South Elgin pulls away from Freeport

ROCKFORD -- The South Elgin Storm used a 17-7 spurt in the third quarter to pull away from Freeport in a 52-42 win at Rockford Guilford Friday night.

The win gave the Storm a 2-2 record in the 205 Tip-Off Classic. Freeport dropped to 0-2.

The Pretzels took a 25-24 lead into halftime behind 10 first-half points from Bailey Frank and eight from Travis Buckwalter. The Storm though held those two players to just four points in the second half as South Elgin's depth wore Freeport down. The Storm had 10 players score. Tyler Hankins and Matthew Smith had 10 each and Logan Atkins added nine.

Frank ended up with 13 for Freeport and Buckwalter nine. The Pretzels play Chicago Hyde Park and Chicago Dunbar Saturday.

South Elgin 52, Freeport 42
South Elgin 9 14 17 12 -- 52
Freeport 15 9 7 11 -- 42
SOUTH ELGIN -- Uveges 0 1-2 1; Howard 2 1-1 7; Smith 4 2-6 10; Atkins 2 5-8 9; Nylec 1 0-0 2; A. Lynch 1 0-0 2; Young 2 2-2 6; D. Lynch 1 0-1 2; McClundon 1 1-2 3; Hankins 4 2-2 10. Totals 18 14-22 52.
FREEPORT -- Vandenburgh 2 2-2 6; Offard 1 2-2 4; Jackson 2 0-0 5; Felton 1 0-0 3; Foltz 1 0-0 2; Frank 4 1-1 13; Buckwalter 4 1-5 9. Totals 15 6-10 42.
3- pt FG, South Elgin 2 (Howard 2), Freeport 6 (Bailey 4, Felton, Jackson).