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Glenbard South getting in a groove again

Losing a valuable group of players from last year's Class 3A third-place team, Glenbard South anticipated a bit of a learning curve to begin the 2018-19 season.

But after an inconsistent start, the Raiders quickly appear to be on the right track following Thursday's 62-20 win over Streamwood in the Upstate Eight Conference matchup in Glen Ellyn.

Glenbard South has won three games in a row to improve to 6-4 overall and 4-2 in league play.

Maggie Bair led all scorers with 16 points to go along with 11 rebounds and 4 steals.

"Going into it, we knew this was a different season," Bair said. "It's a new team, some new faces. But a lot of the girls were on the team last year and they know what it takes. Our underclassmen are stepping up big time, we only have a couple of seniors on the team. They are doing a great job of being leaders.

"Everyone has a role and when we are playing together, we are a good team."

Bair poured in 12 points in the opening quarter as the home team jumped out to a 22-4 advantage. That margin increased to 31-12 at halftime behind three consecutive baskets from Lauren Cohen.

The sophomore guard then hit a pair of 3-pointers out of halftime to finish with 15 points.

"Everyone on our team is comfortable with shooting," Cohen said. "And it's something we've been working on a lot in practice because we realize we haven't been on that much. But we know we can make those shots. Everyone was contributing, not just one person."

Indeed, the Raiders made 10 3-pointers as a team, including a perfect 3-for-3 performance from beyond the arc by Kori Willison off the bench. Cat Karr also made two and checked into double figures with 10 points.

"They all shot the ball really well," Glenbard South coach Morgan Kasperek said. "We can shoot the ball, we just haven't done it. We are a young team, with the exception of Maggie.

"We really concentrate on defense to start the year. The offense takes a little while to come. When you concentrate that much on defense, it takes a while to get the offense rolling. But we are not playing for game one, we are establishing ourselves for the end of the year."

The Sabres (2-9, 1-5) only had two players score - Riya Patel made four 3-pointers and netted 12 points and Mandy Mien chipped in with 8.

"They shot the ball well," Streamwood coach George Rosner said. "They moved the ball well, they played defense. We had no answer for their offense and we only had two players score. Normally we have lots of people score. We didn't have that tonight."

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