Girl hoopsters going places

Lake Zurich’s Lydia Bauer made her decision this week, The 6-foot lefty guard made a verbal commitment to Wisconsin-Green Bay

DePaul has added Jennifer Juergens to its team. The former Bishop McNamara all-state guard signed with Loyola out of high school. She transferred to Olivet Nazarene before enrolling at DePaul this week. Juergens, who also played softball at Olivet Nazarene, will be eligible for coach Doug Bruno’s Blue Demons for two years starting in 2009-10

And Northwestern got its second commitment this fall when guard Inga Orekhova, a native of Austria, who goes to school in La Jolla, California gave new NU coach Joe McKeown her pledge.

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