The Plainfield South girls basketball roster only contains 10 players, even though they are allowed to have 15. Joliet West is in the same position.

One player was a major difference Thursday night in the Cougars’ 52-40 Southwest Prairie Conference win over the Tigers. South’s Layla Lesure was a force in the paint, collecting 22 points and 16 rebounds to help her team to the win.

Even though her half-court position is under the basket on both offense and defense, she spent much of her time in transition. The Cougars’ pressure defense forced West into 26 turnovers, and South’s style of play dictates that all players run the floor in order to fill lanes on the fast break or collect a rebound in case of a miss.

Lesure did that to perfection, scoring several baskets off of fast-break re

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