Holy Trinity’s girls easily could have folded in the fourth quarter Wednesday night. The Tigers were down by 17 points and had their star player, Qiana Young, in foul trouble against St. Gregory.
But thanks in part to their trapping and pressing defense, the Tigers went on a 23-5 run, capped by Young’s three-point play with 25 seconds left to gain a 48-47 victory.
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Despite playing with four fouls most of the second half, Young scored 24 points and pulled down 17 rebounds while Lizette Santa added 14 points and 13 rebounds for Holy Trinity (4-4).
“She had a fantastic game,” Holy Trinity coach Jorge Arreguin said of Young. “She kept us in the game and played solid defense depite four fouls.”
Laurie Rodgers had 20 points to pace St. Gregory.
Loyola 58, St. Ignatius 43: Olga Gvozdenovic had 18 points and Laura Sobieszczyk added 13 as the top-ranked Ramblers (9-0) posted the victory.
Marshall 79, Orr 26: Kimya Murray had 19 points and Sabrina Minter and Kourtney Walton each added 16 to lead No. 2 Marshall (6-0, 1-0) in the Public Red West.
Mother McAuley 60, Washington 43: After a sluggish first half, the ninth-ranked Mighty Macs (5-1) rallied for the non-conference victory. Amy Jones had 17 points and Katie Cornfield 15 to lead Mother McAuley.
Bowen 37, Hirsch 28: Lakea Tapaer had 15 points and Jennifer Noel added 10 with 12 rebounds to lead Bowen (5-1, 1-0) in the Public Blue South.
Hyde Park 53, Calumet 43: Quiana Ali-Page had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Jullanar Maalik added 12 points for No. 12 Hyde Park (7-0, 1-0) in its Public Red South opener.
Morgan Park 46, Chicago Vocational 30: Tiffany Scott scored 14 points and Tenisha McDaniel added 11 for Morgan Park (6-2, 1-0) in the Red South.
Providence-St. Mel 65, Ida Crown 39: The Knights (6-1, 4-0) remained perfect in the Chicago Prep as Nyasha Scott had 25 points and Nina Phillips added 14.
Richards 36, Bloom 33: Lynn Nodesel’s 10 points helped the Bulldogs (6-0) secure the non-conference victory.
Boys basketball
Providence-St. Mel 80, St. Benedict 44: No. 10 St. Mel (4-1, 1-0) rolled in the Chicago Prep behind 15 points from Patrick Cunningham and 13 from Linton Johnson.
Fremd 68, Barrington 50: The 17th ranked Vikings (5-0, 1-0) used 19 points from Eddie Hebert and 16 from Earnest Johnson to earn the Mid-Suburban North victory.
Buffalo Grove 54, Wheeling 23: Jason Wiertel scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Jeff Siok added 10 points as Buffalo Grove (5-2, 1-0) rolled in the Mid-Suburban North opener.
Kelvyn Park 57, Spalding 44: Joel Diaz had 16 points and Antonio Velez 11 as the Panthers (1-3) gained the non-conference victory.
Palatine 52, Hersey 46 (OT): Andy Bohn scored 22 points to lead the Pirates (5-1, 1-0 Mid-Suburban North), who used a 7-0 run in the overtime to seal the victory. Ryan Bell had 10 points, including a basket with 35 seconds left to tie the game 35-35 for Hersey (2-4, 0-1).