Barrington gets No. 20 at Grant

For the first time coach Bryan Tucker's tenure at Barrington, the Broncos have reached 20 wins.

Barrington raced past host Grant 61-36 in nonconference boys basketball Tuesday in Fox Lake.

Junior forward Rapolas Ivanauskas led the way with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocked shots in three quarters for the Broncos (20-6), while Chris Lester had 13 points and 8 boards.

"It's time to get over that hurdle," said Tucker, who'd had one 19-win season and a couple with 18. "It does feel good to get to 20, but we still have one more conference game, a crossover game and the playoffs. It's a nice thing to have 20 - but there's got to be a different focus moving forward."

The Broncos opened the game by jumping to an 8-4 lead. Grant (3-23) responded with an 8-4 run of its own as Ben Kusiak, who finished with a team-high 12 points, scored on a layup which tied it at 12-12 with 2:02 left in the first quarter.

Tucker called a timeout quickly.

"Grant did a nice job executing," Tucker said. "We weren't very aggressive defensively. (Grant) ran their stuff and knocked down their shots.

"By the second quarter, we did a nice job pressuring the ball and we were able to disrupt their flow. That got us some runs, easy looks and some separation."

The Broncos score the last 5 points in the opening quarter for a 17-12 lead - and that was just the beginning of their surge.

Barrington scored the next 16 points, including a 3 from Tristen Becker as the Broncos took a 33-12 lead with 2:47 left in the first half.

Kusiak broke the nearly eight-minute Grant scoring drought by sinking a couple of free throws, but the Bulldogs still trailed 37-18 at halftime.