The DeKalb boys and girls basketball teams split a home doubleheader with Geneseo on Saturday, with the boys winning, 77-48, but the girls losing, 53-41.
In the boys game, the Barbs drained 13 3-pointers, including five by Isaiah Youngquist in a 21-point game. Blake Williams added 16, Matt Montavon scored 13, and Michael Vilet had eight, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals, as the Barbs stayed perfect in the conference.
“We have mainly conference games left, so I think we can go on a run,” DeKalb center Marcus Bobo said. “Overall, we played as a unit. We were very active on defense, and [on] offense, we moved the ball extremely well. It was a great team win.”
The Barbs trailed, 10-2, early, but battled back to score 10 of the next 12 points. They scored 32 points in the second quarter.
"I thought that we moved the ball extremely well and we were unselfish," coach Al Biancalana said. "We played inside out, which we struggle to do sometimes. I think our guards did a very good job of finding open players. Against their zone, our guys were ready and got into a good rhythm with their jump shots. Geneseo has a sophomore who is getting DI looks in Isaiah Rivera. Michael Vilet did a great job on him. We switched off and put Vilet on him in the second quarter and he only scored five baskets the rest of the game."
No stats were available from the girls game.
The girls play Tuesday against Morris, while the boys are off until playing Sycamore on Friday at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NIU loses big at Akron: The Huskies spent most of the day down by double figures in a 82-67 loss to the Zips.
The Huskies’ last lead came less than seven minutes into the game at 11-8. Four minutes later, they were down, 23-13. They got to within single digits for about a minute in the second half, but fell down as much as 20.
Akron (9-9, 2-4) shot 15 of 31 on 3-pointers in the win, while the Huskies were 4 of 15 from long range. Dante Thorpe and Eugene German each had 16 to lead the Huskies (9-10, 2-4).
BOYS BASKETBALL
Indian Creek rolls over Woodstock: The Timberwolves won, 71-49, on the road.
Nolan Govig had a triple-double with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
Cooper Larsen had 14 points, six rebounds and four assists. Louis Faivre scored 13, and Jack Milostan had 11.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kaneland holds off scare from Ottawa: A double-digit lead wilted away to one with 45.7 seconds left and Ottawa with the ball, but Kaneland won, 50-44.
Jamie Martens had a steal and two free throws to pad the lead back to three, then drew a charge down the other end to get the ball back.
Indian Creek loses to Woodstock: The Timberwolves fell, 41-27.
No stats were available from the game.
GIRLS BOWLING
Harold eighth at Viking invite: Reagan Harold rolled a 1,264 series and a high game of 260.
The Barbs were 16th as a team. Makala Rae helped the Barbs with a 243 game during the tournament.
Sycamore second at Minooka: The Spartans were runners-up in the tournament.
Megan Kolberg was fifth, and Heather Carlson seventh.
PREP DANCE
Sycamore qualifies for state: The Spartans posted a 91.5 to take second behind Lake Zurich in the 2A portion of the Sycamore Sectional.
Lake Zurich posted a 92.63. DeKalb was 11th with an 81.07, almost six points behind the final qualifying spot – an 87 by St. Charles.
Sycamore’s score was higher than the score of the 3A winner, Bartlett (90.7).