Last night on WCMY, Marquette finished with a strong 2nd half to defeat Roanoke-Benson 54-37 in girls basketball at Bader Gym. Top performers for the Lady Crusaders were Josie Eager with 19 points, Izzy Garkey scored 17 points and Lilly Craig finished 12 points.
Other results in girls basketball
Seneca won big at home over GSW 51-9. Kennedy Hartwig led the Lady Irish with 14 points and Cassie Buchanan added 11 more in the victory.
Serena were winners over Newark 52-33. Katie Baker finished with 22 points, four rebounds, five steals and seven assists for the Lady Huskers.
Earlville outscored Indian Creek 47-43.
Results from the Little Ten Conference tournament in boys basketball at Somonauk High School: Somonauk defeated DePue 76-42 and Serena beat Earlville 71-67.
Games tonight at the LTC tournament: Hinckley-Big Rock will face Indian Creek and Newark will take on IMSA.
Other Varsity games on the schedule tonight
For the girls: Ottawa is at LP, Seneca is home to face St Bede and Morris is at Plano.
For the boys: Streator is at Coal City, Seneca travels to Beecher, LP heads to Sycamore and St Bede is hosting Kewanee.
Elsewhere in sports
The Blackhawks’ struggles continue after a 3-1 home loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Connor Murphy scored the lone goal for the Hawks, which has dropped six of its last seven. The Blackhawks host the Minnesota Wild tomorrow.
The Chicago Bulls are back in action tonight hosting the Orlando Magic. The Bulls have won three of their last four after Sunday’s 14-point victory over Portland. The Bulls are currently ahead of the Heat for the best record in the East. The Magic are an NBA-worst 11-and-40.
Tonight in college basketball, Northern is at Western Michigan and Northwestern is home to face Rutgers. Last night, Notre Dame fell short at home to seventh-ranked Duke 57-43.
Major League Baseball and the players association are still working to end the league’s current lockout. Both sides will meet again today as they look to reach a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. Last week’s round of negotiations produced some positive gains, though the sides remain apart on a starting minimum salary for first-year players, revenue sharing and other issues. It’s reported that a deal would need to be reached today in order to avoid delaying the start of spring training camps.