Stagg sisters Nicole and Abbey Hobart have a virtually identical shooting form, which makes them tough to tell apart on a basketball court because they also both play guard.

Since their shots are so similar, the result is usually the same for the Chargers’ burgeoning backcourt duo — 3-pointers that hit nothing but the bottom of the net.

Nicole, a senior, and Abbey, a sophomore, have their dad Charles to thank for that.

“We shot in the driveway all the time,” Nicole said. “He always had us do little flips, form shooting underneath the basket, and it slowly developed our range throughout the years.”

These days when they hit the driveway, they both can hit shots for distance … and as far back as from the street. Then, put that kind of shooting prowess into a gym.

The Chargers hit eight 3-pointers Tuesday in a 48-33 SouthWest Suburban Red victory over Andrew. Five came from the Hobart sisters — three from Nicole, two from Abbey.

There’s another similarity. Both sisters finished with 12 points, exactly half of Stagg’s total, which gave coach Bill Turner his 200th victory and the team’s fourth win in a row.

Combined with three 3-pointers from senior guard Ameli Sanchez, Stagg (5-3, 1-0) raced out to a 29-12 halftime lead over the Thunderbolts (5-3, 0-1), who received 10 points from sophomore guard Ana Cisek and six from senior center Mikayla Summey.

Isn’t it a bit unique to have sisters who can shoot the ball as well as the Hobarts do? Maybe.

“I think that they feed off each other,” Turner said. “They certainly compete and want to do a little bit better than their sibling. They get along great.”

Turner also had help identifying the Hobart sisters as players who would eventually contribute to Stagg’s varsity. His daughter Angela, a teacher at Palos South Middle School, coaches the boys but was obviously aware of their capabilities.

Word travels fast, and eventually Nicole Hobart joined the Chargers on the varsity as a sophomore. Abbey followed suit last season as a freshman.

Together with Sanchez, who had 13 points Tuesday, and junior center Shannon Earley, who had 11, the Hobarts are a major selling point for Turner.

And if you stop one sister, that opens opportunities for the other, along with Sanchez and Earley too. Put them together and the points pile up fast like they did against Andrew.

The Hobarts started playing basketball at a young age — “like the youngest you can be, I guess,” Abbey said — because they have three older brothers who played the sport.

Nicole said she has been playing with everyone on her team since sixth grade, which means there’s a cohesiveness that’s hard to replicate without that experience.

An interesting sidelight? Stagg doesn’t have a true point guard, with Sanchez as the closest iteration. That means Nicole has to know the nuances of each position, from point to the post.

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It gives her a unique vantage point from which to lead.

“Just being able to know all the spots, I can help everyone,” she said.

The Hobart sisters play AAU basketball for the Lady Lightning, but they don’t specialize in the sport. They both played volleyball in the past. Nicole runs cross country and track, while Abbey is planning to run track this spring.

Plus, with four straight wins, the immediate future looks bright for Stagg in basketball. After high school, however, things will change. Nicole will go on to college and doesn’t plan to play basketball.

Abbey, on the other hand, is firm in her resolve. She’s wants to play in college, citing UConn as her dream school. What will get her to the next level is a lesson she’s learning.

“I feel like last year, I was so much more nervous,” Abbey said. “I feel like I have so much confidence now.”

Gregg Voss is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.