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PREP SPORTS ILL SUNDAY, JANAURY 5, 2003 GIRLS BASKETBALL: BUFFALO GROVE 71, WASHINGTON 41 SCOREBOARD Results Minutewomen get Buffaloed by Bison this was tough, wait until we get to Ryan O'Leary can be reached at roiearynwitimes.coin or (219) 933-3245. cute." Nicole Hardin led Washington withrwhat Ewing called 17 "sloppy" points. Latesa Lati-more added eight points, while Sade Coleman chipped in with seven. Ashley Sand-stead paced four Buffalo Grove players in double figures, scoring 14 points. Things don't figure to get any easier for the Minutewomen, who travel to face two of the area's top teams in Marshall and Fenwick this week.

"Buffalo Grove has always played us tough," Ewing said. "But I said to them, 'You think Nicole Hardin scored 17 points in defeat for the Minutewomen. as too long of a break. Taking advantage of a very slow start by Washington, the host Bison cruised to a 71-41 victory. "I asked what they did over the break by themselves," said Washington coach Gerald Ewing.

"Sega, XBox They were playing basketball. Just the wrong type of basketball." With the game tied at 2 early on, the Bison sandwiched four layups between a pair of Melissa Gorski 3-point-ers, putting the Minutewomen Sluggish start haunts Washington in blowout defeat BY RYAN O'LEARY Times Sports Writer BUFFALO GROVE Without a holiday tournament to keep them busy in recent weeks, the Washington girls basketball team was plenty rested heading into Saturday afternoon's clash with Buffalo Grove, Unfortunately for the Minutewomen, there is such thing BOYS BASKETBALL (6-9) in a 14-point hole from which they never escaped. A 5-0 run midway through the second quarter got Washington within 13 points. But Buffalo Grove scored the first 11 points of the second half, and the deficit was at least 24 points the rest of the way. The Minutewomen only managed back-to-back scores once in the first three quarters.

"I need a leader," Ewing said. "Our kids give up too easily. You can't come play outside of the city without an organized (offensive) set, and my kids don't want to exe- GIRLS BASKETBALL WASHINGTON (41) Latesa Latimore 3 0-0 8, Nicole Hardin 8 0-0 mine Reed 1 1-2 4. Kandace Campbell 1 0-0 2. Keara Crowder 0 0-0 0.

Donne' Conley 2 0-0 4, Sade Coleman 31-27, Arianne Wilson 0 0-0 0. Totals -18 2-4 41. BUFFALO GROVE (71) Molly Wendell 1 2-2 4, Jennifer Guth 4 3-4 11, Melissa Gorski 2 2-2 8, Christine Henog 10-02. Jana Lucas 6 0- 0 12, Chrissy Setiaeter 0 0-0 0, Emily Zak 20-24, Mallo- ry McGowan 1 0-0 2, Ashley Sandstead 6 2-2 I Willing 4 2-2 10, Kim Van Buren 0 0-0 0, Kelly Mclntyre 2 0-0 4. Totals -29 11-16 71.

SCORING BY QUARTERS Washington 813812-41 Buffalo Grove 221421 14-71 3-point field goals Latimore 2. Hardin 1 (W); Gorski 2 (BG). Rebound leaders: Hardin. Crowder, Reed 4 (W); Guth 12 (BG). Assist leaders: Conley 4 (W), Wendell 4 Ali, IHM too much for St.

Francis Noll bounces back, tops Lowell scored nine points for St. Francis (9-7, 0-3 GCAC White). Rose also grabbed eight rebounds, handed out four assists and had two steals. ST. FRANCIS DESALES (36) Laura Brkliacic 2 0-0 5, Sheri Ranos 0 3-6 3, Gina Rose 3 3-4 9, Pam Loehrke 3 3-6 9, Jennifer Rivera 2 5-7 9.

Missy Liptack 0 0-0 0, Christina Colon 0 0-0 0, Sara Kalemba 0 1-3 1. Totals-10 15-26 36. WESTCHESTER Natasha Ali scored a game-high 14 points to lead Immaculate Heart of Mary past visiting St. Francis deSales 45-36 Saturday in GCAC White action. Gina Rose, Pam Loehrke and Jennifer Rivera each IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (45) Santos 41-3 9.

