Because of Dwight's aggressive defense, the Trojans held an early lead, even as Marquette showed them a defensive look they haven’t seen this season. The Trojans soon figured out things offensively on their way to a 61-31 win at Bader Gym.

The Ottawa girls basketball team did a lot of things well in their 57-38 victory Tuesday evening over visiting Morris. Especially when it came to shooting the basketball.

Manteno's defense got off to a hot start Monday against Illinois Central Eight Conference opponent Streator, pitching a shutout in the first quarter of an eventual 44-9 win that improved its record to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in ICE play.

St. Bede scored six points in the final minute, including a 3-pointer from freshman Hannah Heiberger with 4.8 seconds left, to pull out a 40-37 win over Midland on Thursday.

Anna Propheter scored a career-high 22 points, and Newman built a big lead with smothering defense and a hot offensive start and never looked back in an 82-14 TRAC East win over Mendota on Thursday night in Sterling.

Both Ottawa and Dixon’s girls basketball teams forced double-digit turnovers Wednesday night, but it was the Duchesses who turned their forced turnovers into points in a 37-19 victory.

Thanks to a third-quarter offensive outburst led by Jadyn Long, Plano turned a back-and-forth battle with Sandwich into a no-doubt victory on Tuesday.

The Putnam County girls basketball team looked to be on its way to their first victory of the young season Tuesday at Streator. Instead, the host Streator Bulldogs got their first win, 37-24.

The Seneca girls basketball squad couldn't overcome a slow start in Saturday's 40-28 loss to Peoria Manual in the championship game of the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament at Seneca High School.