Junior guard Jack Huber drained a 3-pointer with 35.7 seconds left, then added a pivotal blocked shot to lift second-seeded Libertyville to a thrilling 45-41 win over third-seeded Stevenson in a Class 4A Barrington sectional semifinal Wednesday night.

Stevenson put forth an outstanding team effort to defeat Prospect 59-43 and win the Class 4A Mundelein boys basketball regional championship game Friday night.

Libertyville defeated Stevenson 51-36 Friday night in a North Suburban Conference boys basketball game.

Stevenson downed Warren 41-37 in a boys basketball game in Lincolnshire Friday night.

Who is on fire on the Lake County boys basketball scene, you ask? How about the Lakes Eagles, winners of six of their last eight games. Lakes is 6-2 in January and was 11-10 overall and a robust 7-1 in Northern Lake County Conference action as a result of its strong 2022 start.

Prospect history teacher Brad Rathe coaches girls golf in the fall, boys basketball in the winter and boys tennis in the spring.

Stevenson held on for a 45-43 boys basketball victory over visiting Lake Forest in Lincolnshire Friday night.

Evan Porto had a luxury his immediate Stevenson predecessors did not enjoy at the free-throw line Monday afternoon.With 17.9 seconds remaining in the Patriots’ boys basketball game against St. Charles North on Monday afternoon, Porto doubled the Stevenson lead with two conversions.Porto scored all 19 of his team-high points after halftime in leading the Patriots to a 60-54 victory at the MLK Day of Hoops tournament in Geneva.

Libertyville junior forward/center Cole Bonder picked the ideal time to track down his lone offensive rebound Friday night — 20 seconds left in regulation, with his team down 49-48 in a North Suburban Conference boys basketball game at rival Stevenson. The 6-foot-6 Wildcat, near the top of the key, then whipped a pass to his older brother, 6-8 senior forward Chase Bonder, who nailed a 3-pointer 3 seconds later to put the visitors up 51-49. “That was a game-saver, Cole’s offensive rebound,” Chase Bonder said after Libertyville’s pulsating 51-50 victory in Lincolnshire.

The Grant boys basketball team has been on a nice run of late, winners of three in a row and four of its last six. During that span, Grant downed North Chicago by 42 points (76-34), Round Lake by 30 (64-34) and beat Northern Lake County Conference leader Grayslake Central by 14 (56-42).

The positives keep rolling in for the Wauconda boys basketball team. The Bulldogs were 10-2 heading into the new year after winning the Marengo E.C. Nichols tournament.

Homewood-Floosmoor jumped out in front early and never lost the lead to defeat Stevenson 55-48 in the semifinals of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic on Tuesday night.

Lake County area boys basketball teams are headed to places such as Collinsville, Pekin, Centralia and Pontiac next week— here, there and everywhere.

Stevenson’s boys basketball team needed a little bit a time to jump-start its game against Morton Wednesday morning. When the Patriots hit their stride there wasn’t too much the Mustangs could do to stop them. Stevenson used a strong second half to pull out a 70-46 win in the first round of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic.

The Warren boys basketball team has proved it can take the heat. The Blue Devils were 6-2 through their eight games, including opening North Suburban Conference action with a pair of close wins over Zion-Benton (59-54) and at Lake Zurich (42-39).

Evan Porto’s offensive game came alive in the second half, scoring a game-high 23 points to lead the Patriots to a memorable 39-38 overtime victory over Mundelein in North Suburban Conference boys basketball action Saturday.

Vernon Hills boys basketball coach Mike McCarty took a lot of positives out of his team’s winning the Northridge Prep Battle at the Ridge tournament with a 4-0 mark.

After a slow start in the opening minutes, Glenbrook South played a near flawless performance, hitting 10 3-pointers in a 79-42 boys basketball rout over Stevenson at Palatine. Nick Martinelli, who was named the tourney MVP, finished with 26 points in just over three quarters of play. Rodell Davis Jr. buried 5 3-pointers for 15 points and Cooper Noard, a Cornell recruit, added three 3s for 14 points for the Titans.

Stevenson senior guard Jaden Evans wore out the Palatine defense Friday, scoring all 21 of his points via the 3-pointer in the Patriots’ 53-44 boys basketball victory.

Simply put, Stevenson had just about everything working for it Wednesday night at the Palatine Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Classic. Hersey, on the other hand, couldn’t get anything going. The Patriots earned a 61-29 boys basketball win over the Huskies, and it didn’t hurt that they steamrolled out to a 9-0 lead just a couple of minutes after tipoff.

Tuesday night, in an Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Classic first-rounder at Palatine, Stevenson senior guards Evan Porto and Jaden Evans starred in a boys basketball game, combining for 44 points in Stevenson’s 64-49 victory.

Here’s a look at the boys basketball season in the North Suburban Conference