AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Albarran leads Lady Irish

SOMONAUK — Vanessa Albarran scored 17 points and pulled down 15 rebounds — 10 on the offensive glass — to lead Seneca to a 38-28 victory late Friday night over Plano at the Somonauk Lady Bobcat Basketball Breakout Tournament.

The Lady Irish (3-1) also received 8 points and 9 rebounds from Victoria Imes and 6 points and 11 rebounds from Alanna Viken.

"I was pleased to see us do a better job of executing our offense in the second half," said Seneca coach Barb Beck. "After we slowed down, we got ourselves some good looks."

GSW 53,
Roanoke-Benson 38

LEXINGTON — Late Friday at the Lexington Tournament, Rachel Mack scored 19 points for the Gardner-South Wilmington Lady Panthers (3-1). Amber Eisha also broke into double figures with 12 points, and Missy Gretz totaled 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Petersburg PORTA 70,
GSW 38

Kellie Tyler scored 10 points with 13 rebounds, but GSW lost in its second game at Lexington on Friday.

Reed-Custer 37,
Earlville 29

AURORA — Jacklyn Strouse's 10 points, 11 rebounds and 2 steals powered the Lady Comets (1-2) to victory Saturday at the Aurora Christian Tournament. Julia Strouse scored 7 points, Brittany Mikel had 7, Jen James hauled in 11 rebounds with 2 steals, Stef Howard had 3 assists and Cassie Randolph had 2 steals.

"Good to get our first win," said Reed-Custer coach Matt Peterson. "Most solid game we have played yet, and Jacklyn Strouse got her second double-double in as many games. We got 6 people in the scoring column tonight, so that was nice to see."

Aurora Christian 44,
Reed-Custer 29

AURORA — Jacklyn Strouse had another double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, but the Lady Comets could not emerge out of a 26-10 halftime hole late Friday at the Aurora Christian Tournament. Their other standouts were Julia Strouse with 5 points and 3 assists, James with 4 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals and Howard with 3 assists.

"Turnovers killed us," said Peterson. "We gave them almost 30 more attempts at baskets. We have to limit those. I am happy with the way we fought and battled back. Julia Strouse and Kourtni Fitzwater both hit big 3-pointers to get us within 6."