Naperville Central in D-C title game
Victoria Trowbridge scored a season-high 24 points with 13 rebounds, and No. 4 Naperville Central dominated previously unbeaten Evanston 55-32 to advance to the championship game of the 30th Dundee-Crown Charger Classic.
The Redhawks (16-1), who last won the tournament in 2003 — Candace Parker's senior year — will play Maine South (15-2), which beat Fenwick 69-61, in tonight's title game.
Trowbridge scored 10 of her points in the first quarter, Naperville Central getting out to a 15-9 lead that Evanston (15-1) could never come back from. Evanston was playing without leading scorer and rebounder Alecia Cooley, out with a sprained ankle.
Laura Dierking added 9 points and 7 rebounds, her free throw sparking a 15-0 second-half Naperville Central run that all but sewed up the win.
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