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Glenbrook North routs Maine East
Jason Markus of Glenbrook North controls the ball at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois on January 11, 2013. | Ray Whitehouse~for Sun-Times Media
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Updated: January 18, 2013 3:02AM
NORTHBROOK — The Glenbrook North boys basketball team led 27-0 after one quarter en route to a 60-17 victory over Maine East on Friday night in a CSL North conference game.
“We came out and played with great offensive intensity,” Spartans coach David Weber said.
Glenbrook North 6-foot-8 center Andrew McAuliffe had 10 of his game-high 16 points in the first quarter. He made all five of his field-goal attempts and the Spartans (8-7 overall, 4-1 conference) were 11-for-15 from the field in the first quarter.
“We put them away right from the start, and we kept pushing it,” McAuliffe said.
Maine East (5-10, 1-4) had nine turnovers and were 0-from-6 from the field in the opening eight minutes. The Blue Demons scored their first points of the game with 6:23 left in the second quarter on a driving layup by Travon Jones to make the score 29-2.
Leading 39-4 at halftime, the Spartans opened the third quarter with six straights points as the lead ballooned to 45-4.
Kurt Karis and Jason Markus had eight points apiece for Glenbrook North. Marco Protic came off the bench to lead Maine East with eight points and seven rebounds. Maine East finished with 24 turnovers, while Glenbrook North had 11.
Pick up your local Pioneer Press newspaper Thursday to read more about the Glenbrook North and Maine East boys basketball teams.
Glenbrook North 60, Maine East 17
Maine East (5-10, 1-4)
Kevin Petranu 2 0-0 4, Jobin Matthew 0 0-0 0, Urchit Chokshi 0 0-0 0, Simon Baziaile 1 0-0 2, George Sizos 0 0-0 0, Justin Brooks 0 1-2 1, Adrian Skorka 0 0-0 0, Eseke Omeke 0 0-0 0, Travon Jones 1 0-0 2, Celelson Rene 0 0-0 0, Evan Nazzal 0 0-0 0, Marco Protic 3 2-2 8. Totals 7 3-4 17.
Glenbrook North (8-7, 4-1)
Benjy Lerman 1 0-0 3, Jan Siegien 2 1-1 4, Andrew McAuliffe 8 0-1 16, Kurt Karis 3 2-2 8, Jason Markus 3 0-0 8, Werhane 1 0-0 2, Ethan Lutz 1 3-3 5, Zach Hamer 1 1-2 3, Cameron Liss 2 0-0 4, Brett Werner 1 1-2 3, Michael Keane 1 0-0 3, Ethan Leigner 0 0-0 0, Matthias Chaehyuk Kim 0 0-0 0, Sean Katz 0 0-0 0, Jamie Fishman 0 0-0 0, Jon Beckerman 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 8-11 60.
Maine East 0-4-9-4 — 17
Glenbrook North 29-10-15-6 — 60
3-point goals — Maine East 0, Glenbrook North 4 (Jason Marcus 2, Michael Keane 1, Benjy Lerman 1).
