– Taft 66, Prosser 57-Ken Pratt finished with 30 points as No. 5 Taft (20-1, 10-0 in the Red-North) used a 14-4 run to build a 35-25 lead and staved off Prosser after that, closing with a 12-3 run after Prosser (7-13, 6-4) had pulled to within 54-48 early in the fourth quarter.
– Marshall 88, Crane 27-Courtney Hargrays (16 points), Ontario Brown (15), Rico Dell (13) and Cesare Christian (six points, 12 rebounds) led a 23-0 surge for No. 8 Marshall (18-3, 7-2 Red-West). Crane (4-15, 1-8) trailed 41-8 at the half.
– Oak Park 68, York 52-No. 9 Oak Park (19-2, 9-0) built a 41-25 halftime lead and cruised in the West Suburban Silver behind Joe Mellman (20 points). York is 12-9, 4-4.
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– Julian 75, Hirsch 70-No. 18 Julian (17-4, 9-0 in the Red-South) cruised behind Daniel Anderson (22 points), Desmond Smith (17 points) and Thomas Newton (16 points, 10 rebounds).
– Curie 73, Kelly 59-Curie (21-2, 10-0 in the Blue-Central) rolled behind Andre Billings (18 points) and Kerry Brown (15, nine in the fourth quarter) en route to its 18th straight win.
– Hillcrest 75, Bloom Trail 66-Terrell Duffin led four players in double figures with 28 points as SICA Central leader Hillcrest (17-3) prevailed in nonconference play. Shawn Aldridge had 20 for Bloom Trail.
– Proviso West 68, Lyons 45-Darrious Bolton (19 points), Dion Lewis (18), Al Shepard (17) and Sheldon Jones (11) helped Proviso (17-3, 7-1) in the West Suburban Silver. Chris Simich led Lyons (10-10, 6-4) with 17 points.
– University High 50, Elgin Academy 33-Craig Slaughter had 17 points as University High (23-1, 13-1) retained first place in the Independent School League. Scott Swanson had 15 for Elgin Academy (12-11, 9-5).
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– Washington 91, CVS 38-Nicole Cole netted 20 points and Jocelyn Berry 19 as No. 2 Washington (24-2, 13-0) tuned up for its Thursday Red-South title showdown at Morgan Park. Cheryl Naylor`s 19 led CVS.
– Morgan Park 54, South Shore 40-Samanthia Smith (22 points) and Robbyn Preacely (14 points, five steals) led No. 4 Morgan Park (23-3, 12-1 in the Red-South).
– St. Francis 59, Benet 54-No. 13 Wheaton St. Francis (23-2) trailed by six at the half but got by on Jenny Driscoll`s 25-point effort and 16 from Kate Michael.
– Argo 38, Reavis 34-No. 16 Argo improved to 25-3 behind Chris Bochniak`s team-leading 15 points.