Vernon Hills boys now 9-0
Vernon Hills' boys basketball team stayed perfect Friday night.
DaVaris Daniels scored 20 points to lead the Cougars to a 65-49 win over visiting Wauconda in North Suburban Prairie Division action.
Vernon Hills improved to 9-0 and 4-0 in the division. Stephen Curry and Chris Argianas (three 3-pointers) added 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Cougars, who led 19-13 after one quarter and 39-23 at halftime.
Curry and Darren Hoveydai (8 points) each sank a pair of 3s in the win.
Wauconda (0-9, 0-4) was led in scoring by Tyler Gick with 17 points. Kyle Ryan chipped in 10.
St. Patrick 54, Carmel 39: Playing an East Suburban Catholic game at home, the Corsairs dropped their sixth straight to fall to 3-8.
Girls basketball
Make it a perfect 10-0 for Wauconda's girls basketball team.
Roslyn Summerville scored 10 points, pulled down 4 rebounds and blocked 3 shots, as the Bulldogs opened the Northern Illinois Holiday Classic by beating Rockford Jefferson 56-31 at Marengo on Friday night.
Tammy Ellis added 9 points for Wauconda, while Melanie Prudhomme had 7 points and 4 assists. Chavez Coombs contributed 11 rebounds and 5 points.
Grayslake Central 61, Vernon Hills 40: Maddy Miller scored a season-high 17 points, and Skyler Jessop added 10 for visiting Rams in their nonconference win.
Grayslake Central (9-2), which won its seventh in a row, also got 8 points apiece from Rebekah Llorens and Alex Scarbro.
Vernon Hills (6-6), which suffered its fifth straight loss, was paced by Meri Bennett-Swanson's 17 points. Lauren Webb had eight.
Woodstock North 47, Round Lake 33: The Panthers (4-7) were led by Chanae Brown's 16 points in the Northern Illinois Holiday Classic opener.
Barrington 46, Conant 26: Barrington was extremely wary of visiting Conant on Friday night.
"They can play," said Fillies 5-foot-11 senior forward Shelby Whigham. "They beat Hersey earlier in the year, so we knew they were a good team. We came out with a lot of energy tonight and told ourselves 'let's go, let's go we can do this."
Whigham helped set the tone with 3 early blocks, and junior Nicole Collins scored a team-high 9 points as the Fillies ran out to a quick double-digit lead and never looked back in a 46-26 Mid-Suburban West girls basketball victory.
Balanced scoring was a key for the Fillies as senior Sarah Mass tallied 8 points, Abby Kirchoff had 7 and Sam Maasarani scored 6.
"We were extremely focused tonight, even more focused than usual," Mass said.
"We put in a full week of practice this week, so that played a part in it.
"We just jelled in the first couple of minutes and got up on them."
Indeed, the Fillies got off to a fast start and led 11-2 after only two minutes, and they extended the advantage to 30-13 at halftime.
The Fillies (7-4, 2-1) put the game on ice in the third quarter as they scored the first 8 points to take a 25-point lead.
Alyssa Rawleigh scored a game-high 13 points for Conant, including a pair of 3-pointers, but the Cougars as a team were only 2-for-11 from behind the arc.
Whigham scored 4 points to go along with her superb interior defense, while Barrington senior forward Brooke Chandor had 4 points and 4 rebounds.
"Conant's had a nice start to the season," said Fillies coach Babbi Barreiro. "You know when you play the Cougars it's going to be an intense game, because they're always tough on 'D.' "
"I thought we responded and did a nice job on defense as well. We got into the passing lanes and got a lot of touches."
Bill Esbrook
Prospect 52, Wheeling 42: Prospect improved 6-5 and 2-1 in the MSL East as junior Christina Brucci led he Knights with 10 points, including a 3-pointer in the fits and fourth quarters.
The Knights rallied from a 17-9 first quarter deficit to trail 21-19 at the break. They outcored the host Wildcats 17-9 in the third quarter when senior guard Sarah Winans scored all 7 of her points.