Wald's seven 3s lift Mundelein
Kendall Wald poured in a career-high seven 3-pointers, scoring 21 points and leading Mundelein's girls basketball team to a 54-46 win over Orion in the MLK tournament at Kewanee National Guard Armory on Saturday.
It was the second win of the day for the Mustangs (8-13).
Mundelein 38, Riverdale 28: At Kewanee National Guard Armory, the Mustangs opened the MLK tourney with a win.
Mundelein held Riverdale to 10 points in the second half.
Marist 48, Stevenson 36: At Willowbrook, the Patriots lost their game in the Subway Classic.
Ashley Richardson's 11 points led Stevenson (15-4). Kiana Cencula added 9 points on three 3-pointers for the Patriots, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Warren 34, Vernon Hills 23: Jordyn Hughes scored a game-high 15 points, as the visiting Blue Devils won the nonconference game.
Kaylen Dickson added 8 for Warren (17-3), which ran its winning streak to 10 games.
Kayla Caudle and Becky Bahlmann each had 7 points for Vernon Hills (10-10).
Libertyville 50, Carmel 23: Riley Weis and Claire Keefe each scored 12 points for the host Wildcats in the nonconference game.
Caitlin Teehan had 6 points for Carmel (12-9).
Libertyville (11-8) also received 8 points from Caroline Frea.
"We've made a lot of progress over the past couple of weeks, and that's resulted in winning six of our last seven games," Wildcats coach Greg Pedersen said. "We're getting contributions from everyone, which helps with our team cohesiveness."
Lakes 51, Deerfield 37: At Lake Forest, in their first of two MLK tournament games Saturday, the Eagles received 9 points from Sarah Zellmann and 8 apiece from Natalie Iacopetti and Sara Smith.
Smith also had 8 rebounds and 3 steals, as Lakes overcame a 27-26 deficit at halftime. The Eagles ended the third quarter up 39-37.
"Deerfield played a hard-fought game," Eagles coach Brian Phelan said. "Glad we could respond well in the fourth quarter."
Lake Forest 54, Buffalo Grove 32: At Lake Forest, the Scouts won both of their games Saturday in their own MLK tournament to improve to 17-5.
Maeve Summerville had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Halle Douglass and Ellie Pearson each had 9.
Antioch 46, Buffalo Grove 22: At Lake Forest, Ashley Reiser (two 3-pointers) and Erika Gallimore (three 3s) scored 15 and 13 points, respectively, for the Sequoits in their first of two MLK tournament games Saturday.
Amy Reiser added 11 for Antioch.
Round Lake 54, Harvard 13: The Panthers picked up the nonconference win, as Diane Flade (two 3-pointers) and Yamileth Lopez each scored 8 points.
Round Lake (4-14) also got 7 points apiece from Kiara Billups and Samantha Nicoline.