It seemed fitting that Proviso West coach Lowell Lucas reached a personal milestone Friday night against York, a team he hasn`t lost to since February 1982.
Proviso West (12-2, 4-0) beat the Dukes 69-43 in a West Suburban Silver matchup that earned Lucas his 400th career win at the Hillside school and kept the Panthers atop the conference. Lucas, in his 22nd season at Proviso West, has 562 victories overall.
”We created a lot of turnovers early, and that helped us get into our up-tempo game,” Lucas said.
York (9-6, 2-2) trailed by only seven at halftime, but a 16-2 run by Proviso to begin the third quarter put the game away. Sheldon Jones (21 points, four three-pointers) had 10 points in the quarter and Darrious Bolton (16 points, 12 rebounds) added nine.
”We had better rebounding at both ends,” Lucas said. ”When we rebound, we can run and that`s our style of game.”
Bloom Trail 73, Thornton 68 (OT)-Shawn Aldridge scored six of his 21 points in the extra period to lead Bloom Trail (11-2, 3-1) to its third overtime win of the year in a key SICA East matchup.
Zeke Clerk scored 19 points and Gordon Sharkey added 14 for the Blazers, who won in Thornton`s gym for just the third time since 1985.
”Anyone who wants to challenge for the conference knows you have to beat Thornton,” said Bloom Trail coach Gary Meyer.
Floyd Coleman led Thornton (5-7, 2-2) with 19 points and Kevin McGee added 18, including a jumper to send the game into overtime.
Warren 63, Libertyville 50-Craig Shelton (20 points) and Ben Bongratz
(17) helped Warren (12-2, 6-0) stay unbeaten in the the North Suburban. Warren led by six entering the fourth quarter, but held Libertyville (7-9, 3-4) to 13 points while scoring 20.
Bloom 71, Thornwood 63-Bloom (7-7, 3-2) used balanced scoring to take the SICA East game. Lamar Hillman (23 points), Terry Mailloux (16 points) and Sean Moore and Ellemuel Williams (11 apiece) all reached double figures.
Nazareth Academy 63, Walther Lutheran 55-Lebaron Scott and Bob Krahulik shared game scoring honors with 16 points apiece and Marcus Poe added 13 as Nazareth (9-7, 6-2) retained its title hopes in the Private School League. Jeremy Meisinger had 14 for Walther (7-9, 5-3).
Robeson 62, Gage Park 35-Eric Perry netted 16 points and Dwayne Carter and Spencer Stewart added 12 apiece as Robeson (11-7, 3-1) rolled in the Red- Central. Gage Park fell to 3-12, 1-2.
Gordon Tech 84, Fenwick 73-Gordon (9-5, 1-4) earned its first Catholic League win behind Eddie Santiago (15 points), Mark Dabe (13) and Rudy Chambers (11).
Carmel 56, St. Patrick 48-Jonathon Smith led the assault for Carmel
(11-4, 5-1 in the East Suburban Catholic) with 14 points. Keith Born had 12 for St. Patrick (7-9, 4-3).
New Trier 60, Waukegan 46-Tim Payne had 24 points, Rob Hielscher 12 and Josh Carson 11 as New Trier (12-3, 5-0) rolled in the Central Suburban South. John Jackson`s 14 paced Waukegan (7-8, 2-3).
Hales Franciscan 60, Holy Trinity 53-Trailing by 15 points in the second quarter and 40-31 at the half, Hales Franciscan (14-3, 5-0) rallied past Holy Trinity in the Chicagoland Prep behind Michael Hermon (21 points), David Wise (12), Ralph Williams (11) and Chayim Cunningham (10 points, 12 rebounds). Marcus Overstreet had 20 points for Holy Trinity (3-13, 1-4).
Weber 45, St. Rita 39-Weber (13-3, 5-1) prevailed in the Catholic League. Weber`s Jevon Hobbs (15 points) shared scoring honors with Ken Harvey of St. Rita (8-9, 1-5).
Marian Central 61, Grayslake 39-Chris Hyland had 16 points and Jamie Carney 11 as Marian Central (12-3, 8-0) built a 23-16 halftime lead and coasted in the Northwest Suburban. Chris Vaughan had 12 for Grayslake (5-11, 2-6).
Shepard 68, Oak Lawn 46-Shepard (13-3, 3-1 in the SICA North) led 38-26 at halftime and cruised home behind Tom Budds (16 points), Shane Ladwein (10 points) and Bryon Lawson (10 points). Tim Jendrzeijak had 14 to lead Oak Lawn (0-14, 0-5).
Sandburg 51, Argo 50-Sandburg (10-4, 3-1) held Argo (8-8, 3-2) without a field goal for the first six minutes of the fourth quarter and withstood a late charge to post the SICA North win.
”It`s better to win and play sloppy than to play well and lose,” said Sandburg coach Randy Voels. ”There are no moral victories in this
conference.”
Matt Knight (16 points) and Dave Norkusic (10) led Sandburg, which led 51-44 before Argo scored the final six points. Derik Hampton scored 13 points for Argo.
Mt. Carmel 58, St. Martin de Porres 48-Antoine Walker scored 17 points and Troy Bowie and Cartez Orr added 10 apiece to pace Mt. Carmel (11-5, 4-2)
in the Catholic League North.
Loyola 66, St. Laurence 56-Loyola Academy (11-5, 4-1) built a 31-22 halftime lead and cruised in the Chicago Catholic League behind Peter Patton
(19 points) and Mike Casper (17). Dan Herbeck had 25 for St. Laurence
(5-11, 0-5).
Phillips 71, Dunbar 51-James Steele (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Leonard Taylor (17 points, 15 rebounds) kept Phillips (8-6, 3-1) in the Red-Central title race. Quinton Melton had 14 for Dunbar (6-8, 1-2), which trailed 29-19 at the half.
