Young shows Meteors who's No. 1

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The game that was supposed to be the marquee matchup in Saturday’s City-Suburban Shootout at Attack Athletics turned out to be a rout in favor of the Public League.

No. 1 Young put a blemish on No. 4 T.F. North’s undefeated record and beat the Meteors 74-44. T.F. North entered the game 18-0.

Young’s win gave city schools two wins to the suburbs two at the shootout.

But the Young-T.F. North matchup also showcased two former Public League players who transferred to T.F. North, in Centrese McGee (formerly at Washington) and Dawn Luster (Hope).

McGee scored 17 points while Luster scored two.

“I felt as though we are a better team,” Young center Porsha Harris said. “I didn’t think they’d press us so much, but they got tired [in the first quarter]. They really didn’t pressure us in the second quarter. Everyone talked about how T.F. North was 18-0 and we stopped them.”

Harris was one of three Dolphins who scored in double figures. Chanise Jenkins led Young with 19 points and was 11-of-12 from the free-throw line, Ashlee Anderson scored 16 and had eight rebounds and Harris scored 13 with seven rebounds.

Young (17-1) led 18-6 after the first quarter. The Dolphins opened the second quarter with a 12-1 run and took a 30-7 lead. But T.F. North outscored Young 8-7 after the run and trailed 37-15 at halftime. The Meteors never threatened in the second half.

“Our pressure in the first quarter got us our lead,” Anderson said. “We believe that defense leads the offense.”

Evanston 54, Bogan 52: Collier Clegg’s game-high 23 points and Alexa Bolden’s free throw with 5.3 seconds remaining in the game, boosted Evanston to the upset over the No. 15 Bengals.

After Bolden hit the second of two free throws, Bogan’s Jalisa Olive (22 points) missed a driving layup as time expired.

Evanston coach Steve Wool said Clegg, who knocked down four three-pointers, was out for two-and-a-half weeks with a sprained right (shooting) elbow. This is her first week back.

“Her presense is huge,” Wool said. “We took some early-season hits because of injuries and she helped us out. And we’ve had a much better defensive presense.”

Evanston (5-10) led nearly the whole game and had a 38-24 advantage at the half and then a 48-37 lead after the third quarter.

Bogan cut the Wildkits’ lead to 51-50 with 1:37 to go on Brittany Cochran’s layup.

With 19 seconds to play, Bolden’s layup put Evanston ahead 53-52 before she hit her decisive free throw.

Bogan (9-4) had been playing without junior forward Lynette Holmes, who did not play because of a “personal decision,” according to coach Gary Bell. Holmes was not present at the game.

“We were tired from the [Pickerington, Ohio] trip at Christmas,” Bell said. “We just didn’t play well today and there was no urgency. Lynette should be back Monday or Tuesday.”

Marshall 68, Buffalo Grove 44: The No. 12 Commandos notched the Public League’s first win of the day.

Adrienne GodBold led Marshall with 26 points, seven rebounds and five steals. The Illinois recruit scored her 1,300th career point with her second basket in the first quarter.

“I was not aware of that,” GodBold said. “It feels good [to score 1,300], real good.”

Shantirra Miller scored 14 for Marshall, Raven Gary added 12 points and Marion Thompson scored nine and had eight rebounds.

Marshall (13-3) avenged last year’s 54-52 loss to the Bison, which was also at the City-Suburban Shootout. GodBold said the 2008 contest was on the team’s mind.

“We were thinking about that game and we wanted to come out here and play hard,” GodBold said. “Everyone just stepped up.”

This year’s game against Buffalo Grove (5-12) wasn’t nearly as close as last year’s. Marshall led 31-18 at halftime and despite a slow first quarter that saw Marshall lead by only five, the Commandos dominated.

It was Marshall’s fourth consecutive win since losing to Young 68-56 on Dec. 17 at home.

Heather Nisbet led the Bison with 11 points and Stacey Lialios added 10 points.

Rufus King (Wis.) 51, Von Steuben 35: Shonte Clay scored 11 points to lead No. 14 Von Steuben (11-6), but the Panthers dropped their third consecutive game.15

Rufus King (5-2) built a 10-point lead at halftime and increased its advantage to 43-29 by the end of the third quarter.

Rachel Story led Rufus King with a game-high 17 points.