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Girls Basketball: H-F Puts the Clamps Down on Stagg, Wins Thornton Regional
Homewood-Flossmoor 40, Stagg 22. The Vikings step up their defensive effort Thursday night to swamp Stagg and win the regional title.
The Hot Read: Despite it being a regional championship, Thursday night’s game was sloppy from the start. Stagg committed 13 turnovers in the first quarter, while Homewood-Flossmoor committed seven. The Vikings led 9-4 after the period, and took over in the second quarter. Junior guard Charnelle Reed had a steal and basket to cap a 5-0 run to start the quarter give H-F a 14-4 lead. The Vikings led 22-10 at halftime. The third quarter was all about defense for the Vikings. H-F scored the first 10 points of the quarter and led 32-15 after the third. Stagg never got within more than 15 points in the fourth quarter, and fell by a final of 40-22.
Patch’s MVP: H-F’s Charnelle Reed (14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists). Reed dominated all phases of the game.
Key Stats: Stagg finished with 28 turnovers and H-F had 18 steals. The Chargers had a hard time scoring because they had trouble just getting shots.
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Homewood-Flossmoor’s Leaders: In addition to Reed, junior forward Amena Brent (9 points, 9 rebounds), sophomore forward Sydni Johnson (3 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals) and sophomore guard Lauren Parker (6 points, 4 rebounds, 6 steals).
Stagg’s Leaders: Senior guard Bridget Adams (8 points, 3 rebounds), junior guard Maggie Yandel (5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals) and sophomore guard Revi McMahon (4 points, 2 rebounds).
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Quotable: H-F coach Dana Noble on the team’s second straight regional: “I’m very pleased. The girls played hard. I thought some things didn’t go our way like we would have liked. I think we made too many turnovers and missed too many layups, but the girls kept their composure and they battled through it.”
Stagg coach Bill Turner on his team’s turnovers: “We played way too much defense. I think we ended up playing defense for probably about 70 possessions if you count them all up. … From that standpoint, 40 points, giving a team that many possessions, we played great defense. It was just on the other end that we gave them too many opportunities.”
Team Records: Homewood-Flossmoor: 22-7. Stagg: 11-19.
What’s Next: H-F will play Marian Catholic in the Lincoln-Way North Sectional on Monday at 6 p.m.
