Scouting Downers Grove North girls basketball

Downers Grove North

Coach: Leslie Dehn.

Last year: 15-13, 5-7 in West Suburban Silver, lost in first round of regional.

Top players: Alison Schuster, sr., C/F; Madeline Boltin, sr., F; Marissa Koszewski, sr., G; Katie Hunzinger, sr., G; Amelia Echemann, sr., F; Lisa Lutz, sr., F; Mary Echemann, jr., G; Sarah Costello, fr., G.

Scouting report: The Trojans are trying to get over the loss of Koszewski to a torn ACL. “She started for us the past couple of years, so that’s a pretty big loss,” Dehn said. Boltin is an outside shooter and led the team in scoring in 2009-10, and Schuster was right behind her, so the Trojans know where their points will come from. Hunzinger will run the point. However, the team lost some size to graduation. “We’re hoping to make up for it by getting up and down quicker, push ball more than last year,” Dehn said. “Rebounding is such a key part to the basketball game, so losing that makes me nervous as a coach.” One thing the Trojans do have plenty of is experience on the senior-filled roster. The conference will be tough, but the race is wide open this year. “I think every game is going to be big,” Dehn said.