Pambos Nicoloudes will remember his first start of the season. His 10 points and 10 rebounds were crucial to the Naperville Central boys basketball team beating Waubonsie Valley 63-52 on Friday night in Aurora.

What started as a potential blowout turned into a game reflective of a high school boys basketball conference race in January. Naperville North held off host Waubonsie Valley 54-46 on Wednesday night in Aurora.

Sometimes all it takes to win is one really solid quarter. For the Waubonsie Valley boys basketball team, that quarter was the second on Friday in a 62-54 win over rival Neuqua Valley.

Cary-Grove could not help but wonder what would have happened if the hole it faced against Waubonsie Valley had not been so deep.The Trojans rallied back from a 14-point halftime deficit to cut Waubonsie Valley’s lead to two with 2:30 remaining.The Warriors came up with efficient possessions when they needed them most to put C-G away, 46-38, in their Consolation A bracket game Monday at Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic.

Larkin’s boys basketball team would prefer to play an up-tempo, high-scoring game. But, when forced to play at a slower pace, the Royals can adapt. Scoring only 28 points after three quarters, Larkin turned on the jets in the fourth quarter, outscoring Waubonsie Valley 26-7 to win easily 54-37 in second round action of the Hinkle Classic hosted by Jacobs Wednesday night.

One brilliant quarter of basketball was almost enought to lift Crystal Lake South past Waubonsie Valley.The Gators, so frigid in the first half, were sticking 3-pointers on one end and coming up with stops on the other in the fourth quarter, hacking away at Waubonsie Valley’s once-substantial lead.The Warriors saved themselves at the one place where South could not defend them, the free-throw line. Waubonsie Valley hit 8 of 8 free throws in the final 1:49 to hold off the Gators, 52-50, in their Pool IV game Saturday at Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic.

Freshman Sean Reynolds sank a pair of free throws with 5.8 seconds left and DeKalb survived a defensive battle with Waubonsie Valley on Friday night, winning the DuPage Valley Conference game in DeKalb 45-41.

Win the boards, win the game. That’s a basketball truism, and Example 1 was the Waubonsie Valley boys basketball team’s 59-35 victory over visiting Metea Valley on Friday.

Batavia defeated Waubonsie Valley 59-55 Saturday night to win the Windmill City Classic boys basketball tournament at Batavia.

Here’s a look at the boys basketball season in the DuPage Valley