Monday, February 14, 2011
Hinsdale South 49, Plainfield South 29. Hornets take advantage of their size to beat Plainfield South and move on to the regional semifinals Tuesday.
NAPERVILLE–Hinsdale South’s girls basketball team knew it had a decided height advantage in Monday’s Class 4A Naperville North Regional quarterfinal against Plainfield South. Hornets junior Uzo Okoro took full advantage of that from the opening tip. Okoro scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the first quarter, including the Hornets’ first 10 points overall, to help push Hinsdale South to a 49-29 win. The win sets up a regional semifinal at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday against sixth-seeded Wheaton Warrenville South. “We knew going in that they weren’t the tallest team, so that was the focus, but we try to do that most of the time,” Hinsdale South coach Jen Belmonte said. “(Uzo) does her thing, which is nice. I wish it was typical. She usually gets …
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Hinsdale South 51, Downers Grove South 34: Center's 13 points, 11 rebounds key great defensive effort as the Hornets win on an emotional Senior Night.
Hinsdale South center Uzo Okoro was held to just four points when the Hornets lost 42-40 at Downers Grove South back on Jan. 10. It was a much different story Thursday night. The 6-foot Okoro dominated at both ends of the floor, leading all players with 13 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks as host Hinsdale South exacted revenge with a 51-34 drubbing of the Mustangs on Senior Night in Darien. The win solidified the Hornets’ grip on second place in the West Suburban Conference Gold Division. Hinsdale South (12-9, 7-2) has a two-game lead in the loss column over the Mustangs (13-9, 6-4), who have lost five straight games. “I think we prepared a lot better this time,” Okoro said. “We knew what to expect and I think we had a lot more intensity…
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Hinsdale South girls finish 1-4 at Montini Christmas Tournament.
After turning the ball over 63 times in its last two games, Hinsdale South made protecting the ball a priority Thursday on the final day of the Montini Christmas Tournament in Lombard. The Hornets were successful in that effort, limiting the miscues to six in the first half and 16 overall, but their hopes of ending tournament play with a victory were dashed by cold shooting. Hinsdale South hit only 11 of 42 shots from the floor and fell to York 46-26. "We had a lot of good opportunities inside with Uzo (Okoro) and Natalie (Tomerlin); it just wasn't falling for them," Hinsdale South coach Jen Belmonte said. "We were really looking to push it inside to Uzo today and they were doing a nice job doubling her. "The kick-outs just weren't there. …
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Hornets play much of game without their center, unable to handle St. Joseph's pressure in second straight loss at Montini tourney.
Uzo Okoro is the only player on the Hinsdale South girls basketball team who is taller than 5-10, so the Hornets have a tough time winning when she's not on the court. That was made clear on Wednesday. Okoro, a 6-0 junior center, was limited to two points and two rebounds, spending most of the game on the bench in foul trouble as the Hornets were routed 65-41 by St. Joseph at the Montini Christmas Tournament. "We need her," Hinsdale South coach Jen Belmonte said. "It's not good that she's been in foul trouble like that. It's tough to win (without her) in the sense that we don't have that rebounding." Okoro had just scored an inside bucket, which turned out to be her only shot attempt of the game, early in the second quarter to pull the …
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Hinsdale South falls to Oak Park, finishes third in its pool at Montini Christmas Tournament.
Things were going pretty well for Hinsdale South at the Montini Christmas Tournament on Tuesday. The Hornets had eased to a 17-8 lead after the first quarter of their final pool play game against Oak Park. But the Huskies buried the Hornets with a blizzard of baskets in the second quarter, leaving Hinsdale South feeling snowed under. Oak Park outscored the Hornets 33-8 in the period to take a 41-25 lead and went on to a 66-55 victory. "I just told the girls there's teams that don't score 33 on us the whole game, (so) why did we let them score 33 in one quarter," Hinsdale South coach Jen Belmonte said. "It was just a combination of horrible passing on our part, a lot of miscues and just (poor) defense. We knew they could shoot and we didn't…
Monday, December 27, 2010
Point guard overcomes foul trouble to score 14 points in Hinsdale South's win over Bogan, which helped take the sting out of an earlier loss to powerhouse Marian Catholic.
Conventional wisdom said Hinsdale South point guard Toni Romiti should have been taken out of the game when she picked up her third foul at the 6:40 mark of the third quarter Monday afternoon. Fortunately for the Hornets, Hinsdale South coach Jen Belmonte didn't follow such logic. Romiti stayed in the game and soon after sank a three-pointer. The sophomore made all three of her shots in the third quarter, accounting for seven of her game-high 14 points, and also assisted on a pair of three-pointers by Andrea McNally as the Hornets pulled away for a 45-35 victory over Bogan on the first day of the Montini Christmas Tournament in Lombard. "I knew she knew her foul situation," Belmonte said. "Normally, in that situation, I would definitely …
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Hinsdale South's girls basketball team employs a balanced attack to improve to 3-0 in conference play.
It's a beautiful thing when a plan comes together and even better when everyone gets involved. Hinsdale South's girls basketball team got contributions far and wide in a 63-38 win over visiting Leyden in Tuesday's West Suburban Gold showdown in Darien. There was Uzo Okoro giving the Hornets a "quiet" 19 points to go with eight rebounds, and there was frontcourt mate Natalie Tomerlin relentlessly pounding the glass. Jackie Belmonte was active on both ends of the floor and Toni Romiti was on fire from behind the arc in the first half. Add a stellar defensive game from Andrea McNally and positive minutes from Brittany DeClouette, Keke Thomas, Rayshauna Clark and the rest of the Hornets' bench, and coach Jen Belmonte had nary a complaint at …
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Hinsdale South's girls win 61-47 over Hinsdale Central in second-round play of the Hornets Tip-Off Tournament.
Coming out with energy can make all the difference in the world. Three days after getting buried early by Wheaton North, Hinsdale South's girls basketball team was determined to fight tooth-and-nail from the outset in Tuesday's game against rival Hinsdale Central. The Hornets did just that in registering a 61-47 victory at the Hornets Tip-Off Tournament. "I think we just came out prepared, knowing this was our chance against Central. That really motivated us," Hornets junior Andrea McNally said. "We definitely came out with more intensity on defense and we were ready." Early defensive intensity bore fruit for the Hornets, who put 21 points on the board in the first quarter while holding the Red Devils to eight points through eight minutes…
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