The Seneca boys basketball team used a pair of key 3-pointers by senior Braden Ellis, solid second-half defense in a 42-31 triumph over visiting Wilmington on Saturday.

The Coal City boys basketball team jumped on Streator early and often, built a 19-point lead midway into the third quarter and eventually held off the hosts' late rally for a 65-57 Illinois Central Eight Conference triumph at Pops Dale Gymnasium on Tuesday night.

It wasn't always pretty but the Serena girls basketball team clinched a share of the Little Ten Conference title with a win over Newark on Monday.

Marquette bests Seneca for 96th Tri-County Conference Tournament championship

Landrie Callahan posted 32 points and 20 rebounds to lead Morris to its first Interstate Eight Conference victory of the season, a 53-44 triumph over Plano.

The Newark girls basketball team used the spark of consecutive baskets early in the fourth quarter by junior Stephanie Snyder to hold off hard-charging Somonauk in Thursday's Little Ten Conference matchup.

If seeding meetings were still held, there'd probably be pretty lengthy discussions on how the Bolingbrook Class 4A Sectional should be seeded. That and area McDonald's All-American nominations as well as some notable coaches milestones reached in this Boys Basketball Notebook.

Sophomore guard Brett Bounds drained five 3-pointers en route to a game-high 19 points to pace Morris during a 60-45 nonconference victory Monday over Newark.

Both top-seeded Seneca and No. 2 Marquette used fast starts in Monday quarterfinal wins over Lowpoint-Washburn and Woodland at the 96th Tri-County Conference Boys Basketball Tournament in Granville.