Glenbard South 54, Yorkville 32

One team hadn't played in 13 days. The other had just finished a four-games-in-four-days stretch.

So, would it be well-rested Yorkville or on-the-go Glenbard South that would best handle the vagaries of the holiday schedule when Western Sun Conference action resumed Friday night in Yorkville?

After a first half in which it appeared both teams had gotten cement Nikes for Christmas, visiting Glenbard South tapped a reserve of energy and sprint away from an 18-18 tie at the break to post a convincing 54-32 victory.

"Tonight was a tough night since we played four games last week and gave the guys Tuesday and Wednesday off," said Glenbard South coach Wade Hardtke. "It depends on which team shows up. We saw one in the first half and, fortunately, a different one in the second half."

The first half was nothing to write home about for either team as the squads combined for 15-of-47 shooting from the field, 5 of 13 from the free-throw line and 21 turnovers over the first 16 minutes.

Yorkville (5-10, 0-5), which hadn't played since Dec. 22, led 9-7 after one quarter thanks to Tavis Gibson's 4 points.

Glenbard South (7-7, 3-3) got points from four players as the Raiders scored the first 7 points of the second quarter to open a 14-9 lead, but Yorkville's Jordan Rollins hit a jumper at the buzzer to forge the halftime tie.

Yorkville scored the first 3 points of the second half, but after that it was all Raiders as they closed the quarter on a 17-4 run to open a 35-25 lead after three.

They were sparked by Wally Wiedner's 3-pointer and got a big boost from a pair of buckets off the bench by Jordan Harks. Six-foot-6 center Andy Manson, who towered over all of the numerous Foxes who attempted to guard him, also began to assert himself inside, leading to several putback opportunities.

"We ran out of steam, we were tired," said Yorkville coach Jerry Farber.

"We weren't practicing quite hard enough all week and I thought we had enough energy for 2½ quarters, but then we got tired and their defense took us out of our offense."

Glenbard South continued to pile it on in the fourth quarter as the lead grew to as many as 24 points while 11 Raiders ended up scoring on the night.

Now, Hardtke hopes the second-half effort will carry over to the second half of the season.

"We've got to start believing we can win close ballgames," he said. "Palatine and York last week, and Kaneland and DeKalb earlier were some games that we let get away. If we can get it rolling and string a couple together, we can win some games."