Girls basketball / Lake County roundup
Thirteen could have been the lucky number for Libertyville's girls basketball team Tuesday night.
The team scored 13 points in each of the first two quarters to lead Zion-Benton 26-12 and made 13-of-27 free throws to defeat the Zee-Bees 46-38.
Libertyville improved to 20-0 and 9-0 in the North Suburban Lake Division.
Savannah Trees led the Wildcats by scoring 20 points, including three 3-pointers. Olivia Wilcox added nine.
Octavia Crump led the Zee-Bees with 15 points.
Vernon Hills 40, Grant 33: Meri Bennett-Swanson led the Cougars by scoring 21 points in the North Suburban Prairie game.
Bennett-Swanson also grabbed 9 rebounds and had 5 blocks. Abby Springer added 5 rebounds and 3 assists for Vernon Hills (10-10, 6-3), and Julie Pecht had 4 assists and 2 steals.
Grant (7-12, 4-2) was led by Donnie Taggart, who scored 15 points.
Stevenson 80, Lake Forest 17: The Patriots outscored the Scouts 26-5 in the first quarter and dominated until the end shutting out their opponent 21-0 in the final quarter.
Four Patriots scored in double digits, led by Michelle O'Brien who had 24 points, including five 3-pointers. Anna Morrissey added 13 points. McKinley Imus had 12, and Olivia Whalen added 10 for Stevenson (16-7, 7-2).
“This is the third game in a row where we showed a lot of energy. We hadn't done that before those games,” Patriots coach Tom Dineen said. “It was a good team effort.”
Wauconda 56: Lakes 44: Tammy Ellis scored a season-high 20 points and had 7 steals, as the Bulldogs improved to 18-1 and remain undefeated in the North Suburban Prairie at 9-0.
Melanie Prudhomme added 12. Wauconda also got 8 points from Cara Nance, 7 points from Roslyn Summerville and 7 rebounds from Maggie Sarich.
Lakes' Ashlee Cunningham scored 10 points. Mary Doupis added nine.
Grayslake Central 62, Grayslake North 33: Alex Scarbo scored a season-high 22 points and Claire Brennan added 10 to lead the Rams in the Fox Valley Fox Conference game.
Grayslake Central (19-2, 8-0) has won 17 games in a row.
Grayslake North (6-14) was led by Shyanne Ludwick, who had 10 points.