Prairie Ridge pulls away for win at Mundelein
Sarah LeBeau scored 10 of her 17 points in the third quarter, helping Prairie Ridge’s girls basketball team snap a 26-26 halftime tie en route to a 57-46 win over the host school in the Mundelein Turkey Shootout on Wednesday night.
Prairie Ridge, which improved to 3-0 in the tournament, outscored Mundelein 18-6 in the third quarter, as LeBeau hit a pair of 3-pointers.
Mundelein’s Becca Woit led all scorers with 18 points, including 12 in the first half. Lauren Rouse and Maggie Mahar added 9 and 8 points, respectively, for the Mustangs, who fell to 0-3.
Prairie Ridge also received 13 points from Kailey Aldridge and 10 from Marisa Geistbrein.
Highland Park 61, Grant 39: At Mundelein, Lizzy LoGrande and Lena Munzer scored 23 and 20 points, respectively, for the Giants, who improved to 1-2 in the tournament.
Grant (1-2) received 7 points apiece from Taylor Rossi and Deanna Rodriguez.
Rolling Meadows 85, Lakes 60: At Fremd, the Eagles dropped their season opener to a talented Mustangs squad, despite 27 points from Therese McMahon.
Amanda Smith added 13 points for Lakes.
Jackie Kemph had 27 points for Rolling Meadows.
Antioch 57, Richmond-Burton 45: On Tuesday night, sophomore point guard Paige Gallimore scored a career-high 26 points, dished out 5 assists and collected 5 steals, as the visiting Sequoits won the nonconference season opener.
Gallimore, who played on varsity last season, scored 12 points in the fourth quarter to help Antioch build on a lead that was 40-37 after three. Megan Borries added 12 points on four 3-pointers. Gallimore and Rachel Schwabe each hit a pair of 3s, as the Sequoits shot 40 percent from beyond the arc. Alex Fracek and Abbi McIlhany grabbed 6 rebounds each in the win.
Fremd 59, Johnsburg 23: All-area guard Ashley McConnell began her fourth season on the Fremd girls varsity basketball team on Wednesday night in the Vikings’ gym.
It started with a flourish.
The defending Mid-Suburban League champs stormed to 15-0 lead in less than three minutes and never looked back in a 59-23 victory over Johnsburg in the opening round of the Turkey Thriller.
“This is the deepest team I’ve played on in my four years here,” said McConnell, the 2011-12 MSL West Player of the Year. “It’s awesome. Our practices are so competitive.”
The Vikes’ competitiveness showed right from the get-go as their pressure defense forced 5 turnovers in the first three minutes.
“We wanted to come out strong and we did,” said McConnell, who had 10 points, 4 steals and 2 assists. “In practice, we’ve really been focusing on defense and we wanted out come out in the game and execute that. We talked about being aggressive and getting into the passing lanes.”