Looking for its first victory of the season after six straight losses, West Aurora basketball coach Mike Fowler admittedly felt a bit of déjà vu after his team fell behind South Elgin by 11 points in the opening quarter Tuesday night.

“I thought it was, ‘Here we go again,’” said Fowler.

The Blackhawks quickly regrouped, pulling within two after one quarter, and then relied on their suffocating pressure defense to go on a mammoth second-quarter run to build a convincing halftime advantage.

West Aurora (1-6, 1-1) never looked back, cruising to a 72-42 Upstate Eight West triumph over South Elgin (1-5, 0-1).

“I’m proud of them,” said Fowler. “We didn’t have a lot of energy coming out in the first quarter, but we stuck with it and cut the lead down. Then, we held them to five (points) i

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