The Bulldogs came up just shot of winning their third game in the Punahou Invite, falling to Kamehameha, 57-53 on Thursday.

Rusty Lee hit 18 points and Parker Childs sank 10, but it wasn’t enough to hold off Kamehameha.

“It was good for us to play against an opponent that has a lot of speed and quickness,” Childs said. “We haven’t seen a lot of that.”

The Bulldogs were playing catch-up from the get-go with Kamehameha dictating the rhythm of the game. Sandpoint was down 33-31 at the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Bulldogs scored 22 points and worked to slow their opponent, keeping them to 24 points.

“We gave ourselves a chance right up until the buzzer,” Childs said.

The final score was 57-53, with Kamehameha coming out on top. Sandpoint will play in their final game of the tournament against ‘Iolani School from Honolulu on Friday at 4 p.m. PST.

Sandpoint 17 14 12 10 — 53

Kamehameha 21 12 13 11 — 57

SANDPOINT — Driggs 0, Pettit 1, Lee 18, Frank 4, VanDenBerg 8, Eacret 2, Dickinson 2, G. Jones 0, Childs 10, Lane 2, Bopp 0, E. Jones 6, Hindberg 0.

KAMEHAMEHA — Yass 18, Feary 0, Yamada 0, Yamauchi 12, Enos 0, Ordo 2, Schoen 4, Mahuna 0, Tabuyo-Kahele 0, Guerrero 6, Huihui 15, Cabreros 0, Pascual 0.