Troy Cicero scored 26 points as Romeoville fended off Glenwood, 58-55, in the opening round of the Centralia Holiday Tournament on Tuesday.
Romeoville (7-4) will play at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the second round against Vashon (Missouri).
Bolingbrook 60, Wheaton St. Francis 53: At Elmhurst, Josh Aniceto led the Raiders with 15 points in a Jack Tosh Holiday Classic win.
MJ Langit added 11 points and Mekhi Cooper scored 10 for Bolingbrook.
Minooka 58, St. Laurence 55: At Elmhurst, Ricky Hill poured in 30 points to lift Minooka to a win in a Jack Tosh Holiday Classic consolation game.
Trevor Hudak added 13 points for Minooka (6-5), which will play Montini in a consolation quarterfinal round game at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Providence 53, Schaumburg 47: At Elmhurst, the Celtics (2-9) moved into the Jack Tosh consolation round quarterfinals with the narrow win.
Jack Wajda led Providence with 15 points.
Naperville Central 65, Plainfield East 61: The top seed at the tournament survived a bit of a scare from the plucky Bengals, who dropped to 5-4 with the loss.
Plainfield Central 77, Wheaton Academy 74 (OT): At Aurora, the Wildcats needed overtime to push themselves along in the East Aurora Tournament.
Plainfield Central (5-6) will play East Aurora for the second time in the tournament in at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Lincoln-Way East 53, Pleasant Plains 43: At Effingham, the Griffins (3-8) fended off a late challenge from the Cardinals to earn a place in the second round of the Effingham/Teutopolis Tournament.
Tylon Toliver led East with 21 points.
Morton 61, Lincoln-Way Central 53: At Hinsdale, Lincoln-Way Central tried a late rally in Hinsdale Central Tournament’s consolation bracket semifinals, but fell short.
The Knights (6-6) got a 19-point performance from Jack Novak, while Jack Barrett added 12 and Jack Vegter added 11.
Springfield 58, Joliet Central 40: At Bloomington, a rough first half for the Steelmen, where they scored just seven points, led to a loss in the consolation round of the State Farm Classic.
Josh Adim led Joliet Central with 14 points.
Normal University 40, Joliet Central 39: At Bloomington, the Steelmen allowed a last-minute push from the Pioneers and faltered in their second matchup of the day at the State Farm Classic.
Lincoln-Way West 70, North Chicago 42: At Bloomington, the Warriors moved into the consolation bracket semifinals at the State Farm Classic.
Quentin Villa led Lincoln-Way West (6-6) with 16 points and Tyler Gabriel added 14.
Morris 53, Sandwich 34: At Plano, a strong second quarter, where Morris outscored Sandwich 17-5, lifted them to a consolation bracket win at the Plano Tournament.
Henry Hansen led Morris with 16 points, while Gage Phillips added 15 points.
Coal City 48, Hinckley-Big Rock 47: At Plano, the Coalers outscored the opposition 18-8 in the fourth quarter to emerge with a narrow consolation bracket win.
Cason Headley had a big day for Coal City (2-7) with 26 points. Aiden Hansen added 11.
Dwight 50, Wilmington 41: At Marseilles, the Trojans (4-5) advanced into the consolation bracket’s semifinal round of the Marseilles Holiday Tournament by toppling the Wildcats (1-7).
Wyatt Thompson scored 23 points in the victory, including 14 in the pivotal third quarter. Dwight will play Earlville at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Earlville 75, Gardner-South Wilmington 42: At Marseilles, a poor third quarter did in Gardner-South Wilmington (4-10) as it dropped a consolation contest at the Marseilles Holiday Tournament.
The Panthers will play Wilmington at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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Romeoville 59, Beecher 41: At Peotone, the Spartans (10-5) picked up a win in the Peotone Holiday Tournament.
Lake Zurich 47, Lincoln-Way West 34: At Cicero, Ava Gugliuzza led the Warriors with 17 points as they dropped to 0-2 at the Morton College Tournament and 4-7 overall.
Providence 68, Oak Lawn 47: At Orland Park, the Celtics (15-2) advanced to play Oak Forest in Wednesday’s fifth-place game at the Sandburg Tournament with a win over Oak Lawn.
Annaliese Pietrzyk led the Celtics with 19 points, while Kelly Knight and Megan Duzansky added 12 points each.
Plainfield East 67, Glenbard East 36: At Orland Park, a second consecutive comfortable win helped the Bengals reach the consolation championship at the Sandburg Tournament where it will face Hinsdale South at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Minooka 35, Oswego 31: At Oswego, Minooka won its second consecutive close game at the Oswego East Holiday Tournament and will face Lockport on Wednesday for a chance to reach the tournament’s title game.
Lockport 54, Kaneland 41: At Oswego, Lockport won its 10th straight and remained undefeated in pool play at the Oswego East Holiday Tournament.
Peotone 54, Bradley-Bourbonnais 42: At Peotone, the Blue Devils improved to 2-0 in their own tournament.
Jenna Hunter led Peotone (10-3) with 19 points and Mady Kibelkis added 15 points.
Lincoln-Way Central 42, Lincoln-Way East 35: At Orland Park, the Knights snagged a Sandburg Christmas Tournament win over the rival Griffins.
Lina Panos led the way with 15 points and six rebounds for L-WC (9-4) and Nicole Connolly added 10 points and seven boards.
Coal City 52, Westmont 30: At Lisle, the Coalers led from wire-to-wire in a Lisle Holiday Classic win.
Molly Stiles led Coal City (10-4) with 12 points and 10 rebounds.