Hersey clinches East title
Hersey will go into its final Mid-Suburban East girls basketball game today with an undefeated conference record and a league title.
The Huskies (22-5, 9-0) clinched the East on Thursday night for the first time since 2005 with a 58-37 triumph over Elk Grove at the Ken Carter gymnasium in Arlington Heights.
Coach Mary Fendley’s Huskies will try for a 10-0 record today when they host Buffalo Grove at 8 p.m.
Hersey all-stater Megan Rogowski enjoyed her seventh 30-plus-point game of the season, tossing home 31 with three 3-pointers.
Point guard Jen Hall added 8 for the Huskies while teammate Corinne Busby added 5.
Hersey will host either Fremd (21-6, 9-0) or Barrington (18-9, 8-1) on Wednesday in the MSL championship game.
Sophomore Diamond Boyd scored in every quarter to lead Elk Grove (9-16, 1-8)) with 16 points.
Prospect 47, Buffalo Grove 34: After falling by 6 points to Buffalo Grove a few weeks ago, Prospect was able to find the right ingredient to stop the Bison this time.
It was plain and simple: defense.
The Knights (13-11, 5-4) held the Bison (14-12, 6-3) to a season-low point total at the Jean Walker Field House in Mt. Prospect.
“I was very proud of our defense,” said Prospect coach Martha Kelly. “We executed the things we wanted to do. We wanted to limit the outside shots by their guards.”
Prospect got the bulk of its scoring inside as 6-foot-2 senior Sarah Hunt (16 points) and 6-foot junior Maura Benson (career-high 12 points) each recorded double-doubles with their prowess on the boards, too.
Benson even tossed in her first career 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer which gave the Knights a 29-16 advantage.
“Sarah and Maura did a great job working together,” Kelly said. “They finished inside and were helping each other.”
Prospect outscored BG 21-5 in the second quarter, as Hunt (7), Benson (5) and Michele Molini (7) accounted for all but two (Ashley Wabik) of the Knight’s points in the period.
Junior Jessica Petrovski helped Prospect maintain its lead in the fourth quarter when she made 4 of 6 free throws.
“Jessica was huge for us,” Kelly said. “We did a good job taking care of the basketball and we got a lot of good possessions.”
Bailey North scored more than half of the points for BG. The sophomore forward tossed in a career-high 19 points.
Guards KC Dunne (5), Andrea DiPrima (4) and Emily Georgoulis were the next top scorers for BG.
Rolling Meadows 43, Wheeling 34: Three freshman and a sophomore scored all but one of Rolling Meadows’ points in the Mid-Suburban East win.
Freshmen Jackie Kemph (16 points), Alexis Glasgow (10 points) and Jennifer Vliet (9) led the host Mustangs (17-9, 5-4) while sophomore Morgan Keller added 7.
Wheeling (3-23, 1-8) was led by senior Kelsey Maczko (9 points), junior Kellie Kuzmanic (8) and sophomore Jessi Zuba (6).