Rough first half does in Bartlett in D-C quarters

The Bartlett girls basketball team could only blame itself Monday night for being down by 10 to New Trier at halftime.

The Hawks committed 11 turnovers and missed 11 of 16 free-throw attempts in the opening half.

New Trier took advantage and went on to defeat Bartlett, 59-45, in the quarterfinals of the 27th annual Charger Classic in Carpentersville.

"We dug ourselves a hole and you don't want to do that against a good team," Hawks coach Denise Sarna said. "We're normally a really good free-throw shooting team. It just wasn't our day."

Bartlett (9-5), which had its five-game winning streak snapped, will play Naperville Central (12-1) at 5 p.m. today. The teams met during their Thanksgiving tournament with the Redhawks beating the Hawks 69-66 in overtime.

Jacki Gulczynski tried to keep the Hawks close. The junior scored 6 points in the first quarter and 10 in the first half. But Bartlett shot just 8 for 23 from the field and 5 for 16 from the free-throw line in the first half.

"We got out of sync," Sarna said. "At times we looked unorganized. We couldn't get into the flow of the game."

Bartlett got within 5 twice in the third quarter, the last coming at 42-37 with 2 minutes left, and trailed by 6, 44-38, entering the fourth.

But the Trevians (12-2), who will play Johnsburg in the semifinals, pulled away in the fourth. Abbey Schmitt scored 11 of her game-high and season-high 29 points in the fourth quarter for New Trier.

"I was trying to box out really hard and crash the boards," said Schmitt, who added 10 rebounds.

Gulczynski led Bartlett with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Haley Videckis added 11.