Haws, Libertyville earn tourney win at Deerfield
Senior forward Ali Haws scored a game-high 21 points to lead Libertyville's girls basketball team in a 64-47 victory over Deerfield in the Deerfield Thanksgiving tournament.
Casey Hopper added 13 points for the Wildcats.
Grant 47, Niles West 18: Thanks to a 19-2 edge in the fourth quarter, Grant cruised to victory in the Deerfield Thanksgiving tournament.
Senior forward Jamie Swanson led all scorers with 16 points, including 3 three-pointers.
Boys basketball
Guerin 65, Vernon Hills 42: Despite 18 points from Kenny Rideout, Vernon Hills took a loss in its season opener.
South Elgin 53, Glenbrook South 34:ŒWhat started as a nip-and-tuck nail-biter quickly turned into a one-sided affair in the second half in the boys basketball season opener between the South Elgin Storm and the Glenbrook South Titans at the 22nd Annual Chuck Mitchell Thanksgiving Tournament at Fenton High School Monday night.
With the score 23-22 at the half in the Storm's favor, South Elgin center Daniel Lopez rattled off 6 of his 8 points to begin a 19-6 third quarter before an eventual 53-34 Storm victory.
"It's our defensive pressure that we've been working on the last two weeks," said Storm coach Chaz Taft. "We came out strong in the second half and started forcing turnovers."
In the first half, both teams turned the ball over 8 times while the Storm only had 3 turnovers in the second half compared to the Titans' 11.
"I think the poise was there on the wing," Taft said. "We wanted to make sure that they could see everyone and hold onto the ball."
The Storm had everyone involved in the offense as Alex Sanchez led the team with 12 points, including two 3-pointers, while Josh Glenn had 10 points with two 3-point baskets.
"It was great to start the season off right," Sanchez said. "The whole team came together, and we passed the ball around a lot. We have a very unselfish team."
For the Titans, Jack Cooley started the team off with 7 of its first 9 points while Glenbrook took a 9-5 lead.
But the Storm would rally back after a 13-9 deficit to tie the game at 13-all on a buzzer-beating basket from behind the arc by Glenn with an assist from Jeffrey Lewis passing in traffic to end the first quarter.
From there, the Titans would hold only one more lead as Raul Hudema started the second quarter with the first basket before the Storm went on a 10-0 run.
The Storm will face Rolling Meadows today, and Taft is hoping to see another effort like he saw from his team Monday night.
"It's nice to come out and take the first game, and it comes with experience," Taft said. "Last year, had we started off strong, who knows what we would've done. Hopefully we can come out (today) and do the same. Rolling Meadows is a good physical team."