Plainfield North tops Morris in SPC
MORRIS -- The Plainfield North High School girls basketball team had no offensive rebounds and did not attempt a 3-point shot during Tuesday's game against Morris.
Nonetheless, the Tigers posted a 48-38 win over the Redskins in Southwest Prairie Conference play.
North shot very well, making 19-of-31 for a 61.3 percent showing.
Junior Kendra Lumpkin led North (12-3, 6-1) with 18 points and 4 rebounds. Senior Takeya Green finished with 12 points and 4 boards for the Tigers, who led 15-7 after one quarter.
But a big second-quarter effort by Morris (7-6, 2-3) helped the Redskins to a 20-19 halftime lead.
However, junior Kayleigh Blaney hit two key baskets in the third quarter to help North to a 32-25 lead entering the fourth quarter.
Melanie Stevens scored 11 points for Morris. Hali Steffes contributed 10.
Lemont 48, Downers Grove North 42 -- At Downers Grove, Lemont (12-3) posted the nonconference victory as Alex Prasauskas led the way with 15 points. Annie Forzley added 9 while Natalija Vaznelis and Erin Stahurski scored 8.
Plainfield South 44, Romeoville 38 -- At Joliet, South (2-13, 1-5) was led by Bridgette McGuire's 18 points in the Southwest Prairie win. Paige Stankus scored 13.
Oswego 45, Minooka 41 -- At Minooka, Oswego went on an 18-1 run in the second half to post the Southwest Prairie Conference win over the Indians (9-5, 6-1). Minooka owned a 26-16 lead in the third quarter before the Panthers went on their run.
"Oswego is the type of team that can run off unanswered points in a hurry," Minooka coach Ray Liberatore said. "So if you don't take care of the basketball, they can make some runs against you.
"This was a tough loss, but we need to bounce back to play a very good Oswego East team on Friday."
Stephanie Furr scored 13 points for the Indians. Morgan Novak finished with 11.
Reed-Custer 52, Grant Park 30 -- At Braidwood, Jacklyn Strouse had 10 points and 10 rebounds to pace Reed-Custer (8-7) to the nonconference win. Katie Kochan added 9 points while Kelsi McMahan had 8 rebounds and Stef James 7. James finished with 4 assists and 3 steals.
"We played well considering it was our first game since Christmas," Reed-Custer coach Matt Peterson said. "We came out strong and hit some 3-pointers early to get us going.
Ottawa Marquette 64, Gardner-South Wilmington 47 -- At Ottawa, Rachel Mack led Gardner-South Wilmington (10-9) with 21 points in the nonconference loss. Kelsey Lutz had 16.
