Northwest roundup: Conant wins again
Conant continued its impressive early-season start Saturday night with a 47-44 nonconference boys basketball victory over Fenwick in Oak Park.
Dylan Bartuch scored a game-high 17 points and hit three 3-pointers for the Mid-Suburban West-leading Cougars (8-1), whose only loss was by a point to St. Viator. Avery Osby scored a career-high 12 points and London Dokubo added 8 points.
The Cougars allowed only 3 third-quarter points to turn a 20-20 tie into a 31-23 lead. They also overcame 9-for-19 free-throw shooting.
BG 65, Lindblom 51: After being tied at the half in the nonconference game in Chicago, Buffalo Grove pulled away late to earn a victory Saturday.
The score was tied 28-28 before the third quarter, when the Bison (7-2) outscored Lindblom 23-18. BG finished up with a 14-5 scoring edge in the fourth quarter.
Senior guard Nick Prus and junior forward Sam Wacker led BG in scoring with 17 points apiece. Wacker also had a team-best 11 rebounds, and sophomore guard Luke Potnick had 14 points and a team-high 6 assists.
Prospect 63, Lake Zurich 44: Terry Redding scored a career-high 19 points and had 11 rebounds as Prospect (5-3) broke open a close nonconference game in the second half at Lake Zurich.
Mike LaTulip scored 16 points and had 5 of his 6 assists in the second half. Matt Loebbaka added 12 points for the Knights, who extended a 22-18 halftime lead to 40-29 after three quarters.
CL South 48, Barrington 47: A 3-pointer at the buzzer sent defending tournament champion Barrington (6-5) to a tough defeat in the opening game of the Jacobs Holiday Tournament in Algonquin.
John Schneider scored a season-high 18 points for the defending tournament champion Broncos. Tyler Weathered added 11 points and Brad Zaumseil scored 9 points.
Barrington plays St. Charles North at 3 p.m. Monday in a rematch of last year’s title game.
Mundelein 87, Elk Grove 63: Sean Gordon scored 16 points and Devin Neill and John Lorenz added 14 points apiece for Elk Grove (3-6) in the Jacobs Holiday Tournament loss.
Mundelein led 19-9 after a quarter and 30-19 at halftime. Robert Knar scored 33 points and Evansville-bound Ryan Sawvell added 16 points.