It didn’t take long for Buffalo Grove to figure out how to break Stevenson’s full-court press Monday in the quarterfinals of the Dundee-Crown tournament.
No. 7 Stevenson scored the game’s first four points before the 20th-ranked Bison solved the press with a trio of guards and scored 14 unanswered points in a 42-33 victory.
“Coming into the game, I knew we had an experienced club so I wasn’t too concerned about the press,” said Buffalo Grove coach Tom Dineen, whose team has won nine straight.
“A lot of times, they tried to trap Piper (Mead) or Christy (Compobasso), and they would find me down in the middle to break the press,” said Lindsey Hamma, who led Buffalo Grove (10-3) with nine points and scored the first five in the 14-0 run.
Compobasso scored eight for the Bison. Briana Murtha led Stevenson (13-1) with 10 points.
In other quarterfinals, Julie Just scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half to lead Maine West (11-4) to a 49-41 victory over Evanston. Angel Mason led Evanston (8-6) with 18 points. . . . No. 5 New Trier (13-0) rolled past Rockton Hononegah 55-28 behind 18 points from Kate Varde. Hononegah is 13-1. . . . Fourth-ranked Fremd (11-1) handled Libertyville 39-26 and was led by Lynell Davis’ 14 points, 19 rebounds and 11 blocks. Maggie Fontana also scored 14 points for the Vikings. Allison Farrington scored 12 for Libertyville (8-5).
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In consolation play, No. 14 Fenwick (10-4) downed Byron 47-37 behind Katie O’Grady’s 19 points. Byron is 11-2.
Chicagoland Holiday Challenge: No. 3 Loyola (14-1) ran past host Maine South 59-34 behind a 24-point, nine-rebound effort from Olga Gvozdenovic in the fourth round. Lauren Colletti led Maine South (9-6) with 10. . . . Alicia Ratay scored 22 to lead 12 scorers for No. 2 Lake Zurich (16-0) in its 74-45 rout of Maria.
Dixon: No. 18 Andrew (11-2) dispatched Rockford Boylan 52-42 in the quarterfinals with Tiffany Rudek’s 12 points and advanced to Tuesday’s 1:30 p.m. semifinal against Rock Island.
Hillcrest: Amanda Rawson scored 13 points and Katie Wojtowicz nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Stagg (11-2) a 45-42 quarterfinal victory over Rich South (9-2), which had its winning streak snapped at nine. . . . Shavonna Hunter scored 28 points and had four steals as No. 12 Hillcrest (11-0) jumped to a 24-8 lead and pounded Marian Catholic 59-36. . . . Tameka Harris scored 19 points as Thornwood (9-3) held on for a 43-34 victory over Homewood-Flossmoor. . . . Sarah Kustok scored 23 points as Sandburg (10-3) routed Thornton 60-43. Tracy Hoffmann added 20 points for Sandburg.
Luther South: Chrissy Long’s free throw with 1 second left gave St. Francis de Sales a 59-58 victory over Mt. Assisi. Roberta Hooper’s 23 points paced the victors. Megan Pierucci scored 24 for Mt. Assisi.
Mother McAuley: After routing West Chicago 47-25 in an early round, the host Mighty Macs (6-6) outlasted Taylorville 63-57 behind Sherry Wagner’s 12 points and Akyla Catlin’s 10 points and 12 rebounds. McAuley outscored Taylorville 34-20 in the second half to win. Susanne Curtin scored 18 for Taylorville (11-2), which had beaten St. Benedict 78-56 in Monday’s first round.
No. 19 Barrington (9-4) topped Illiana Christian 50-43 with Lindsey Richards’ 13 points. Val Wories scored 14 in defeat. Barrington (10-4) went on to defeat St. Benedict 62-52 behind Nicky Eason’s 19 points. Lindsey Mangawan had 22 points and 13 rebounds for St. Benedict (8-7). . . . Kara Bruxvoort scored 20 as Illiana (11-3) knocked off West Chicago 56-31.
Warren: Tiffany Kelver scored 10 points in the first half as No. 10 Warren (13-2) rolled past Bartlett 49-12. Bartlett is 0-14. . . . Nicolette McCartny scored 18 points and Brianne Blocks had the game-winning layup as Hersey (12-2) nipped Waukegan 49-47. Kenja White led Waukegan (11-6) with 21 points.