Martin Ledbetter leads HBR to Little Ten Tournament win: Daily Chronicle roundup for Tuesday, January 30

Boys basketball

Hinckley-Big Rock 68, IMSA 52: At Somonauk on Tuesday, Martin Ledbetter had 30 points, 14 rebounds and six assists to help the Royals pick up a Little Ten Conference Tournament quarterfinal victory.

Austin Albus had 16 points and six rebounds, and Alex Casanas scored 11. The third-seeded Royals will face second-seeded Earlville in the championship semifinals at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Girls basketball

Alden-Hebron 50, Hiawatha 40: At Hebron, Delaney Wood had 21 points, and Brooklyn Rylko added eight, but the Hawks fell in nonconference action.

Waubonsie Valley 56, DeKalb 33: At DeKalb, the hosts fell behind early and couldn’t come back in DuPage Valley Conference play.

Men’s basketball

Central Michigan 84, Northern Illinois 77 (2OT): At Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Xavier Amos put 25 points on the board, and Zarique Nutter had 23, but the Huskies came up short in double-overtime of a Mid-American Conference loss. David Coit scored 15 points, and Harvin Ibarguen had 11 rebounds for NIU (6-14, 0-8 MAC).

The Huskies were 16 of 25 on free throws.

Paul McMillan IV came off the bench to score seven of his 21 points in the second overtime for Central Michigan (12-9, 7-2).