Benet senior guard and Indiana recruit Lenee Beaumont, who led the Redwings to second place in Class 4A and broke Kathleen Doyle's single-season scoring record, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year.

Here is the 2022-2023 Suburban Life All-Area girls basketball team.

Olivia Austin had a game-high 23 points and 12 rebounds, and Nazareth's girls basketball team capped off a dominating season with a 63-52 win over Lincoln in Saturday's Class 3A final for the program's first state championship.

Lenee Beaumont, like she willed Benet to state this season, willed the Redwings to a comeback from 15 points down in the Class 4A final, but O'Fallon ultimately prevailed in a 62-57 double overtime classic to win its first state championship.

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Benet girls basketball faced O'Fallon in the Class 4A state championship at CEFCU Arena in Normal on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

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Nazareth girls basketball defeated Lincoln for the Class 3A state championship at CEFCU Arena in Normal on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

Shaw Local News Network sports editor Josh Welge has live coverage from Saturday’s IHSA Class 4A state girls basketball state championship game between Benet and O’Fallon.

Shaw Local News Network sports editor Josh Welge has live coverage from Saturday’s IHSA Class 3A state girls basketball state championship game between Nazareth and Lincoln.

Benet Academy’s Brayden Fagbemi made the biggest play of the game to save the top-ranked Redwings’ season and state title hopes, and he couldn’t really remember all the details, just what was at stake in the eventual 35-34 win.