Boglaki 0 0-0 0, Calcalno 3 0-2 7, Petrey 1 0-2 3, Larson 1 3-6 5, Senka 3 2-3 8, Ali 4 6-10 14. Totals -16 12-26 46. SCORING BY QUARTERS St. Francis deSales 613512-36 Immaculate Heart of Mary 9151011-45 3-point field goals: Brkljacic 1 (S); Calcalno 1, Petrey 1 (I). Rebound leaders: Rose 8 (S).

Assist leaders: Rose 4 (S). Steal leaders: Rose 2, Ranos 2 (S). Team fouls: St. Francis deSales 19; Immaculate Heart of Mary 20. Fouled out: Rose.

Brkljacic (S); Boglaki (I). JV score: Immaculate Heart of Mary 33, St. Francis deSales 23. Bishop Noll 64, Lowell 48 Gary Patterson led Bishop Noll with 20 points, including eight in both the first and third quarters. Limitodl To Stack On lliiid! Wrestling Marian Catholic Quad AT MARIAN CATHOLIC Marian Catholic 42, Kankakee McNamara 22 Marian Catholic 53, Bloom Twp.

1 2 Marian Catholic 49. Rich South 12 Rich South 24, Kankakee McNamara 22 Rich South 34, Bloom Twp. 24 Kankakee McNamara 30, Bloom Twp. 1 2 Basketball schedule Monday GIRLS West at Oregon-Davis, 6:30 p.m. Beecher at Gardner-South Wilmington Marian Catholic at Kankakee McNamara Bremen at Thornridge, 7 p.m.

Tuesday BOVS Calumet Baptist at Portage Christian Jordan Baptist at Hammond Baptist, 7 p.m. Whiting at Hanover Central Valparaiso at Kankakee Valley llliana Christian at Peotone Bolingbrook at TF South Chicago DuSable at Washington, 4 p.m. GIRLS Boone Grove at North Newton, 7 p.m. Merrilrville at Griffith Hammond at Hebron Kouts at Knox, 7 p.m. Wheeler at Lacrosse, 6:30 p.m.

Morgan Twp. at Michigan City Marquette, 5:30 p.m. Frontier at Rensselaer, 7 p.m. River Forest at Wirt Nazareth Academy vs. Bloom Twp.

at Bloom Trail De La Salle at Latin School Homewood-Flossmoor at Lockport, 7 Grant Park vs. Illinois Lutheran at Zion Lutheran, Crete Rich East at TF North St. Francis deSales at Mother Guerin, 6:30 p.m. Thornton at Oak Lawn TF South at Thornwood, 7 p.m. Washington at Chicago Marshall, 4 p.m.

Wednesday BOYS Lake Station at Griffith LaCrosse at Washington Twp. St. Francis deSales at Leo GIRLS Wheeler at Clark Roosevelt at Horace Mann, 6:30 p.m. Lynwood Heritage Christian vs. Illinois Lutheran at Zion Lutheran, Crete, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday BOYS Thornwood at Shepard GIRLS Andrean at Morton Bishop Noll at Highland South Central at Boone Grove, 7 p.m. Hanover Central at Calumet Bp Central at West Side Hammond at Gavit Hebron at West Central, 7 p.m. LaCrosse at Michigan City Marquette North Newton at Tri-County, 7 p.m. Chicago Harper at Wirt Grant Park at Beecher Shepard vs. Bloom Twp.

at Bloom Trail Rich Central at Crete-Monee Rich East at Rich South Seton Academy at St. Benedict, 7 p.m. Chicago Christian at St. Francis deSales, 6:30 p.m. Thornwood at Thornridge, 7 p.m.

TF North at Tinley Park TF South at Eisenhower, 7 p.m. Washington at Fenwick, 7 p.m. Friday BOYS Gavit at Andrean Bishop Noll at Lake Station Boone Grove at Hanover Central Hammond at Calumet Calumet Baptist at Kankakee Grace Baptist, 8 p.m. Chesterton at Lake Central Morton at Clark Indianapolis Manual at EC Central Griffith at Whiting City Baptist at Hammond Baptist, 6:30 p.m. Hebron at River Forest Twin Lakes at Kankakee Valley Kouts at North Judson Lowell at Munster McCutcheon at Rensselaer Chicago Morgan Park at Roosevelt, 5:30 p.m.

South Central at New Prairie Washington Twp. at Oregon-Davis Momence at Beecher Thornton vs. Bloom Twp. at Bloom Crete-Monee at Rich South De La Salle at Brother Rice Homewood-Flossmoor at Thornridge, 7 p.m. Aurora Christian at llliana Christian St.

