Last week the Glenbard South boys’ basketball team bounced back from a pair of losses with a 51-44 win over Montini Catholic, led by a 22 point game for Masroor Sahi.

Montini Catholic was up 1-0, but Sahi nailed a three from the top of the key to go up 3-1 with 6:20 left in the first. Montini Catholic had a 6-5 lead with 3:30 left when Sahi hit his second three of the game to go up 8-6. Mitchell Erickson had a steal and Parker Langreder had a block in the quarter that ended with a 10-9 lead for Montini Catholic.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Ben Zima was wide open in the corner, took an inbound pass from #12, and hit a three to go up 12-10. Montini Catholic responded with a three of their own, but Sahi struck again from deep to make it a 15-13 lead for the Raiders. Just moments later he sank another three to put the Raiders up 18-13. Glenbard South made it a 30-21 game on a fast break reverse layup by PJ Lehr with 1:45 left in the half. Sahi had a pair of blocks with less than a minute left, including one as time was expiring, and I was a 30-24 lead for the Raiders.

The Raiders were able to hold on for a 51-44 win, thanks to solid shooting all night. They were 45% from the floor and 45% from three, holding Montini Catholic to 28% and 18% from three. Montini Catholic had a 33-30 rebound advantage, and 9-3 in steals, but Glenbard South led 14-12 in assists and 3-1 in blocks.

Sahi had 22 points to lead all scorers, while Erickson had 10 points.

“Good team win with a lot of effort,” said Glenbard South Coach Jason Mead.

Earlier in the week Glenbard South fell 56-52 to Hinsdale South, with Harper Bryan scoring 15 points and Erickson putting up 14 points. They followed with a 58-54 loss to South Elgin, with Erickson putting up a team high 19 points, Sahi with 16 points and Bryan with 15 points.

“We battled but could not get enough stops,” Mead said.

This week Glenbard South faces West Chicago on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. on the road, followed by Fenton on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.