Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup
Even though the final scores don't indicate it, the top-ranked Bartlett girls basketball team hasn't exactly been lighting up the gym early in recent games.
That changed on Saturday.
Bartlett bolted out to a 20-6 lead after one quarter and 40-10 at halftime and then cruised to a 77-49 nonconference win on the road against No. 13 West Chicago.
“Our goal today was to come out strong,” said Bartlett coach Denise Sarna. “We hadn't been doing that lately. But we did today and that was nice to see.”
The Hawks (13-0) got a career day from senior Lisa Palmer, who scored a career-high 17 points, while adding 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
“Lisa had a really strong game,” Sarna said. “But it was another good team effort. Everyone played well today.”
Senior Haley Videckis added 18 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals for the Hawks, who led 59-24 after three quarters. Videckis now has 987 career points and can eclipse the 1,000 point mark when Bartlett plays its final game before the Dundee-Crown Christmas tournament on Wednesday at Schaumburg.
Ashley Johnson added 13 points in Saturday's win and Kristin Conniff had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Conniff now has 909 career points.
Cary-Grove 38, Mundelein 36: The Trojans outscored host Mundelein 15-11 in the fourth quarter to advance to Wednesday's semifinals at the Mundelein tournament against Rolling Meadows. Olivia Jakubicek had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals to lead Cary-Grove (8-3), which won its fifth straight. Paige Lincicum added 8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 steals while Katie Barker had 7 rebounds.
Hampshire 61, Rosary 38: Grace Jakubowski had 13 points, while Michelle Dumoulin and Sara Finn added 11 each as the Whip-Purs (5-8) claimed third place at the Oswego tournament. Jen Dumoulin, who was named to the all-tournament team, added 8 points for Hampshire.
St. Edward 60, ACC 55: Down 28-19 at halftime, St. Ewdard (9-3, 3-2) roared back to earn a Suburban Christian Blue win. Maddie Kerr led the Green Wave with 15 points and Rena Ranallo added 10. Alex Lee and Callie Johnson scored 9 points each for St. Edward. “It was a great team comeback,” said Wave coach Michelle Dawson. “We did a good job on the free-throw line and our girls kept their composure and played with a lot of heart.” St. Edward sealed the win at the line, making 18 of 25 free throws for the night.
Burlington Central 58, McHenry 44: The Rockets held McHenry to just 9 points in the second half in winning this game at the Northern Illinois Holiday Classic. Jessica Laird led BC with 23 points. Brenda Thasavong added 10 and Catherine Kaynish 8 for the Rockets.
CL Central 43, Burlington Central 36: The Rockets (4-7) fell behind 18-12 at halftime and couldn't recover in losing their opening game of the day at the Northern Illinois Holiday Classic. Jessica Laird again led BC with 21 points. Allison Colby added 9.
Grayslake North 42, CL South 28: Sara Mickow had 8 points to lead the Gators in this loss at the Northern Illinois Holiday Classic.
Richmond 54, CL South 46: Stephanie Melone and Rachel Rasumussed each had 13 points for CL South (4-10) in this loss at the Northern Illinois Holiday Classic. Lauren Del Vecchio added 12 points for the Gators.
Huntley 35, Grant 30: Haley Ream had 10 points and 10 rebounds to spark Huntley (8-3) to a win at the Mundelein tournament. Sam Andrews added 9 points for the Red Raiders.
Westminster Christian 57, Alden-Hebron 19: Claire Spiewek had 19 points and 9 rebounds to lead Westminster Christian to a Northeast Athletic Conference win, the Warriors' sixth straight victory. Porsche Griggs added 9 points and 3 blocks for the Warriors (10-3, 3-1).
Women's basketball
ECC 80, COD 60: Tournament MVP Cassie Dumoulin scored 21 points and DiJon Smith added 20 to lead the Spartans to a second-place finish at the College of DuPage tournament. Alex Dumoulin added 15 points for ECC and Carly Saraceno had 9.