Saturday (Boys High School Basketball)
Eastland Shootout: Stillman Valley 71 Fulton Unity 40
Byron 56 Kewanee Wethersfield 50
Rock Falls 58 Dixon 52
Rock Island 50 Ottawa 41
Rockford Lutheran 64 Rockford Christian 44
Annawan 62 Freeport Aquin 47
Pecatonica 60 Harvard 33
Lena-Winslow 63 Dakota 41
Rockford Jefferson 71 Rockford East 68
Girls Basketball
Amboy Shootout: AFC 41 Sterling Newman 35
Amboy 53 Newark 44
Stillman Valley 53 Winnebago 46
River Ridge 40 Forreston 30
DeKalb 51 Sterling 43
Wrestling
Rockford East Invitational (13 Schools)
1) Geneseo: 199 pts
2) LaSalle-Peru: 182.5 pts
3) Rochelle: 167 pts
**Rochelle: 1st Place: Eddie Villalobos (152)
Alex Harvey (195)
2nd Place: Justin Hernandez (138)
Bazil Bennett (220)
3rd Place: Keegan Davis (126)
At Oregon
Oregon 33 Belvidere North 27
Rock Falls 36 Oregon 30
**Oregon Double Winners: Andrew Herbst
Jacob Milliman
Chris Alaniz
Garrett Moser
Zach Crandall
Jeff Gracyalny
College Basketball
CHICAGO -- Four players scored in double figures, led by sophomore Eugene German’s 26 points, as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team won at Chicago State, 95-77. Junior Levi Bradley scored 14 points, freshman Rod Henry-Hayes added 13 points and sophomore Justin Thomas chipped in 11 as the Huskies led wire-to-wire.
NIU (5-3) shot 52.3 percent (34-of-65) in the contest, including 50 percent (11-of-22) from behind the three-point line, and dished out 22 assists with just nine turnovers; German led NIU with six assists while Thomas added five with zero turnovers.
“It was a good bounce back with after a tough loss to Milwaukee,” said NIU head coach Mark Montgomery. “We came in last night and had a very focused practice, went through our morning routine (today) and jumped out on them, shooting an unbelievable percentage in the first half. A lot of guys gave us quality minutes and we did some good things today.”
NIU raced out to a quick 8-0 lead in the opening three minutes of the contest. Bradley opened the scoring with a bucket, Thomas added a triple before a pair of free throws from German and a free throw by sophomore Noah McCarty gave the Huskies the early eight-point advantage
McCarty finished with six points, five rebounds and three assists.
A 7-2 burst by Chicago State trimmed the NIU lead to just three, 12-9, with just under 14 minutes to play in the opening half, but the Huskies responded with the next five as freshman Owen Hamilton (Prescott, Wis./Prescott) made a pair from the free-throw line and junior Dante Thorpe added a triple from the corner.
Thorpe scored nine points while dishing out four rebounds.
McCarty opened an 8-0 burst for the Huskies with a layup, German and Bradley each added trifectas as NIU took a 14-point lead, 28-14, just past the midway point of the opening 20 minutes.
Three more points from McCarty fueled a seven-point spurt for the Huskies as NIU pushed its lead to 40-23.
NIU closed the first half with the final seven points, five from Thomas and a pair from freshman Gairges Daow as the Huskies took a 53-34 lead into the intermission.
German led all scorers with 16 points in the opening 20 minutes as the Huskies shot 57.6 percent (19-of-33) from the field, including 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) from behind the three-point line, with 14 assists.
Fred Sims Jr. led Chicago State with 10 first half points.
The NIU lead grew to 22, 64-42, less than four minutes into the second half, but Chicago State trimmed the Huskie advantage back to just 15 with a 10-3 run that cut the NIU lead to 69-54.
With NIU up by 16, a 9-0 run pushed the Huskie advantage to 91-66 with five minutes remaining as the Huskies cruised to an 18-point victory.
Sims led Chicago State (2-9) with 19 points, Jelani Pruitt added 12 points and a game-high eight rebounds while Rob Shaw chipped in 10 points.
NIU will be back in action on Monday night, Dec. 4, when the Huskies travel to Ames, Iowa, to meet Iowa State. Game time against the Cyclones is slated for 8 p.m..
(At Malta)
Kishwaukee College 79 (2-8)
Oakton College 73
**Rudy Lopez (DeKalb): 22 pts
**Caleb Gould (Rochelle): 6 pts, 4 rebounds, 4 assists in 17 minutes
**Landon Griffith (Rochelle): 5 pts, 4 rebounds, 5 assists in 31 minutes
(At Malta)
Kishwaukee College 65 (4-4)
Oakton College 56
**Kish: 18-10 4th quarter was the difference in the win
**Abby Kerns (Rochelle): 18 pts, 8 rebounds, 9 assists
**Ashley Kerns (Rochelle): 2 pts
