Ashley Jacobs scored a game-high 13 points and Kailua rallied to beat Lana'i, 45-33, tonight in the first round of the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Girls Division II Basketball State Championships at McKinley.

"Lana'i played with a lot of heart," Kailua coach Ramona Takahashi said. "They were just rebounding well, and they hustled their butts off. We had a height advantage, but we didn't use it to the best of our ability."

Kailua, the O'ahu Interscholastic Association third-place team, will face top seed Sacred Hearts (13-0) at 8 tomorrow at McKinley.

The Pine Lasses (7-6) led by as many as six points in the first quarter and held a one-point lead at halftime, but the Surfriders (11-5) slowly chipped away at their undersized opponent. Lana'i's tallest player was 5-foot-8 Erin Trevino.

"We tried to run the ball early," said Lana'i coach Jim Fernandez Jr., whose team was outrebounded, 33-26. "But trying to play a pressure game against these guys took a toll on our team."

Jacobs and Kayelynn Kohatsu each scored four points during an 11-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters as Kailua took the lead for good, 36-27, with 7:46 to go. Kristen Corrales also hit a deep 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer.