Ashlee Kalauli scored a game-high 14 points and Kamehameha-Hawai'i rode its pressure defense to rout Sacred Hearts, 57-30, Friday night to win its second Division II title in three years at the Stan Sheriff Center.

"We started this tournament as a team, and we ended this tournament as a team," said junior post Tabitha Eseroma, who had nine points and 11 rebounds, and was named the tournament MVP. "Our defense is our offense, and since we run a lot, we're all in shape."

Unseeded Kamehameha-Hawai'i, the Big Island Interscholastic Federation runner-up, forced 26 turnovers, including 17 steals, and held the Lancers to 23 percent shooting (8 of 35) for the game.

"Ball pressure," Kamehameha-Hawai'i coach Kalani Silva said. "That's No. 1. We put so much ball pressure, they couldn't run their offense."

Kamehameha-Hawai'i (15-3) won the 2005 tournament and finished second last season.

Top-seeded Sacred Hearts (15-1) scored just one point in the third quarter. It was the first state tournament appearance for the Interscholastic League of Honolulu champions.

"I'm proud of our team since we got this far," said Sacred Hearts sophomore guard Raecha-Ann Kauahikaua, who scored a team-high 10 points. "We're still ILH champions, that's not going to change."

Kamehameha-Hawai'i broke open a close game with a 14-0 run midway through the second quarter. Kozy Toriano scored eight points during during the surge as Kamehameha-Hawai'i took a 32-14 lead.

The Warriors went up 36-16 when Sierra Gacayan, who had nine points, nine assists and four steals in the game, scored on a 3-pointer and two free-throws to open the second half.

Kuhina Luis' free-throw cut Sacred Hearts' deficit to 41-22 early in the fourth quarter, but Kamehameha-Hawai'i responded with an 11-4 run capped by Bryanna DeLima's three-point play that extended the lead to 52-26 with 3:03 to go.

"They're a physical, well-coached team," Sacred Hearts coach Alan Matsui said of the Warriors. "We haven't had to face that kind of a team all season."