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player ready...Montini`s girls basketball team proved Thursday that size isn`t everything.
They also won the Lisle Class A sectional championship with a convincing 53-44 upset over No. 9 Luther North.
The Bronco girls took a 7-5 lead with 4:21 left in the first quarter on a three-pointer by Lynette Pestel and never again trailed. Using a defense that forced Luther North (28-2) to hit from the outside, Montini neutralized Luther`s height advantage and held the losing Wildcats to their lowest point total of the season.
”In a big game like this, I didn`t think they could make the 18-footers,” said Montini coach Don Riley. ”If they could make the 18-footers they could beat us.”
Montini (24-5) countered with its own inside game of 5-foot-10-inch Ann Hoving (15 points and game-high 17 rebounds) and 5-10 Tasha Dudek (14 points and 6 rebounds). Those two also helped slow down the Luther inside duo of 6-foot forward Renee Gates (13 points, including 11 in the first half, and 8 rebounds) and 6-1 1/2 forward-center Heidi Neral (10 points and 12 rebounds). ”Everyone picked us except Montini,” said Luther coach Frank Mattucci, whose team hit 19 of 53 shots to Montini`s 20 of 49. The Wildcats were also outrebounded 33-26.