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Slow first quarter. Menacing defense in the second. Olivia Jakubicek in the third and fourth. It's not how Cary-Grove is starting games, but as the game progresses, the Trojans are proving why it's really how you finish. They won with that style against Huntley over a week ago and the Trojans repeated that process against a quality opponent in Stevenson. Cary-Grove survived a 3-point first quarter, allowed Stevenson 3 points on 1 basket in the second quarter and figured out the Patriot defense in the second half, which paved the way for Jakubicek to re-establish herself on the block. Her 12 points in the final 16 minutes gave her a game-high 19 to go along with 14 rebounds in Cary-Grove's 39-28 nonconference win over the Patriots in Cary Wednesday night.