The Mercer Island High girls basketball ream improved to 6-0 in KingCo play with a 58-21 victory over Lake Washington on Friday at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland.

Mercer Island senior Anna Luce led all scorers with 19 points while also grabbing seven rebounds.

The Islanders (8-3, 6-0) held the Kangs (2-9, 1-4) to single-digit scoring in each of the game’s four quarters while wreaking havoc in the backcourt with their full-court press. Mercer Island recorded 17 steals in Friday’s contest.

Lake Washington coach Regi Raban said he saw an improvement in the second half.

“We played a lot more aggressive in the second half,” Raban said. “In the first half, we went to a zone, which we usually don’t play a zone. I think maybe that was a bad call because they kind of relaxed and played real sluggish. Really, all I can ask for [the players] is that they compete every game. We’ve done that so far. This game, we just didn’t do that the first half of the game.””

ToryMar Beutelspacher added nine points for Mercer Island, while Kailee Yan and Claire Mansfield each scored seven. Molly Behrends led Lake Washington with six points.

Next, Mercer Island will take on Juanita at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Juanita High School. Lake Washington will host Sammamish at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Lake Washington High School.

Juanita 63, Liberty 36

The Rebels snapped a two-game skid with a big conference victory over the Patriots on Jan. 6 in Renton.

No other scoring information was reported.