3rd-Quarter Run Costs Sandburg Women vs. No. 19 McHenry County
Aaron Frey
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 6:51 PM
Athletics
Galesburg, IL
Nineteenth-ranked McHenry County answered a big quarter by the Carl Sandburg College women’s basketball team with one of its own to defeat the Chargers 60-51 on Tuesday afternoon at John M. Lewis Gymnasium.
KEY MOMENTS
- Down 15-8 in the second quarter, the Chargers (6-7), facing their second straight ranked opponent, stormed ahead thanks to a 17-0 run and took a 28-22 lead into halftime. Sophie Whitford (Macomb, Ill./Macomb) and Faith Price (Springfield, Ill./Lanphier) drained consecutive 3-pointers to start the run, and Hailey Lovetinsky (Overland Park, Kan./Spring Hill) had seven points in the stretch, including a go-ahead steal-and-layup.
- McHenry County (9-1) took the lead back with 13 of the first 15 points of the second half and held the Chargers to just one field goal in the third quarter.
- Sandburg scored nine straight points in the fourth to get within 50-45 with 4:00 left, but a Raquel Mills layup followed by a Grace Ozburn steal and layup extended the Scots’ lead to nine points.
SANDBURG STANDOUT
Lovetinsky led the Chargers in scoring and rebounding, recording 13 points and seven rebounds. The sophomore guard went 3 of 4 from 3-point range and had a team-leading three steals.
FOR THE SCOTS
- Alyssa Iverson 35 points, 12-for-29 shooting
- Adelyn Ringel 10 points, three blocks, three steals
UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
5:30 p.m. Friday at Bryant & Stratton
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