The Blaine girls' basketball team used pressure defense to build a large early lead and rolled to a 48-32 win against South Whidbey to stave off elimination during a second round consolation Class 1A Northwest District Tournament game Friday, Feb. 8, at Blaine High School.

The Borderites raced to a 14-4 first-quarter lead and extended their lead to 27-10 by halftime.

Breanna Chau scored a game-high 15 points, hitting four 3-pointers. Taylor V'Dovec added 13 points, and Mandy Hayes and Alexis McElwain each scored seven.

"We got going early," Blaine coach Ryan Pike said in a phone interview. "We made 16 steals and had a lot in the first quarter to set us up with a good halftime lead."

Blaine outrebounded South Whidbey 39-20. V'Dovec hauled in a game-high 14 rebounds.

Blaine (17-6) faces Nooksack Valley next in a winner-to-tri-districts, loser-out game at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Mountlake Terrace High School.

"They just got to understand that there is no tomorrow," Pike said of his Borderites.

BLAINE 48, SOUTH WHIDBEY 32

SW 4 6 13 9 - 32

Blaine 14 13 11 10 - 48

South Whidbey: Kristen Schuster 0, Meagan Longdon 2, Anne Madsen 0, Madi Boyd 4, Abby Hodson 4, Ellie Greene 12, Annalies Schuster 10. Team totals: 13-32 6-8 32.

Blaine: Gretchen Kordas 0, Breanna Chau 15, Olivia Olason 6, Alexis McElwain 7, Nicole Ortega 0, Mikayla Deming 0, Mandy Hayes 7, Rhiana Breedlove 0, Taylor V'Dovec 13. Team totals: 11-33 11-20 48.

3-ptg: South Whidbey 0, Blaine 5 (Chau 4). Rebounds: South Whidbey 20 (Greene 5), Blaine 39 (V'Dovec 14). Assists: South Whidbey 1, Blaine 13 (Chau 5). Fouls: South Whidbey 11, Blaine 8. Turnovers: South Whidbey 23, Blaine 15.