Full efforts results in a Barrington winner
Barrington girls basketball coach Babbi Barreiro has been telling her Fillies two things were necessary to create good results.
"We needed to get everyone involved in the offense and we had to play for four full quarters," she said.
Both happened on Tuesday night at the Jean Walker Field House in Mt. Prospect.
And the Fillies got a good win, 63-57 in a Mid-Suburban League crossover contest against defending East champion Prospect.
Senior Kelly Katis scored 15 of her game-high 21 points in the second half as the Fillies improved to 6-9.
Senior Megan Talbot added 15 points and 10 rebounds while classmate Abigail Elo also reached double figures with 10 points.
"I liked that we had three players in double figures," Barreiro added. "That balance scoring really helped.
"Megan and Kelly had really strong games. And I was really happy with our free throw shooting (25-of-28)."
Katis was 11-of-13 from the line while Talbot made 5-of-6 and Elo 4-of-4.
Teammates Auri Grayson chipped in 8 points and Claire Collier 6.
"I thought Kelly made really smart decisions with the basketball," Barreiro added. "And Megan played a really nice game in the post. They (Prospect) made her work real hard."
The Knights (7-11) were led by Brenda Kendziera (15 points), Nikki Matters (14 points, three 3-pointers) and Angela Roman (13 points).
Hersey 69, Hoffman 32: Hersey improved to 13-3 as junior Claire Gritt connected for a game-high 22 points in the MSL crossover in Arlington Heights.
Other top scorers for the Huskies were Maggie Berigan (12 points), Gina Miklasz (11), Kelly Weyhrich (10) and Erin McGrath (8).
Weyhrich had a pair of 3-pointers and Gritt had 1.
Hoffman (7-9) was led by junior Monraia Wilson, whose 9 points included a 3-pointer.
Schaumburg 52, Elk Grove 39: Mallory Gerber (13 points) and Laura O'Connell (10) led visiting Schaumburg in the MSL crossover.
Paige Alt chipped in 9 and Lexi Ross 7 for the Saxons, who raised their record to 10-6 following their third-place finish in the Wheaton North tourney.
Abbey Sloan (13 points), Sarah Pauscher (10) and Jenny Banak (7) were top scorers for the host Grens (2-13).
Wheeling 43, Conant 33: Sophomore guard Nansy Velev coneccted for a career-high 17 points, including two 3-pointers, to lead host Wheeling (6-10) in the MSL crossover.
Melissa Claver added 10 points for the Wildcats and Coco Yoshino chipped in 8.
Jorie Wachal scored a game-high 23 points for Conant (6-10).