Watson sees perfect 20-20, again against Naperville N.

After putting together an impressive 20-20 night, West Aurora's Kyra Watson was asked if she had ever before posted so many points and rebounds in the same girls basketball game.

She quickly replied something about 27 points and 23 rebounds last year against Naperville North and a monstrous 32-point, 25-rebound effort earlier this year, also against Naperville North.

So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the Blackhawks just so happened to be playing at Naperville North on Thursday night when Watson put up more big numbers, this time in a 70-60 win by West Aurora (16-6, 8-2).

"I love Naperville North," she said. "That's good (they don't seem to match up well). I love it."

With Watson making good on 4 shots in the first quarter, the visitors broke out to a 27-17 lead after a high-scoring opening quarter. The lead was 40-29 at the half as Watson had 9 points and 9 rebounds after two quarters.

But the 4-18 Huskies, who dropped to 3-7 in the DuPage Valley Conference with the setback, made a nice run at the Blackhawks in the third quarter, rallying to shave a 42-30 deficit down to 46-44 following a fastbreak bucket by the Huskies' Kaelyn Witkowski.

Witkowski scored 6 of her team-high 17 points during a 14-4 run that temporarily gave the Huskies all the momentum. Erica Schertz and Lauren Quinn each added putbacks for Naperville North during the streak. But following a Blackhawks timeout, Bri Tye and Tyronza McGowan each dropped in 3-pointers and Watson followed with a three-point play as West Aurora closed out the third quarter with a 9-0 run for a 55-44 lead that put the visitors back in control.

"I thought we had them frustrated," said Huskies coach Jay Wachtel. "We had a ton of momentum, but they hit two 3s in a row, and then it seemed like we couldn't play through that adversity. We kept trying and we kept working hard."

Despite their efforts the Huskies just couldn't contain Watson or McGowan, who had 18 points and 5 steals. Schertz had 14 points and 11 boards for the Huskies.

"When we come here we struggle," Blackhawks coach Connie Siljendahl said of Naperville North. "They really hustle. Tonight they outhustled us."

But it is nice having Watson on your side.

"When somebody gets 20 rebounds a game…," Siljendahl said. "When she gets 12 or 13 she's depressed. Most people would be excited with that. She sets the bar so high."

Especially against the Huskies.