The odds were stacked against St. Charles East.The odds were stacked against the Saints basketball team when it found itself with a new coach midway through its season.

Lyons Twp. scored the game’s last 12 points to win the West Suburban Conference girls basketball championship game 61-48 on Wednesday at Addison Trail.

Willowbrook point guard Sophie Sullivan and her teammates were upstaged by Maine South forward Emily Pape, who tallied a career-high and school-record 41 points to lead the visiting Hawks to a 71-67 victory.

Willowbrook rallied from 7 points down in the second half to beat York 51-46 in a West Suburban Conference girls basketball crossover game Wednesday night.

Willowbrook had an up close look at the growing Emily Fisher hype train. The Warriors were on the unfortunate end of Fisher putting her imprint on a stunning Libertyville comeback in the 32nd Annual Coach Derril Kipp Hoopsfest in Lisle.

With three sophomores in the starting lineup, the future is exceptionally bright for the Nazareth girls basketball program.As it turns out, so is the present.Continuing to raise the bar despite their youth, the Roadrunners won their 13th game in a row with a hard-fought 51-37 nonconference victory over Willowbrook Thursday before a big crowd in La Grange Park.

Freshman Sara Abdul erupted for a career-high 23 points and four-year starter Claire Hyde added 21 points, five rebounds and four assists as the fourth-seeded Falcons knocked off top-seeded and previously unbeaten Willowbrook 60-50 on Monday in the semifinals of the Bill Neibch Falcon Classic.

Led by 5-foot-8 senior guard senior Sophie Sullivan (14 points), sophomore Calli Kenny, junior Sara Stout, sophomore Elle Bruschuk and freshman Hannah Kenny, Willowbrook (9-0) got past Maine West 53-32 for its eighth double-digit girls basketball win of the season and fourth by 20 or more.

Sophie Sullivan, who transferred from Montini after her sophomore season, shrugged off some early troubles, showing that she’s accustomed to playing in big games. Sullivan scored a game-high 21 points and added four rebounds and four assists to lead Willowbrook to a 64-55 win over Montini in front of a large crowd in Villa Park.

Here’s a look at the girls basketball season in the West Suburban