LAPEL — When Madison Thompson hit the final free throw to give Wapahani a four-point lead with 1.9 seconds left, coach Scott Hudson knew the Raiders were going to win.
Still, there was 1.9 seconds on the clock.
It wasn't until Lapel's midcourt shot ricocheted off the backboard and the clock expired when Wapahani's 50-46 win became official. And, as chants of "Raider pride! Raider pride!" echoed outside the visiting locker room, the multiple double-digit deficits Wapahani faced in the second half seemed like a distant memory.
"We looked defeat in the eye and we said, ‘Are we going to go after this thing?