Fischer sets school record as Hoffman rolls
It could easily have been called Megan Fischer night at Hoffman Estates on Friday.
Not only did the Hawks' 5-foot-10 College of Charleston-bound guard ring up a season-high 28 points in an impressive 71-39 victory over Barrington, but the versatile senior also became the school's all-time leading female scorer surpassing 1991 graduate Erin Ingwersen.
Fischer's big game gave her 1,467 career points. Ingwersen scored 1,440.
It was the 16th straight victory for Hoffman (21-2, 7-1), which remained tied for first in the Mid-Suburban West with Fremd (16-6, 6-1) with two games to play.
"She (Fischer) was quite impressive," said Barrington coach Babbi Barreiro, whose team (16-8, 5-3) fell behind 8-0 less than three minutes into the game and could never recover. "Hoffman was really impressive tonight. They did all the little things well and we did not."
Carol King (17-footer and fastbreak layup off an assist from Jada Stotts), Megan Bernardoni (16-footer) and Fischer (driving bank shot) gave the Hawks the quick 8-0 cushion.
Fischer tossed in a pair of 3-pointers late in the quarter and the Hawks went on to a commanding 30-14 lead when Bernardoni grabbed a rebound and went coast to coast with 2:35 left in the first half.
Fischer scored 15 points in the second half and finished with four 3s.
"To be honest, I really didn't know about the scoring record," said Fischer, whose career high is 29 points against Lake Park as a sophomore. "It's a great honor but the most exciting thing for me is to be able to help my team get another big win so we can finish strong in the conference."
The Hawks offense was awfully strong, ringing up its second-highest point total of the season.
Bernardoni (6 rebounds) handed out 7 assists, followed by King (6 rebounds) and Kelsey Lukowicz with 6 apiece and Stotts (5 rebounds) with 5.
Senior Megan Evans led the winners on the boards with 8 rebounds.
"This was a huge win for us," King added. "We know we have to finish strong next week in conference (against Schaumburg and Fremd)."
"The kids played great," said Hawks coach Mike Nocella.
Senior Jenny Schnack led the Fillies with 12 points while sophomore Abby Kirchoff added 9 and Brooke Chandor 7.
"I was very disappointed because I know we are a better team than what we showed," Barreiro added. "Abby Kirchoff tried to make things happen. She kept going and going. But we have to show up better in big games."
Fischer sure did for Hoffman.
"A lot of my shots were falling, which hadn't been the case lately," Fischer said. "I've been coming in early before practices and games to work on my shooting. It's starting to pay off."