Mortell posts triple-double in McHenry's win

Hampshire's Tiffany Bentley (right) guards McHenry's Meghan Mortell during the third quarter of Friday's game in Hampshire. McHenry won, 37-35. (Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com)

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HAMPSHIRE – McHenry’s Meghan Mortell used her height to her advantage Friday as the 6-foot senior logged an odd-looking triple-double in the Warriors’ 37-35 win against Hampshire in a Fox Valley Conference placement game.

Mortell scored a game-high 19 points, all in the final three quarters, to go with 15 rebounds and 11 blocks for the Warriors (19-11).

“Meghan did a nice job tonight,” McHenry coach Scott Morris said, adding that a switch to a high-low offensive set allowed Mortell better opportunities to post-up in the second half.

Hampshire trailed by two points at the half and ended the game on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Jenny Dumoulin.

She had 10 points, and Michelle Dumoulin scored 11 for the Whip-Purs (15-14).

“The kids are really starting to believe in themselves,” Morris said.

McHenry finished third in the FVC Valley Division, and Hampshire was third in the FVC Fox.

Woodstock North 56, Huntley 43: At Woodstock, Aleecia Braun scored 15 points, and Haylee Nutter added 14 as the Thunder (16-11) overcame a 27-21 halftime deficit in the FVC fourth-place game.

Sam Andrews had a game-high 19 points and five rebounds for Huntley (12-14).

Prairie Ridge 35, CL Central 29: At Crystal Lake, the Wolves (12-14) extended a one-point halftime lead in a defensive FVC fifth-place game, led by Haleigh Danek (10 points).

Carina Vowels led Central (10-16) with nine points.

CL South 69, Johnsburg 62: At Johnsburg, Sara Mickow led all scorers with 26 points and went 12 for 12 from the free throw line, and Stephanie Melone added 15 as the Gators (11-17) held off Johnsburg in the FVC sixth-place game.

Morgan Berge (17 points) and Stephanie Cherwin (14) led for the Skyhawks (9-20).

Jacobs 50, Woodstock 29: At Woodstock, Jessica Tennant scored 11 points, and Jennifer Barnec added 10 in the FVC seventh-place game for the Golden Eagles (6-10). Allie Barch led the Blue Streaks (5-10) with 10.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Richmond-Burton 48, Harvard 26: At Richmond, en route to the Big Northern Conference East Division win, Zach Rygiel led the Rockets (11-11 overall, 6-1 BNC East) with 11 points.

Justin Nolen scored eight for the Hornets (5-20, 2-6).

• Chris Burrows contributed to this report.