Kemph, Rolling Meadows make history with winning beginning
It was a history-making day for the Rolling Meadows girls basketball team on Saturday.
With a 56-32 win over Highland Park in the quarterfinals of the Lady Mustangs Holiday Classic at Mundelein High School, Meadows is off to its best start in school history.
The Mustangs (10-3) will meet Cary-Grove (8-3) in the semifinals on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Sophomore guard Jackie Kemph (2 3-pointers) scored 27 points, 2 shy of her career-high, while classmate Jenny Vliet added 11 and senior Anne Marie Lynch 6. Vliet and Amanda Gunn also tossed home 3-pointers for Meadows.
Kemph has 97 points in her last four games.
The Mustangs pulled away to a 30-16 lead at half.
Giants junior standout Lena Munzer scored 22 points, including 3 3-pointers. The Giants (7-7) committed 27 turnovers and shot 30 percent from the floor.
Hoffman Estates 43, Conant 26: Junior Destinee Young fired home 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Hoffman Estates advanced to the consolation semifinals of the Lady Mustangs Holiday Classic at Mundelein High School.
Becca Stoczynski added 9 points and 7 rebounds for the Hawks.
Teammates Mary Pettit made 3 steals and Sara Burns 2 for the winners.
Hoffman (2-8) will face Waukegan at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Conant (4-10) meets Streamwood on Monday at 6 p.m.
Glenbrook South 38, Hersey 35 (OT): Seniors Maggie Hogen (14 points) and Jen Hall (11) were top scorers for Hersey (4-7) in the nonconference game at the Ken Carter Gymnasium in Arlington Heights
Hogen hit a 3-pointer in the overtime and Renee Poulos had the other bucket for the host Huskies, who were outscored 8-5.
Coach Mary Fendley's club will resume play on Dec. 26 when is attempts to defend the title of the Bill Neibch Falcon Classic at Wheaton North High School.
The No. 3-seeded Huskies open at 9 a.m. against Willowbrook.
Glenbrook South (9-4) is also at Wheaton North. The Titans are the No. 2 seed behind No. 1 Waubonsie Valley.
Cary-Grove 38, Mundelein 36: At Mundelein, the host Mustangs led 25-23 after three quarters but got outscored 15-11 in the fourth.
Mundelein (4-8, 1-1) was led by Taylor Davis with 10 points. Amanda Davis and Molly Rosenow had 8 each.
Huntley 35, Grant 30: At Mundelein, the Bulldogs lost despite Morgan Jahnke's game-high 11 points, which included three 3-pointers.
Cassie Stimpson had 8 points for Grant (3-9, 0-2).
Carmel 45, Deerfield 35: At Warren, Kathleen Felicelli scored 13 points and Kaitlyn Lynch added 10 for the Corsairs in their tournament opener.
Carmel (7-4) also received 9 points from Sarah McHugh and 8 from Cassidy Kloss.
Grayslake Central 62, Lake Forest 44: At Warren, Claire Brennan scored 19 points and Skyler Jessop added 16, as the Rams' tournament-opening win stretched their winning streak to nine game.
Morgan Dahlstrom had 12 points for Grayslake Central (9-2).
Niles North 44, Warren 43: At Warren, Mariyah Henley poured in 26 points, including three 3-pointers, as the Vikings knocked off the tournament host in opening-round action.
Lexi Leneau and Alyssa Phillips had 15 and 13 points, respectively, for Warren (5-6).