Proviso West 65, Elgin 61: After trailing by 16 in the fourth, No. 18 Elgin (15-4) used a 9-2 run with 1:02 left to close the gap to 61-60, but couldn’t close out Proviso West (11-7) and Brandon Moore (24 points, seven assists). Rodney Clifton led Elgin with 18.
“There’s no celebrating in our locker room because our kids feel we should be beating these teams,” said Proviso West coach Mark Schneider.
Spring Valley Hall Shootout: Peoria Manual (19-1), the state’s top-ranked team, handled No. 10 Proviso East 85-71. Eric Baugh and Danny Williams each scored 16 to pace Proviso (13-5).
“They got their double-digit lead, and we could never recover from that,” said Proviso coach Andrew Johnson.
Junior forward Barry Johnson finished with 26 points to lead Hales Franciscan (13-5) over Mendota 58-53. . . . Kenny Miller’s 18 points led Providence as the Celtics (12-8) downed Hinsdale South 64-54.
Leyden 71, Lake View 49: George Phillips scored 12 of his 26 points on dunks, Anton Collins had 20 points and Rob Hamann notched a triple double-15 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists-to lead No. 20 Leyden in non-conference play.
Aurora Christian 72, Joliet Catholic 54: Joe Mann had 22 points and Brad Punke 11 as Aurora Christian improved to 19-1 with the non-conference win.
Kaneland 57, Burlington Central 55: After trailing by six at the half, Kaneland (16-5) came back for the non-conference win. Steve Lyon led the way for Kaneland with 25 points.
Addison Trail 76, Wheeling 59: Cory Little scored 22 points to lead three in double figures for Addison Trail.
Aurora Central Catholic 65, Luther North 60: Moshe Rogers led Aurora Central (9-10, 7-5) in the Private School League with 26 points and 21 rebounds.
St. Charles 54, Geneva 40: No. 19 St. Charles (16-2) opened the second half with a 9-0 run to break a halftime tie and never trailed again in the non-conference game. “Our defense was a little more aggressive in the second half,” said St. Charles coach Ron Johnson.
Jason Nord led the Saints with 17 points and six blocks.