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WW South's fast start sinks Geneva

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Geneva's Morgan Seberger jumps for a rebound with Wheaton Warrenville South's Diamond Thompson and Meghan Waldron in the second quarter of the Class 4A sectional semifinals on Tuesday, February 19.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Geneva's Sami Pawlak shoots over Wheaton Warrenville South players in the second quarter of the Class 4A sectional semifinals on Tuesday, February 19.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Wheaton Warrenville South's Olivia Linebarger pushes past Geneva's Sidney Santos in a drive for the hoop in the fourth quarter of the Class 4A sectional semifinals on Tuesday, February 19.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Geneva's Janie McCloughan shoots over Wheaton Warrenville South's Diamond Thompson in the second quarter of the Class 4A sectional semifinals on Tuesday, February 19.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Above: Geneva's bench reacts to the Vikings' loss to Wheaton Warrenville South Tuesday at the Class 4A Bartlett sectional. Below: The two leading scorers in the game, Geneva's Morgan Seberger and WW South's Meghan Waldron, battle for a rebound.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Geneva's Morgan Seberger struggles to keep a rebound from Wheaton Warrenville South's Meghan Waldron in the fourth quarter of the Class 4A sectional semifinals on Tuesday, February 19.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Wheaton Warrenville South has had Geneva's number the past year, and the Tigers found a new way to keep the budding rivalry in their favor Tuesday night at the Class 4A Bartlett sectional semifinals. After coming from behind to beat the Vikings both in last year's sectional and earlier this season at the Benet/Naperville North Tournament, Wheaton Warrenville South made sure it wouldn't need another rally by blitzing Geneva with the first 16 points Tuesday. DePaul-bound Meghan Waldron opened the game with back-to-back steals she took in for layups, the beginning of her 28-point night and the start of a 16-0 Tigers lead until Sami Pawlak finally put Geneva on the scoreboard five minutes, 36 seconds and two Sarah Meadows timeouts into the game. Geneva outscored WW South 53-46 the rest of the way, making the Tigers sweat down the stretch as they cut the 16-point deficit to 4 points twice in the final two minutes. WW South made 6 of 9 free throws down the stretch and Waldron came up with another steal and layup in the Tigers' 62-53 victory.

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