Fremd turns away Stephani, Wheeling
Wheeling senior Jeremy Stephani made five 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 27 points — and even that wasn’t enough to stop Fremd.
The Vikings remain perfect this season, improving to 6-0 with a 55-37 victory over the visiting Wildcats in a Mid-Suburban League boys basketball crossover on Saturday.
Fremd senior guard Riley Glassmann had a team-best 20 points — his third game of 20 or more points this season — and Matt Ochoa and Ben Carlson each had 10 points for the Vikings.
Nate Laude scored 6 points for Wheeling (4-2).
“I thought we did a good job rebounding in the second half,” said Fremd coach Bob Widlowski. “I thought Matt Ochoa and Ben Carlson play well in the second half — they did a good job inside the paint. And Riley was very steady throughout the game.”
Conant 46, Prospect 32: Conant made it a perfect weekend by topping visiting Prospect.
The Cougars (3-3) held the Knights to single-digit scoring in both of the first two quarters and led 24-9 at the half.
Joe Ranallo led Conant with 12 points, including a pair of 3’s; Daniel Sotos contributed 11 points and Ryan Blaha had 10.
Bobby Frasco and Kyle Beyak each had 10 points for Prospect (4-3).
Hersey 51, Palatine 44: Alex Mueller scored 11 points and Payton Haas had 10 to help the visiting Huskies pick up an MSL crossover victory.
Hass made three 3’s and Mueller had 2 for the Huskies (3-3), who were able to hold the Pirates to 2 points in the third quarter. Palatine led 29-18 at the half.
The Pirates (2-4) got a game-high 13 points from Dondre Watson.
Elk Grove 65, Barrington 58: Elk Grove managed to hold a lead at the end of every quarter despite the game being close the whole way.
The visiting Grens led by 10 at one point in the third quarter before Barrington charged back to within 1 point entering the fourth.
Joell Melendez led the way for Elk Grove (5-1) with 15 points. Tyler Ingebrigtsen had 12 and so did Eric Pillrath, who came off the bench to hit a pair of 3’s. Danny Hadler and Anthony Bianchini both finished with 8 points.
Top scorers for Barrington (2-5) were Zach Bart and Austin Madrzyk, with 14 points apiece.
Hoffman Estates 65, Buffalo Grove 51: The host Hawks (3-3) earned a weekend split against MSL foes by picking up a divisional crossover victory against the Bison (2-4).