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Central advances to sectional semifinal

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Naperville Central celebrated a regional title on its home floor Friday night with a 71-60 victory over No. 7 West Aurora.

Senior swingman Drew Crawford finished with 28 points and 14 rebounds as the No. 2 Redhawks beat West Aurora (20-8) for the third time this season.

Junior center Matt Neufeld added 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead Central (26-2) into the Oswego East Sectional semifinal, where on Wednesday it will meet No. 3 Bolingbrook.

Naperville Central 71, West Aurora 60
WA 16 12 16 16 - 60
NC 16 16 10 29 - 71
West Aurora (20-8)
Cocroft 7 2-3 17, Hughes 0 2-2 2, Blackmond 2 1-2 6, Carey 3 0-0 7, Starks 2 3-5 7, Vaughn 3 0-0 9, Graham 2 4-4 10, Wyeth 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 12-16 60.
Naperville Central (26-2)
Crawford 9 6-7 28, Linne 1 2-2 4, Mallett 4 3-3 13, Ondik 0 2-2 2, Neufeld 9 5-7 23, Pomeroy 0 1-3 1. Totals: 23 19-24 71.
3-pointers: West Aurora 8 - Vaughn 3, Graham 2, Cocroft, Blackmond, Carey. Naperville Central 6 - Crawford 4, Mallett 2.
Rebounds: West Aurora 16 (Carey 4), Naperville Central 33 (Crawford 14).
Turnovers: West Aurora 8, Naperville Central 10.
Fouled out: Naperville Central - Ondik.

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