It was quite a night last night in Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove IL. I covered my first basketball game for the Daily Herald and it went really well. I kept stats for the men's game and interviewed both the men's and women's coaches. It was a load of fun. I will say when the flow of play really gets going, it gets a little tough to keep track of rebounds, assists, and steals. I got a little less room to work with than I thought too. But here's what it looked like. And yes I am giving myself permission to plagarize myself.
Lyndsie Long continued her solid playing at the Woodstock/Richmond Burton Tournament in the Knights' 62-42 victory over Woodstock.
Long shot 9 of 11 from the field and scored 23 points as the Knights (11-2) beat host Woodstock. Jessica Lund added 18 points and 5 rebounds while Janelle Harner came away with 5 steals.
Polo 43, Aurora Christian 33: The Eagles (6-6) dropped the consolation game of the Kirkland-Hiawatha Invite to Polo, marking the second consecutive year Polo has beaten Aurora Christian in this tournament.
One of the Eagles' most glaring problems was their free throw shooting. They shot just 10 of 25 from the line, which cost them as the game progressed. "We missed too many free throws and they also had too many second-chance rebounds," said Eagles coach Dan Stone.
Elyssa Zielke led Aurora Christian in scoring with 10 points and Cassie Axen grabbed 14 rebounds.
Men's basketball
Waubonsee 77, Aurora JV 66:ŒOne of the strangest aspects of this year's Chiefs team has been their tendency to get hot and play great and then suddenly cool off for awhile.
This was no exception against the Aurora JV (0-1) squad Thursday night in Sugar Grove. Waubonsee (7-4) had runs of 15-4, 9-0 and 12-0, but Aurora countered each time, narrowing the margin down to six points with under a minute remaining before Jarrett Starwood's four consecutive free throws put the game away.
Waubonsee occasionally used a press defense and it pressured the young Spartans into turning the ball over 29 times.
"It gives our kids energy and gets them active," said Chiefs coach Dave Heiss. "Our team speed and quickness is one of our team strengths and we want to use them to our advantage."
Mike Simms brought tremendous energy off the bench for Waubonsee. Over the final eight minutes of the first half, Simms had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. He finished with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals.
For Aurora, Doug Lambert had 24 points and 13 rebounds.
- Adam Bartolo
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