Tucker, Lake Zurich roll at Zion-Benton
Lake Zurich's boys basketball team produced a 66-47 victory over host Zion-Benton in North Suburban Conference play Friday.
Will Tucker led the Bears (18-5, 5-3) with 18 points, which included a 4-point play in the first half along with a putback buzzer-beater to end the second quarter.
Lake Zurich's Ryan Kutsor was limited to 3 first-half minutes due to foul trouble, then lost a contact lens and played with only one of them in the second half but still finished with 12 points.
Bears coach Billy Pitcher credited Joe Heffernan with a standout defensive effort against Zion-Benton's Amar Aguilard, who finished with 5 points (after making nine 3s on Wednesday against Libertyville).
Zion-Benton slipped to 2-7 in the NSC as the Bears swept the season series with the Zee-Bees.
Wauconda 66, Antioch 55: The visiting Bulldogs outscored the Sequoits decisively in the first two quarters to earn a Northern Lake County Conference victory.
Wauconda led at the half 34-22, then produced a 21-point fourth quarter to stay comfortably in front.
Connor Brannick (15 points), Matt O'Brien (14) and Donovan Carter (11) led a balanced scoring effort for Wauconda (8-13, 5-3), which had dropped the first meeting against Antioch 54-50.
Dan Filippone led the way for Antioch (8-11, 2-6) with a game-high 18 points, and Jack Gillespie had 10.
Lakes 72, Grayslake North 70 (OT): The Eagles prevailed in overtime to defeat the Knights for the second time in three meetings between the two teams this season.
Lakes (8-14, 4-4) led 22-19 after one quarter, 41-30 at halftime and 47-41 after three. Grayslake North (7-12, 3-4) outsored the Eagles 21-15 in the fourth to force OT.
Ryan Connolly and James Connolly scored 25 and 22 points, respectively, for Grayslake North, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.