Some marquee North Suburban Conference girls basketball is on tap this week.
Lake Zurich hosts Libertyville tonight in a battle for the top spot in the NSC, while Stevenson heads to Libertyville Friday night for another key conference game. Lake Zurich is 6-0 in conference play, while the Wildcats sit at 5-0 and Stevenson, 6-1 over the holidays, is at 4-2.
The Bears have Mundelein and Libertyville in North Suburban games this week with the aforementioned Libertyville showdown taking place Wednesday at Lake Zurich. The Bears head to the Kipp Hoopsfest Showcase at Montini this weekend for a game against Glenbrook South and then head to the Batavia MLK Showcase Monday to face St. Charles North at 3:30 p.m.
Emily Fisher continues to tear it up for the Cats."Emily is playing great basketball," Pedersen said. In the Lakes game, Makayla Campbell had 21 points and 11 rebounds to help the Knights to their sixth win in a row."We had some foul trouble and she stepped up in a big way," North coach Brian Frericks said.
Frericks said his team is focused on an NLCC-heavy January schedule."This month is mostly our second round of conference play," he said."Each game in the NLCC is a battle and we want to improve every game." "I feel like we have hit our stride as a team," Stevenson coach Ashley Graham said."It took some time and adjustment from last season and the kids have really bought into what they need to bring individually to each game. It has been great to see our growth as individuals and as a team. This team and their togetherness is unmatched. They are so fun to be around and are a close-knit group.
Junior Rylan Foster leads the way at 14 points and 7 rebounds per game, while hitting 80% of her free throws. Freshman Casey Vyverman is at 10.2 points and 2.6 rebounds. She has hit 33 threes and is shooting 45% from the field. Senior Gracie Werner averages 7.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2 steals.
To start the week, Koepke was averaging a double-double at 13.1 points and 11.2 rebounds, while Barszcz was averaging 9.8 points and Alexa Cieslinski was at 7.4 points and 5.7 rebounds.Brettner noted Shaynne St. Louis stood out in the Niles North game where she scored 12 points."Shaynne had a great game running our offense and our defense," he said.
"We got back to the basics," Antioch coach Tim Borries said."We have been stressing fundamentals on both the defensive and offensive sides of the ball. We have also been stressing the little things that matter. We want to keep improving and play our best ball the rest of the season." Grayslake Central update: The Rams were a perfect 6-0 in Northern Lake County action to start the week and had won two of their last three, with the only trip-up, a 5-point loss to Glenbrook North. Central was 10-8 overall.
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