Fueled by the doubters, Barrington knocks off Schaumburg to pick up its 17th win

Barrington’s Dillon Schmidt (33) dribbles the ball toward the basket. (Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times)

Alec Schmidts is 6-4 according to Barrington’s roster. And after the Broncos’ 45-32 win against host Schaumburg on Tuesday Schmidts appeared to be that size, or a smidge taller, in real life.

But he certainly plays much bigger on the court. Schmidts had 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds while matching up against some significant size in the Saxons’ frontcourt: 6-7 Clark Easley, 6-8 Edvin Bosnjak and 6-6 Tyler March.