2013 SVC Tournament – CHAMPIONS

St. Thomas More secure it’s 6^th Sangamon Valley Conference Tournament Championship in 9 years in the SVC by defeating 2A #18 Watseka 66-38 at Parkland College tonight.  Despite Watseka’s best efforts to stall & slow the game down in the first half STM was still able to eclipse their 65 points per game average.

The Wallen sisters led the way 33 points & 14 rebounds combined (Lexi 21 & 6 / Erica 12 & 8).  This marked Mennig’s 200^th game on the sidelines for STM (549^th overall),  he is 6 for 7 in the SVC tournament. Watseka was led by Devin Curry with 13 points who was held scoreless in the 1^st half.

STM (22-2) will face Salt Fork at home on Tuesday night in non-conference play.

TV Link – http://www.wicd15.com/sports/features/headlines/stories/wicd_vid_388.shtml

TV Link II – http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=454812

Newspaper Link – http://www.news-gazette.com/multimedia/photogallery/2013-01-19/stm-66-vs-watseka-38-girls-basketball-2013

Newspaper Link II – http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/prep-sports/boys-basketball/2013-01-19/saturdays-prep-highlights-hudson-lifts-purple-riders.h