BG puts it all together, surprises Hoffman Estates

Buffalo Grove coach Pat Dudle has been persistent when addressing his Bison girls basketball players.

"We've kept telling them to have confidence because they've been playing a great schedule," Dudle said.

Well, the Bison were great in Thursday's Mid-Suburban League crossover with visiting Hoffman Estates.

Led by senior guard KC Dunne's game-high 20 points, BG stopped the Hawks 66-58.

"BG played a great game," said Hawks coach Mike Nocella whose club is 12-4. "They played a real complete game, the best I've seen from them."

Dunne's scoring was balanced throughout the contest.

"KC was taking the ball to the basket hard," said Dudle, whose team improved to 5-10. "Some defenders gave her room behind the arc and she connected."

BG junior guard Emily Cho connected on 7-of-10 free throws in the final quarter.

After trailing 26-21 at intermission, the Bison outscored the Hawks 45-30 in the final two quarters.

"KC also played fantastic defense and helped us on the boards," Dudle said. "Emily (Cho) made clutch free throws in the fourth quarter."

Sophomore Destinee Young scored 19 of the Hawks' 26 points in the first half and finished with a game-high 29 points and 13 rebounds.

"She is a real force on the boards," Dudle said of Young. "We were able to claw back into the game. At half, we stressed playing tougher defense and obviously we had to hit the boards harder than we did in the first half.

"They were having their way on the boards but we had to rebound with more tenacity in the second half."

Senior Andrea DiPrima added 14 points for the winners, followed by Cho (11), Emily Georgoulis (9), Bailey North (7) and Alanna Zawlocki (5).

Sophomore Becca Stoczynski came off the bench to score 12 points and hand out 4 assists for Hoffman.

"Becca had a real good game for us," Nocella said.

Jada Stotts added 8 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists for Hoffman.

Barrington 52, Elk Grove 39: Senior guard Abby Kirchoff scored a game-high 18 points with 6 rebounds and 2 steals to lead visiting Barrington (11-6).

"Abby had a real good game," said Fillies coach Babbi Barreiro who was going against her alma mater. "I thought she played real well. She made a lot of good decisions with the ball on offense.

"Brooke Chandor (15 points) also had a good offensive game. She made some nice drives to the basket."

Sarah Mass chipped in 9 points for the winners, who also received solid minutes off the bench from Kiersten Tinkoff and Lizzie Deuel.

Sophomore Diamond Boyd led Elk Grove (8-10) with 12 points and 9 rebounds while Maggie Fries had 10 points. Teammate Kelly Naughton collected 5 assists.

Hersey 49, Palatine 39: Senior Megan Rogowski, who was honored before the game for scoring her 2,000th career point at the Wheaton North tourney, tossed in 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the host Huskies (12-3).

Teammate Jen Hall added 11 points followed by Stefanie Mueller and Eileen Zydek with 8 apiece.

"Corinne Busby was a sparkplug on defense for us," said Huskies coach Mary Fendley, whose team also received a 3-pointer from Busby.

Palatine (6-10) was led by sophomore Nia Pappas and junior Katelyn Mayer, who each scored 11 points.

Rolling Meadows 44, Schaumburg 38: Meadows freshman Jackie Kemph scored a team-high 13 points as Mustangs coach Todd Hatfield recorded a win over his alma mater.

Morgan Keller added 9 and Maddie Conlin 8 for the host Mustangs (11-5).

Junior Alyssa Saklak scored 16 points to lead Schaumburg (7-8), which received 6 points apiece from Amanda Kelly and Rachael Stuehm.

Fremd 51, Wheeling 31: Mid-Suburban West co-leader Fremd (14-4), which was fourth in the Dundee-Crown Charger Classic, was led by sophomore Ashley McConnell and junior Jessi Wiedemann (two 3-pointers), who each scored 14 points.

Senior Sarah Power added 9 with a three 3-pointers.

Senior guard Kelsey Maczko paced the host Wildcats (3-14) with a game-high 17 points, including four 3-pointers.