Anne vs. Illinois Lutheran at Zion Lutheran, Crete Carmel at Marian Catholic Ml Carmel at Leo Rich East at Bradley-Bourbonnais St. Francis deSales at Fenwick TF North at Bremen TF South at Tinley Park GIRLS Portage at Chesterton Michigan City at Crown Point Merrillville at Hobart Valparaiso at LaPorte Wheeler at Morgan Twp. St. Gregory at De La Salle Thornton at Homewood-Flossmoor St.

Anne vs. Illinois Lutheran at Zion Lutheran, Crete, 6 p.m. All games begin at 7:30 p.m. unless indicated otherwise. Jl MilMIMIWBPJ PMUBPPBHw jjini JV; jjJ Jf3 JlllmFlM LP LrU LEE LE5 BY PAUL TREMBACKI Times Correspondent HAMMOND Playing a game the day after a tough loss to a nonconference team is nice, and so is getting hot early and beating a conference foe.

Bishop Noll enjoyed both feelings Saturday night in a 64-48 win that kept the Warriors perfect in the LAC Black. "The difference tonight that we hit shots, and if this team starts hitting shots, we can t)lay with anybody," Bishop Noll coach Ed Fierek said. "This was a momentum-builder because I don't think many people thought we'd be 4-0 in the conference with all the changes that took place here." The Warriors (6-5, 4-0 LAC Black), who lost 51-45 to Horace Mann Friday, suffered through the exodus of two players and their coach in the offseason. But juniors Gary Patterson and Vince Johnson remain the team's constants. Johnson had 18 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for Noll, and Patterson had 20 points five below his average, but satisfactory nonetheless.

"Everyone's starting to key on me, so we need to get other people involved," Patterson said. "Tonight everyone got involved and made some easy baskets, and we looked good." Using better ball distribution and the outside shooting of Patterson, Bishop Noll built a 19-10 lead in the first quarter and gradually built on it until the fourth quarter when Lowell got hot. "When you get down early, you get away from your game plan," Lowell coach Mike Ma-gleysaid. Conversely, Noll's big lead allowed the Warriors to follow their game plan with precision. "When we make a lot of shots, it allows us to press, and when we press we speed our opponent's game up," Patterson said.

"Then we don't have to always drop into our half-court defense, and we've been having problems in the half-court." The Warriors eventually increased their lead to 21 points at the end of the third quarter, but then Lowell warmed up from 3-point range. Michael Miller, who led Lowell with 16 points, hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter when Lowell cut the deficit to as low as 16 points. However, as soon as Lowell (3-5, 1-3) showed the faintest signs of a comeback attempt, Bishop Noll went to the basket and got either easy layups, free throws or both. Johnson, who watched Patterson score in bunches in the first and third quarter, had eight points in the fourth quarter. "Vince needs a double-double every night, and he knows we need that from him," Fierek said.

"He has confidence; he just needs to bring it up." Magley said the Red Devils allowed Noll to execute their game plan too easily throughout the game. "They live off defense, and they forced us away from the basket," Magley said. "We didn't get strong and go to the basket. We didn't accept the challenge." ALL CEPJTERIFIRE FEDERAL 'I 4 t. I tit! Schedule iiiiiir-nnmri ii i f.T i niiffl in ii'i' n' -fin mmm, Are you a 3ES For fits iccsiion nearest you visit our rccDsiso st vrcrw.53ad ermountcinxo or coil 1-800-282-5993 Storeltos: oiru Smuiw Sam tn izn Simsay iCsm to dri end went to 5 in coleool 4s i.

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TF North at Rich Central, 6:30 p.m. Thursday GIRLS BOWLING TF North vs. Crete-Monee at Classic Lanes, 4:15 p.m. TF South at Reavts. 4:30 pm.

ICE HOCKEY Loyola Academy vs. ML Carmel at Homewood-Flossmoor, 7:30 m. WRESTLING llliana Christian, St. Gregory at Elmwood Parti, 5:30 m. Rich East at Chicago Harper.

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Homewood-Flossmoor at Lincoln-Way East Johet Manst at Marian Catholic. 5:1 5 p.m. Brother Rice. Chicago Bogan at Mt Carmel, 5 p.m. St.

Francis deSales at St Laurence, 6 p.m. Thomndge at Shepard. 6:30 m. Thornton at Lincoln-Way Central. 6:15 p.m..

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10 a.m. Chcaoo Lane Tech. Marian Catholic. St Ignatius at St FMa.lOam Ml Carmel at Pawns. 9a.m.

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