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A night of big three-pointers
Carmel’s Jack Maloney goes to the basket against St. Viator’s Dawson Charles during Friday’s game in Arlington Heights. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
A night of big three-pointers

It was a full night of hoops in the suburbs Friday.

Fremd is in a new-look MSL East, but it was business as usual for the Vikings Friday night.

The Vikings, who haven't lost a conference game since Jan. 18, 2022, opened conference play with a 52-46 win over Rolling Meadows.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Fremd wins debut in MSL East, defeating Rolling Meadows
Dec 05, 2025 11:13 pm - Fremd's state-ranked girls basketball team, which has been a dominating force in the Mid-Suburban West for many seasons, played its first game on Friday night in the newly formed MSL East Division. The back-to-back Class 4A finalists (6-0), who have
 
 

Carmel downs St. Viator

Carmel’s Ethan Matz hit a pair of threes to end the third quarter against St. Viator, and the Corsairs never looked back, knocking off the Lions 47-38.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Matz stuns St. Viator with buzzer-beating 3, leading Carmel to comeback win
Dec 05, 2025 10:24 pm - Carmel’s Ethan Matz put St. Viator down on the mat Friday in Arlington Heights. Matz, a 6-foot-3 guard, canned a pair of 3-pointers in just 12 seconds to put the Corsairs up for good. The senior finished with 19 points as Carmel knocked off the Lions
 
 

‘I didn’t think as I shot the ball’

With his team up two, Stevenson reserve senior guard Karthik Krishnarajah hit a key three, and the Patriots beat Lake Zurich in the North Suburban Conference opener for both teams.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Krishnarajah doesn’t give clutch 3-pointer a second thought in Stevenson win
Dec 05, 2025 11:19 pm - At a pivotal moment in Friday night’s Lake Zurich-Stevenson boys basketball clash in Lincolnshire, Stevenson reserve senior guard Karthik Krishnarajah’s mind went blank. The 5-foot-9 Patriot — planted in 3-point territory, with his team up 45-43 at t
 
 

‘I shot it just like we do in practice every day’

Glenbard North’s Matt Welch took a pass from Lamari Carpenter and drilled a three with less than 20 seconds left in overtime to lift the Panthers past Batavia 49-47.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Welch nails late 3 in overtime, lifts Glenbard North over Batavia
Dec 05, 2025 10:53 pm - With less than 20 seconds left in overtime and trailing Batavia 47-45, Glenbard North’s Lamari Carpenter had a decision to make after taking a pass in the paint from teammate Caeden Chilton. Should the junior drive the lane for a game-tying layup or
 
 

Other games

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Schaumburg pulls away from rival Conant in second half
Dec 05, 2025 10:40 pm - There were a couple of other notable events that took place in the fall of 1970 in the Northwest Suburbs. One of those was the late opening of Schaumburg High School that was delayed by nearly a month due to a construction workers strike. The other w
 
 

Boys basketball

Basketball: Rams sweep boys, girls doubleheader to claim Grayslake bragging rights
Dec 05, 2025 10:34 pm - Host Grayslake North was hoping to get its 2025-26 Northern Lake County Conference boys basketball schedule started off on the right foot Friday night against crosstown rival Grayslake Central. But the Rams (3-3, 1-0) had different plans as they were
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Balanced effort helps Elgin down Streamwood, snap Upstate Eight streak
Dec 05, 2025 10:44 pm - Elgin second-year basketball coach Kurt Kerrigan is trying to build a winning tradition. After the team suffered through a 2-28 campaign a year ago that included a 0-12 mark in Upstate Eight West play, the Maroons opened the season with 3 consecutive
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Neuqua Valley shows its depth in lopsided win over Naperville Central
Dec 05, 2025 10:48 pm - There will always be extra defensive attention on Neuqua Valley’s talented sophomore Cole Kelly, and Friday night at Naperville Central was no exception. The Redhawks used a couple defensive schemes — including a box-and-one — to try and contain the
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Wheaton Warrenville South rides dominating first half to win DuKane opener over St. Charles East
Dec 05, 2025 10:42 pm - Wheaton Warrenville South junior guard David Showman opened up Friday’s DuKane Conference game St. Charles East with a 3-pointer. Sophomore AJ Rogers followed with a 3-pointer of his own to set the tone for the Tigers. With the Tigers set to play in
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Langreder’s all-around play leads Glenbard South past South Elgin in OT
Dec 05, 2025 9:57 pm - Glenbard South junior Cooper Langreder said that he had “never made a bigger shot” in his life. Raiders coach Jason Mead said that as good as Langreder was on offense in the final seconds, his defensive effort the entire game was even better. Either
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Waubonsie Valley edges Metea Valley in DVC opener
Dec 05, 2025 10:17 pm - As Waubonsie Valley tried to hold off a late Metea Valley run during Friday’s DuPage Valley Conference opener in Aurora, Kris Mporokoso suddenly crumpled to the floor behind the basket with a cramp. That sent Mporokoso to the bench, and he knew he ha
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Prairie Ridge holds off Hampshire
Dec 05, 2025 9:27 pm - Free throws weren’t falling for Prairie Ridge late against Hampshire, but senior Zoe Nanos made sure the Wolves’ misses didn’t hurt. Twice with Hampshire within two possessions of tying or taking the lead in the final minute of the fourth quarter, th
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Burlington Central takes ‘step in the right direction’ in FVC loss at McHenry
Dec 05, 2025 11:47 pm - It wasn’t necessarily what Corky Card saw that had him encouraged about his McHenry boys basketball team’s ability to rally after spotting Burlington Central a double-digit lead in the first quarter. It was what he didn’t see. McHenry’s players weren
 
 
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