Megan Lucid scored 12 of her 14 points in the first quarter to stoke a 10-0 scoring run for No. 5 Mother McAuley in a 73-21 romp against St. Martin de Porres in the first game of the Oak Lawn Class AA regional Monday night.
Cathy Thomas, Norrine Nolan, Patty Harvey and Sarah Benner each added eight points apiece for the Mighty Macs (21-5), who ended up the first quarter leading 23-4 and went into halftime with a 37-8 advantage.
Mighty Macs coach Diane Darrah said her team`s defensive press, which forced 17 turnovers, was a key to the victory.
”It`s state tournament time and we weren`t holding back; that`s why we pressed,” Darrah said. ”It was a tremendous mismatch in terms of talent.”
Jackie Hill managed only seven points to lead St. Martin de Porres
(6-14).
In the second game, Kris Cybula scored 17 points and pulled down six rebounds for Oak Lawn (13-12), which went on a 10-0 run early in the fourth quarter to clinch a 43-37 victory over Reavis (6-17). The Rams were led by Janice Merwick, who scored 13 of her 14 points and was 9 for 9 at the free throw line in the fourth quarter. Jennifer Riesbeck (11 points, 9 rebounds)
also paced Reavis.
Lockport regional-Cori Walker scored 16 and Markeda Clayton added 15 for Joliet Central (17-9) in a 67-42 win over Oswego.
Lisa LaPointe scored 14 for Lockport (16-11) in a 39-33 victory over Plainfield. Megan Manning scored 10 to pace Plainfield (11-16).
Maria regional-Susan Burnett scored 22 and Miriam Holmes added 15 for Eisenhower (4-21) in a 59-45 win over Academy of Our Lady. Minika Scott scored 21 for the losers.
Rich East regional-Chan Maddox scored 14 points to lead Rich East (12-13) past Hillcrest 51-50. Hillcrest (7-18) made a late two-point field goal when a three-pointer would have tied the game. Hillcrest`s La Tanya Hunter had 18 points and 8 rebounds.
In the second game, Ayanna Jones scored 16 points as Homewood Flossmoor
(11-13) eliminated Rich Central (4-20) 40-25.
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Evergreen Park regional-Evergreen Park pulled out to a 33-17 halftime lead and eliminated Luther South 68-45. Jessica Kuch scored 15 points and Kate Yandeo added 13 for Evergreen Park. Monica Montgomery had 15 points for Luther South.
Muriel Albrecht scored 17 points and Jan Schaatsma 16 to lead Chicago Christian to a 58-21 victory over Luther East.
Reed-Custer regional-Jodi Tambling scored 31 and Allison Lardi 21 for Gardner-South Wilmington (16-8) in a 56-35 rout of Wilmington (0-20).
Dwight regional-Katie Koonz had 25 points for Dwight (17-8) in 59-33 win over Woodland. Mazon-Verona-Kinsman (5-15) recorded a 30-29 victory over Flanagan.