Mundelein edges Highland Park

Mundelein's girls basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak, beating Highland Park 47-41 in their own tournament Tuesday night.

Molly Rosenow led the Mustangs (5-8, 2-1) in scoring with 14 points, and teammate Taylor Davis added 13.

The second quarter was the difference, as the Mustangs outscored the Giants 16-8 to lead 28-23 at halftime.

Mundelein will next play Vernon Hills at 9 a.m. Thursday for fifth place.

Vernon Hills 49, Lake Park 36: At Mundelein, Sydney Smith led the Cougars, scoring 12 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and grabbing 5 rebounds.

Meri Bennett-Swanson finished with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks. Alina Lehocky added 8 points and pulled down 6 rebounds, and Lauren Webb had 7 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Abby Springer dished out 8 assists

Vernon Hills improved to 12-2 overall and 2-1 in the tournament.

Harlan 49, Schaumburg 46: Alyssa Saklak scored 13 points as the Schaumburg girls basketball team lost 49-46 to Harlan in a nonconference game in Chicago.

Amanda Kelly and Jenna Gerber added 11 and 7 points respectively for the Saxons (4-7). Saklak and Kelly had 3 pointers.

Niles North 60, Wheeling 42: Wheeling (1-14) dropped its final game of pool play in the Blue Devil Classic at Warren High School in Gurnee.

Dundee-Crown 58, Larkin 41: Dundee-Crown girls basketball coach Michelle Russell and her team couldn't have asked for more momentum going into next Monday's Charger Classic opener against undefeated and top seed Bartlett.

Senior Ali Sanders scored a career-high 23 points and had 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals Tuesday as the Chargers won for the seventh straight time, downing Larkin 58-41 in a nonconference game in Elgin.

"We played decent," said Russell. "There's still too many silly turnovers that we need to get rid of before next week but they're playing hard. We haven't won like this in a while so it's exciting for them.

"Seven wins in a row is nice. Ali had a nice game today. Her shots were falling and she's leading the team like a senior should."

Senior sharpshooter Carlin Faulkner also returned to the lineup for the Chargers (7-4) from an ankle injury and scored 8 points to go along with 5 steals.

"It was her first game back and she did well," said Russell of the 5-foot-3 Faulkner. "She was short on some shots early, which was to be expected, but then she hit some."

Senior Diamond Williams scored 14 points and had 13 rebounds for D-C, while Emily Michalski had 5 rebounds. The Chargers led 24-15 after one quarter, 34-21 at halftime and 47-28 by the end of the third.

Jill Casebeer and Victoria Patterson had 12 points each for Larkin (1-13).