Kathlyn Bainbridge knew that the energy in St. Charles East’s season opener was a little lower than she expected.

After opening the season and York Girls Basketball Tournament with a loss to Prospect, the sophomore guard knew that the Saints had to come back with a better mindset against York on Tuesday.

And after the game went into overtime, she fully embraced the energy that was radiating from the sidelines.

“We didn’t come into overtime for nothing,” Bainbridge said. “We’ve all been practicing really hard, and I just really wanted it for us.”

Bainbridge finished with a team-high 16 points, including all seven points in overtime as the Saints held on for a 43-39 victory over the Dukes.

“We just stayed in it mentally the entire game,” Saints coach Katie Claussner said. “We talked

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