Their disappointing season ended with a beat-down, a 94-53 shellacking at the hands of the Whai at the Edgar Centre on Saturday.
The Hoiho finished last in the five-team Tauihi league with a 3-9 record after the triple round robin.
They made a promising enough start to their final game as a Natalie Chou steal and an Ahlise Hurst three-pointer had the scores at 7-7 after a few minutes.
Unfortunately for the home side, the rest of the game was an uphill battle as the Whai got too many easy buckets and threw their weight around in the paint.
The Whai finished the first quarter with a bang to lead 23-11, took a 48-26 advantage into halftime, and turned the screws in the third quarter before coasting to the finish.
The northerners grabbed 64 rebounds to the Hoiho’s 36, and shot 41% from the field while the Hoiho managed a meagre 25%.
Whai guard Ashley Joens led all scorers with 23 points and added 12 rebounds, Laina Snyder had 12 points and 15 rebounds off the bench, and McKenna Dale poured in 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
Chelsea D’Angelo had 11 points for the Hoiho, oddly missing all nine of her two-point field goal attempts but draining three long-range shots and adding a couple of free throws.
Aliyah Dunn contributed 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Rapid League clash was even more one-sided as Pahlyss Hokianga scored 15 points to lead the Whai to a 35-9 win over the out-gunned Hoiho reserves.
The Mainland Pouakai sealed a home Tauihi semifinal in Christchurch with an 87-70 win over the Tokomanawa Queens on Friday night.
Yesterday, the Queens upset the Northern Kahu 95-76.
Tauihi
The scores
Whai 94
Ashley Joens 23, Mckenna Dale 19, Morgan Yaeger 16
Hoiho 53
Chelsea D’Angelo 11, Aliyah Dunn 10
Quarter scores: Whai 23-11, 48-26, 75-39
