Tri-Cities girls basketball roundup

Posted January 21, 2011 12:00 am

Daily Herald reports

Kaneland 47, Sycamore 39 (2OT): Kelly Evers tallied 19 points and grabbed 7 rebounds as the host Knights notched a double-overtime Northern Illinois Big 12 East win and defeated Sycamore for the second time this season.

Free throw shooting played a major role in the outcome as Kaneland (11-3, 2-6) connected on 22 of 33 free throw attempts while Sycamore hit 8 of 11 tries. Nicki Ott added 9 points for the Knights while Emma Bradford and Emily Heimerdinger each had 6.

Walther Lutheran 49, ACC 47: Morgan Ransom hit a 3-point shot with 6 seconds remaining to give Walther Lutheran (7-0, 15-4) the Suburban Christian Gold win over an upset-minded ACC squad.

Jackie Cardona led the Chargers (4-3, 13-8) with 23 points. ACC trailed 27-19 at halftime but grabbed the lead with an impressive 16-6 third quarter run.

Montini 76, Rosary 25: Whitney Holloway poured in 20 points to lead the top-ranked Broncos (24-1, 8-0 Suburban Christian Blue) past the Royals in Aurora.

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