Larkin High Basketball: ROUND LAKE November 28 2009

Larkin came into this game 2-1 while Round Lake was 0-3. Larkin started out flat and allowed the Panthers to take their biggest lead at 2-0 at 4:50 in the first quarter. Larkin took an 8-4 lead at 2:25 of the first quarter and after Round Lake tied it at 8-8 at 1:11 of the first, Larkin went on a 7-0 run to lead 15-8 at 6:28 of the second and they were never behind again. Larkin led 26-16 at halftime. Round Lake came out energized early in the third quarter and got the lead down to five at 35-30 at 3:10 of the third quarter, but the Royals righted the ship with another 7-0 run to lead 42-30 at 2:20 of the third and the Panthers were never able to seriously challenge them after that. Larkin led by as much as 17 at 52-35 at 7:08 and 54-37 at 5:33 of the fourth quarter before settling for an official 62-48 win. Singleton made a basket that wasn't counted on the scoreboard and the final should have been 64-48. Jermaine Clements came off the bench to lead Larkin with 10; Ryan Smith and Carlito Singleton with 9 each; Drew Simonini with 8; Garrett McDaniel with 7; and Ramadan Adili with 6. Larkin 12 14 23 13 62 Round Lake 08 08 19 13 48 Final: Larkin 62 Round Lake 48