to lead the Governors, while teammate Tua Unutoa chipped in 12 points.

Tyger Rohr and Cameron Palmeteer tallied 9 points apiece to lead the Seariders.

Farrington advances to face Campbell today.

WAIANAE–Tyger Rohr 9, Jory Mahuka 0, Cameron Palmeteer 9, Ikaika Trueman-Reed 2, Sione Taukolo 0, Manu Taukolo 7, Justice Jardine 2, Losi Mauga 0, Douglas Mitchell 5. 

FARRINGTON–Keola Kealoha 5, Ranan Mamiya 2, Tua Unutoa 12, Jake Smith 14, Paul Madamba 2, Makana Correia 0, J.R. Francisco 4, Allan Dudalao 0, Kapono Kakalia 2, Bryce Tatupu-Leopoldo 10, Montana Liana 0, Hezekiah Iaea 0, Bernard Dela-Cruz 0, Ton Selga 1. 

3-point goals–Waianae none. Farrington 1 (Smith).    

Mililani 47, Kailua 45

With four seconds remaining and trailing by one point, the Surfriders failed to make both free throws after a foul and fell to the Trojans.

Kekoa Fields led Mililani with 14 points.

Mililani advances to face top-seeded Kalaheo today.

KAILUA–Noah Ahyat 11, Kamu Scheer 0, Noah Kawai 0, Nainoa Mercado 11, Hano Kohatsu 10, Martin Tigilau 0, Noah Auld 0, Koolau Gaspar 0, Matthew Gaspar 0, Keoni Serikawa 0, Christian Mejia 13, Miga Gaisoa 0, Kawika Manaba 0, Tristen Akiona 0. 

MILILANI–Chanse Ramirez 10, Kamaki Pacleb 6, Braiden Rosario 3, Cameron Muh 0, Raekwon Cherry 0, Clarence Rodriguez 0, Jonathan Orpillia 3, Teylor Kaneshiro 0, Kingston Nishimura 0, Kekoa Fields 14, Kalakaua Timoteo 8, Mason Mackley 0, Clarence Gathers 3, Marcus Mafi 0. 

3-point goals–Kailua 6 (Ahyat 3, Mercado 3). Mililani 2 (Orpillia, Ramirez).

Moanalua 69, Radford 35

Statistics not reported

OIA White PLAYOFFS

Kaimuki 53, Waialua 38

Shanson Kapanui racked up a game-high 14 points as Kaimuki won the battle of the Bulldogs.

Lancen Kuni led Waialua with 10 points and hit two 3-pointers.

Kaimuki advances to play Kaiser in the semifinals.

KAIMUKI–Calvin Henry 7, Nixon Siona 9, Christian Ono 9, Sloan Fuller 4, Joshua Kim 0, Tevita Lino 2, Brian Boyd 3, Sifo Lauvao 5, Shanson Kapanui 14, Jeffery Cu 0, Fred Taulung 0. 

WAIALUA–Lancen Kuni 10, Royce Tashiro 7, Royce Gasper 9, Gian Layugan 7, Virgilio Bareng 5, Kapono Kamai 0, Kaimi Kamai 0, Caleb Apau 0, Aaron Nunez 0, Kymani Ayonon 0, Sean Murphy 0. 

3-point goals–Kaimuki 2 (Henry, Lauvao). Waialua 5 (Kuni 2, Layugan 2, Tashiro).

Kalani 56, Waipahu 45

The Falcons outscored the Marauders 28-16 in the first half en route to their quarterfinal win.

Alex Tungpalan scored 14 points to lead Kalani’s offense.

Kalani will face Aiea today in the semifinal round.

WAIPAHU–Airon Castaneda 11, Medard Aranton 0, Dan Viloria 9, Cole Phillips 0, Kameron Tomas 14, Richard Maifea 4, Jasper Sebastian 2, Andrew Pecpec 0, Khyrsster Ipalari 3, Christian Castrence 0, Aerianne Paned 0, Jeminai Solomua 0, Frandy Horiuchi 0, Kainoa Marshall 0, Garbiel Puni 0, Darren Luab 2, Elijah Taimatuia 0. 

KALANI–Cory Mitchell 12, Dunavan Hahn 7, Jaron Yamauchi 5, Alex Tungpalan 14, Blaise Manabe 7, Chase Santos 0, Kapa’a Nishimura 0, Jeremy Robinson 4, David Faletoi 0, John Lam 0, Jonathan Suda 5, Juwan Bohannon 2. 

3-point goals–Waipahu 6 (Tomas 4, Cataneda 2). Kalani 3 (Tungpalan 2, Suda).   

OTHER SCORES

Lanai 57, Molokai 38

Leading scorers: Mol–Edel-Marc Alverez 13, Michael Sterner 11. Lan–Christian Etrata 14, Kealoha Kahananui 12.