Randolph over Wisconsin Dells

Still working on catching up on games, as I saw this game last Friday night and still have another game to cover from Saturday and could probably discuss the Marquette game that I'm going to be watching but, won't just because I'm trying to catch up and hopefully will be doing my initial rankings in the next couple days.

Well this game was pretty much over from the start. The only lead that the Dells had was 2-0 and from there everything went south very quickly. Offensively Wisconsin Dells could get nothing going. They hit a couple threes early in the first quarter to keep the game close after the first but were never closer then 13 the rest of the game before losing by 20. Dells kept looking to get the ball into their big man 6'9 junior Nate Gibson but, there just wasn't anything there. About half the time they'd throw the ball in Gibson wouldn't even get a hand on it and the ball would go out of bounds or Randolph would still it. When Gibson did get the ball he would bring the ball down and have the shot blocked or would have it block by fellow 6'9 junior Kyle Kelm. Right now Nate Gibson can not get off the ground what so ever so anyone 6'4 or taller can block him. Wisconsin Dells star 6'0 senior Jade Royston really struggled in the first half to find any rhythem shooting whatsoever. I believe he had three points top in the first half. In the second half Royston was able to get out in transition and score along with getting to the free throw line to finish with 16 points. One bright spot for the Chiefs was the play of 6'1 junior Justin Ward. For whatever reason Ward didn't play the first half but, he came off the bench in the second half to provide a huge spark and had nine second half points including a pair of three pointers.

For Randolph they were able to get the ball inside to 6'4 senior Jared Reuter who was able to score at will with his back to the basket. Their lead guard 6'3 senior Tyler Tillema was able to penetrate and score in a variety of ways. Tillema was also able to get the fast break going by picking off passes and grabbing long rebounds which led to easy baskets for himself or assists to his wide open teammates. Randolph was extremely patients on the offensive end, not taking bad shots or making passes where there are no openings. The Rockets also play great defense which led to some of Royston's poor shooting and the inability to the ball into Gibson. As always Randolph rebounds the ball very well and those long rebounds led to baskets are the other end.

Score
Randolph 61
Wisconsin Dells 41

Box Scores (starters bold and italics)
Randolph- Tillema 19 J. Reuter 16 Kelm 11 Brian Kampstra 7 Jay Fish 4 Ben Syverston 2 Corey Pfeffer 2 Chris Compean 0 Justin Laper 0 Max DeVries 0 Fransico Galvan 0 Zach Reuter 0 Andrew Buss 0
Wisconsin Dells- Royston 16 Ward 9 Jake Williams 6 Jimmy Alvin 3 Kyle Stowers 3 Bobby Blaschke 2 Gibson 2 Jake Hall 0

Top Players
Tyler Tillema 6'3 senior Randolph- Very good point guard that leads the break great whether it be taking the ball himself or laying it off to an open teammate.
Jared Reuter 6'4 senior Randolph- Just a beast on the inside that can score at will on the inside and solid rebounder.
Kyle Kelm 6'10 junior Randolph- Has a very nice touch from the outside and runs the court very well, which led to a nice little dunk for him.
Jade Royston 6'0 senior Wisconsin Dells- Handles the ball very well and can create his own shots which he has to many times.
Justin Ward 6'1 junior Wisconisn Dells- Spark off the bench that isn't a afraid to take the shots. Knocked down a couple threes in the game and took the ball strong to the hoop a few times.

As a Wisconsin Dells fan this could be a long season. Right now Royston is the only player looking to score but, the play of Ward makes things appear alittle brighter. The Chiefs will probably end up being one of the top teams in the conference once again but, come tournament time they'll probably be a second round knock out.