Published: November 18, 2008 08:44 am      

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Morrison put on a fourth-quarter rally and outscored Rock Falls over the final eight minutes, but the Rockets held on to beat the Fillies 44-40 on Monday on the opening night of the Sauk Valley Bank Shootout girls basketball tournament.

Shelby McBride led Mustang with 14 points and Katie Tenboer added 13.

Rock Falls jumped ahead 14-10 after one period and raised the lead to 25-19 at halftime. Morrison entered the final quarter down by seven points and closed the gap.

ROCK FALLS 44, MORRISON 40

MORRISON (0-1) — McBride 5 4-4 14, Hall 1 2-2 4, Kenady 1 3-4 5, Bush 1 0-0 2, Tenboer 5 2-2 13, Bushnell 0 0-0 0, Smith 1 0-1 2. Totals 14 11-13 40.

ROCK FALLS (1-0) — Olson 0 1-2 1, Chesmek 0 0-0 0, Ellis 0 3-5 3, Richard 0 0-0 0, Anderson 3 11-14 17, Byrd 2 0-1 4, Rosalez 2 0-0 5, Holcomb 1 1-1 3, Folkers 4 1-2 11. Totals 12 17-24 44.

Morrison 10 9 8 13 — 40

Rock Falls 14 11 9 10 — 44

3-point goals — Folkers 2, Tenboer, Rosalez. Total fouls — Morrison 20; Rock Falls 16. Fouled out — Hall, Tenboer.

Freshmen-sophomores — Rock Falls 48, Morrison 45.

Erie rolls over Alexis United

in opener of Tip-Off Classic

CAMBRIDGE, Ill. — Erie jumped in front by 12 points in the first quarter and coasted to a season-opening, 65-37 win against Alexis United on Monday at the Temple’s Tip-Off Classic at Cambridge High School.

Sydney Stewart was too much for United to handle as she finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds. The Cardinals also got a double-double from Katelyn Blasdell (10 points, 12 rebounds). Alex Howard added nine points off the bench, and Carissa Saad finished with 11 assists.

“The girls played well as a team,” Erie coach Brian Howell said. “Our energy and pressure from all the girls was outstanding.”



ERIE 65, ALEXIS UNITED 37

ALEXIS UNITED (0-1) — Kaywood 1 0-2 2, Frederickson 0 1-3 1, Musdock 2 0-0 4, Pierce 3 0-0 6, Winkler 1 0-2 2, Long 4 2-6 10, Christian 3 2-3 8, Kerney 0 0-1 0, Armstrong 1 2-2 4. Totals 15 7-18 37.

ERIE (1-0) — Katelyn Blasdell 3 4-6 10, Katelyn Griffin 2 1-3 5, Alex Howard 4 1-3 9, Kortney Minge 1 2-2 4, Katie Redell 0 0-2 0, Carissa Saad 2 1-2 5, Lauren Saad 0 1-2 1, Kara Snowden 1 0-0 3, Sydney Stewart 12 4-7 28, Jessica Unruh 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 14-27 65.

Alexis United 4 14 7 12 — 37

Erie 16 11 20 18 — 65

3-point goal — Snowden.