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Lily Kozenko hits fourth-quarter dagger as Plano holds off Sandwich 50-41 · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Lily Kazenko hads fourth quarter dagger as Plano holds off
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  Sandwich fifty forty one. Written by Chris Walker, This article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  by Everlett. Lily Kazenko can only drive on the hardwood,
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  but that's going to change soon. It wasn't the Plano
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  sophomores driving, but rather her shot that ultimately sealed the
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  Reaper's fifty forty one victory at Sandwich during Tuesday's Kishwaukee
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  River Conference game. Kazenko buried a three from the corner
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  with forty thirty eight remaining to boost Plano's led to
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  forty five thirty seven. The shot felt good, it felt exciting,
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  she said. Nay Advisor helped a lot. All of the
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  team helped. It was a team effort and we beat Sandwich,
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  so that's a win overall. Then no one scored for
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  the next three minutes. Finally, Sandwich junior Alaila Harris muscled
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  up a basket inside with one thirty six to go
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  to cut Plano's lead to forty five thirty nine. A
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  free throw from senior Bailey Frieders reduced it forty five forty,
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  But that's as close as Sandwich would get. We made
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  a good adjustment going into a two three zono. Sandwich
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  coach Rayin Apientec said, the girls were getting a little
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  bit tired and we don't have a ton of depth.
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  We went there trying to steal some passes and we did.
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  We just didn't make enough shots. She may be too
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  young to drive a car, but driving on the court,
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  Kazenko appeared to have the game and cruise control. Hey,
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  I'm getting my license soon, she said with a laugh.
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  We just had to work as a team and have
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  the effort and have fun. At halftime, it was keep
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  your head up. You got this. Kazenko scored nine points.
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  Lily was amazing tonight. Plano coach Tristan Spivey said, I
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  told her to drive it, take it to the basket,
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  and she was getting hers and hit a big three
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  and made some free throw Plano twelve ten four to
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  three only led twenty eight to twenty six at the half.
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  The Reapers beat the Indians by thirty points when they
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  played December second, the first time they competed with us
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  and their our rival, so they always played really hard
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  against us, Spivey said, and you can tell they're being
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  well coached, they're playing hard. The first game, the difference
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  was we made seven threes in the third quarter, and
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  it's going to be hard to guard us when we're
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  doing that, so we took off and left them. But
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  this one, we knew it would be competitive. Sandwich n
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  fourteen one seven led thirteen to nine after one quarter.
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  You always know it's going to be a battle at Sandwich,
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  Spivey said. And they've been competing with every team they're
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  playing in conference, and the Alala Harris fourteen points, thirteen
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  rebounds girl has been playing phenomenal, so we knew she
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  was going to be an issue before Choazenko's big shot.
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  Viser was getting it done on both ends to help
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  Plano somewhat pull away her steel and lay in in
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  the opening minute of the second half made it thirty
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  twenty six. She'd get to the basket again for a
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  basket less than a minute later. Then, after Kazenko took
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  a charge, giving Sandwich sophomore Chloe White her third foul
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  in the process, Visor made a great pass to senior
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  Jayden Long for a pretty two points and a thirty
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  four to twenty eight lead. I was just moving my
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  feet around, anticipating the passes and all that. Visor said,
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  I just knew she was there. I saw Long, and
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  I was just helping her to make it, and I
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  knew I made a play for her. Visor made three
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  of four free throws in the final minute. They step up,
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  Spivey said, and they handle the ball. Plano was used
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  to tight games, even though this didn't add to their
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  seven games, including two with ot that have been decided
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  by five points or less. They are three to four
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  in such games. We've been in those games all year,
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  it seems, and we're finding ways to win those, Spivey said.
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  I hope the girls keep it rolling. That's five in
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  a row now, I'm really proud of them. Wesor scored
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  nine points, Junior Cammynunez had eleven points, and senior Jayden
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  Long led the Reapers with twelve, getting half of them
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  back to back trays to open the second quarter and
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  allow the Reapers to pull ahead fifteen thirty. Plano junior
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  Chloe Rowe made the only two shots she took, scoring
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  four points, yet also seemingly did a bit of everything,
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  grabbing three rebounds, dishing five assists, blocking three shots, and
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  making seven steals. Despite Plano's full team effort, Sandwich was
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  only a couple possessions away from tying the game until
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  the final minute. The girls played well. NAPI and Tech said,
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  there were some unforced turnovers, so we need to take
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  care of the ball. You've got to handle the basketball,
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  shoot the basketball, and play defense. And the girls played well.
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  Plano was prepared and they do a nice job and
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  they're well coached. They hit some shots at the end
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  and we just couldn't catch them. Sandwich senior Caden Corneils
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  fought through an ankle injury, scoring twelve points to join
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  Harris in double figures. White had seven points, eight rebounds,
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  three assists, and five steals. Chloe played really well well.
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  NAPI and Tech said, she's a sophomore and is still
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  learning and handling the basketball. She'll be a big part
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  of things. Caden Corneil's is a big scorer and she
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  did well tonight. And Alilah Harris gets big down there.
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  She had a double double. She's big down there for
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  our scoring. And Bailey Frieder's five points. She struggled a
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  little bit tonight, but she's a big part of our
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  senior class and they all played well