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Owens gets Hinsdale Central off to good start against Lyons
La Grange, IL - Friday, January 11, 2013: Hinsdale Central's Brian Owens (1) drives to the basket vs Lyons Township's Harrison Niego (5). | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media
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Updated: January 15, 2013 12:35PM
LA GRANGE — Hinsdale Central senior point guard Brian Owens plays with a ton of emotion.
He wanted that trait to rub off on his teammates during Friday’s big West Suburban Conference Silver game against host Lyons.
“A lot of the guys haven’t played a true road game in conference,” said Owens, who led the Red Devils to a 55-39 victory. “This was our first tough opponent. I feel like I have to be a leader because I’ve been in the situation before. I just tried to bring energy to the team and give everyone some confidence.”
Being a leader was far from Owens’ only contributions.
He drained all five of his 3-point attempts in the first half to give Hinsdale Central a comfortable 34-24 halftime advantage and finished with 16 points, six assists and two steals.
Hinsdale Central (8-5) improved to 4-1 in conference to remain in the title hunt along with Oak Park-River Forest and York.
The Red Devils connected on 21-of-38 shots (55 percent) from the field, including 8-of-13 on shots beyond the arc.
“Any win on the road, especially in this league is a good win to get,” Hinsdale Central coach Nick Latorre said. “I thought our shot selection was good. It was good that we hit some (3-point) shots early to stretch out the defense.”
Lyons (6-9) was led by Christopher O’Reilly (10 points).
Box score
Hinsdale Central 55, Lyons 39
Hinsdale Central (8-5)
Brian Owens 5 1-2 16, Jared Eck 1 0-0 2, Alec Hutcherson 5 1-2 12, Rigas Pappas 2 0-0 4, Matt Rafferty 4 3-7 11, Ian Bunting 1 0-0 2, Chase Hamilton 3 0-0 8, Evan Blust 0 0-0 0, Joe Monat 0 0-0 0, Grant Lillard 0 0-0 0, Ryan Scales 0 0-0 0, Sam Jones 0 0-0 0, Ian McKee 0 0-0 0, Kevin Nelson 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 5-13 55.
Lyons (6-9)
Harrison Niego 3 0-0 7, Jarryd Heath 3 0-0 8, Christopher O’Reilly 3 2-4 10, Matt Mrazek 1 0-0 2, Matt Aikens 1 0-0 2, Robert Palmer 1 0-0 2, Nikola Josipovic 0 0-0 0, Sam Cybulski 2 0-0 4, Chris Hester 1 0-0 2, Gabe Fisher 0 0-0 0, Griffin Furlong 0 0-0 0, Jim Cullen 0 0-0 0, Connor Onion 0 2-2 2. Totals 15 4-8 39.
Hinsdale Central 15-19-12-9 — 55
Lyons 13-11-6-9 — 39
3-point goals — Hinsdale Central 8 (Owens 5, Hamilton 2, Hutcherson); Lyons 5 (Heath 2, O’Reilly 3, Niego). Fouled out — None. Team fouls — Hinsdale Central 10, Lyons12.
