Baraboo over Wisconsin Dells

For a Wisconsin Dells fan this game was a very ugly game to watch. Luckily though this was the first game of the year and things should turn around after this. Honestly though there isn't much to write about this game. It wasn't pretty, exciting, and know one played that great.

The two big differences in this game was free throws and offensive rebounding. Baraboo made 26 free throws to the Dells 10. I'm not sure what Baraboo shot as a team but, Wisconsin Dells was 10-20 from the line and of those free throws senior Jade Royston was 5-6, so the rest of the team was 5-14 from the line. When Baraboo did miss those free throws it seemed they got the offensive rebound every time. That brings up another thing that the Dells did a poor job of and that is boxing out. Baraboo was able to get second and third chances down the court every time.

Offensively it seemed that no one wanted to shoot the ball outside of their star 6'0 Royston who struggled a bit tonight but, still finished with 15 points. The other preseason star for the Chiefs was 6'9 junior Nate Gibson but, he was almost a non-factor in the game aside from a few rebounds. The Dells passes were to soft leading to the ball being knocked away and when Gibson did get the ball he was unable to convert.

For Baraboo it was really a team effort as four different players had 8-12 points and eight different players made at least one free throw. No one really stood out.

Baraboo 51
Wisconsin Dells 33

Box Score
Baraboo- Mark Kowalke 12 Jake Overlein 9 Taylor Jahn 9 Chris Siebert 8 Jon Schlender 5 Ethan Dosier 4 Jake Banks 3 Pat O'Conner 1 Micah Kuchta 0 Tony Brandt 0 Jame Meiller 0
Dells- Royston 15 Gibson 5 Kyle Stowers 4 Jimmy Alvin 3 Justin Ward 3 Jake Williams 3 Jake Hall 0 Bobby Blaschke 0

Top Players
Taylor Jahn 6'4 senior Baraboo- Despite being outside by the bigger Gibson did a great job of getting Gibson in foul trouble and then was able to knock down the free throws.
Mark Kowalke 6'5 sophomore Baraboo- Came off the bench huge to score 12 points and lead the T-Birds in scoring and hit a huge three towards the end of the game.
Jade Royston 6'0 senior Wisconsin Dells- Struggled in this game but, did a good job of penetrating and getting fouled and making his free throws. Leading scorer with 15 points.

I know I didn't write much about this game but, there just wasn't much to write about like I said earlier. It was an ugly game from start to finish, hopefully things will turn around for the Chiefs.