Payton Huber scores 19 to help Indian Creek: Tuesday’s Daily Chronicle sports roundup

Boys basketball

Indian Creek 64, LaMoille 50: At La Moille, Payton Huber scored 19 to power the Timberwolves in the win.

Everett Willis and Faustino Mora each scored 14 while Logan Schraeder chipped in 11.

IC outscored LaMoille 10-0 in the fourth quarter.

Girls wrestling

Kaneland 57, DeKalb 18: At DeKalb, the Knights picked up six wins on the mat while the Barbs got one.

Sadie Kinsella picked up a thrilling 1-0 victory over Aarianna Bloyd at 235. Angelina Gochis (110), Thalia Paton (115), Brooklyn Sheaffer (125), Caitlyn Mainer (155) and Carly Duffing (190) picked up pins for the Knights.

Lana Zimmerman picked up a pin at 1:35 for the Barbs.

Girls basketball

Hinckley-Big Rock 61, Mendota 33: At Hinckley, Sami Carlino scored 22 and Anna Herrmann 16 for the Royals.

Dixon 49, Genoa-Kingston 40: At Genoa, Presley Meyer scored 16 in the loss.

The Cogs got as close as four in the fourth quarter. Ally Poegel had 13 to help G-K.

Somonauk 47, Indian Creek 39: At Shabbona, Isabella Turner scored 16 for the Timberwolves in the loss.

Men’s basketball

Akron 80, NIU 70: At DeKalb, Akron built a 17-5 lead but NIU (5-15, 1-7) led in the first half before falling to the first-place Zips (15-5, 8-0).

Quentin Jones scored 25 for the Huskies and James Dent Jr. scored 22. Kailon Nichols added 12.

“Getting down 17-5, then battling back, having a lead in the first half, we just fell short,” NIU head coach Rashon Burno said. “Our lack of depth really played a huge part in that in the second half. We had two guys (Jones and Dent) that played 40 minutes, it got into our legs. Akron has depth and they utilized it to take advantage of our lack of.”