Grcic, Lake Zurich handle Prairie Ridge
Lake Zurich’s boys basketball team was ready to play Saturday, despite its 9 a.m. tipoff against Prairie Ridge in the opening game of Jacobs’ Holiday Classic.
Mirko Grcic scored 16 points, including two 3-pointers, and grabbed 8 rebounds, leading the Bears to a 36-24 win.Justin Peterson, Jeff O#146;Brien and Brenden Seeger also hit 3s for the Bears (5-5), who won their third in a row,They led 8-5 after one quarter, 21-7 at halftime and 31-19 after three.#147;PR played zone, was patient, and ran clock for over a minute multiple times until we were able to get a good look,#148; Lake Zurich coach Billy Pitcher said. #147;They did a good job of controlling tempo, but I thought we responded with good discipline.#148;Pitcher credited O#146;Brien for holding the Wolves#146; Sean Valentine (20 ppg) to 6 points.O#146;Brien helped limit Zion-Benton#146;s Malik Yarbrough to 16 points on Thursday.#147;Everyone got in and contributed positively, so we were able to rest our starters in the second half,#148; Pitcher said. #147;A lot which is important since we play five games at Jacobs followed by four at Pekin over break.#148;