Tony Baranek’s Daily Southtown girls basketball rankings and player of the week

With records through Sunday and previous rankings in parentheses.

1. Homewood-Flossmoor 15-6 (3)

Why? Six quality wins and no losses in three weeks. Vikings are the real deal.

2. Thornwood 27-3 (2)

We’ll see how real Thunderbirds are Thursday at Lincoln-Way West.

3. Marian Catholic 23-7 (1)

Still believe in Spartans, but can’t lose three of four and stay on top.

4. T.F. South 26-4 (5)

Jaiden Thompson scores career-high 23 points as Red Wolves win 11th in a row.

5. Lincoln-Way Central 20-9 (6)

Return of Lina Panos should make Knights even tougher in playoffs.

6. Providence 20-10 (4)

Celtics are up and down, but Bella Morey is growing stronger.

7. Lincoln-Way West 21-8 (7)

Warriors face big challenges as Ava Gugliuzza crosses 400 mark in 3-pointers.

8. Lincoln-Way East 18-10 (8)

Griffins lose to H-F, but Lana Kerley is back in stride again from 3-point range.

9. Mother McAuley 18-11 (NR)

Mighty Macs put on stunning performance as GCAC Red Tournament champions.

10. Lemont 17-9 (10)

Lexi Reyna gets 10 points as Lemont tops Evergreen Park, locks up tie for conference title.

Senior forward Alyssa Latham had 15 points and 11 rebounds for H-F in a 54-25 win over Sandburg. She added 15 points and nine rebounds in a 46-33 victory over Lincoln-Way East.