Beloit Outruns Sun Prairie

Originally I had planned on attending the Madison East verse Madison Memorial but, unfortunately we were unable to get in to the game. Normally you would think getting to a game by 6pm would be plenty early enough for a 7:30 game but, in this case it wasn't and found out later that you basically had to be to the game by 4:30. Three hours early for a high school game! That is just crazy but, that's how big of a game it was and how talent loaded both teams are. Once we found out that we weren't getting into the big game we had to settle for the Sun Prairie game who had a pretty good Beloit team coming to town.

Coming into the game I expected Beloit to run away with the game but, I got to the game and saw that one of Beloit's top players 6'7 senior Terrell Parks wasn't suited up so I thought Sun Prairie might have a chance as Beloit was without their biggest height advantage. Height was not a factor in this game as Beloit was able to outrun and out shoot Sun Prairie all night long in route to a 70-50 victory. This was the third time I've seen Beloit and this was by far their best game.

Beloit came out looking to run early and often and this allowed them to find some wide open shooters and transition and they were knocking down the outside shots. Beloit just looked faster and quicker in every aspect of the game. Beloit was moving the ball exceptionally well, were penetrating and dishing to wide open teammates, and were grabbing all the loose balls. Sun Prairie on the other hand looked lost on offense and unsure of what they wanted to do. Beloit started settling into their offense and looking to their big man 6'5 senior Marshall Davis who was able to score with ease on the inside so Sun Prairie went to a zone defense to defend him but, that just opened up more three balls for Beloit as the extended their lead. Sun Prairie began to get their offense going as they looked to their big guy 6'4 senior Sam Marshall and went Davis for Beloit was benched for foul trouble Marshall really got things going. It appeared that Sun Prairie was going to make a game of it late in the second quarter when Beloit was able to bank in two three point shots and extend their halftime lead to 40-24.

The second half continued the same way, with both teams looking to their big men to lead them. For Beloit Marshall Davis was once again went to the bench with foul trouble and then the threes weren't dropping and that's when their vocal leader 6'2 junior K.J. Evans took it upon himself to maintain the lead and looked to drive to the inside where he used his strength to score. Sam Marshall did all he could for Sun Prairie but, in the end Beloit's speed and early hot shooting were too much as Beloit cruised to the 20 point victory.

Top Players
Marshall Davis 6'5 senior Beloit- Has a really nice touch around the rim and is very difficult to stop. Had a nice put back dunk.
K.J. Evans 6'2 junior Beloit- Did a great job of using his strength to drive to the inside and score. Had nice floater going tonight.
Robert Douglas 6'3 junior Beloit- Came off the bench and provided a lot of energy specifically in the transition game and gave them double digit points off the bench.
Jordan Young 5'9 senior Beloit- Didn't score a ton but, did a real nice job of penetrating and finding wide open teammates. Very good passer and unselfish player.
Sam Marshall 6'4 senior Sun Prairie- I've seen SP three times and Marshall has always looked good. Very solid from 15 foot and in.

Box Score
Beloit 70- Davis 14 Evans 12 Jahlil Smith 11 Douglas 11 Sharod Stone 7 Joey Fields 6 Eric Sims 3 Young 2 Keenan Anderson Collins 2 Marcus Tyler 2 Hal Kerr 0 Marty Hyler 0
Sun Prairie 50- Marshall 17 Jordan Noskowiak 8 Terrence Porter 8 Jason Davis 4 Tyler Cobb 4 Korey Enstad 4 Michael Boos 2 Chet Pohlman 2 Trevor Opps 1 William Thiel 0 Michael Handel 0 Anthony Burchette 0 Andrew Peters 0 Jacob Baker 0 Eric Wilberding 0

I had been thinking that Verona would come out of the Janesville sectional but, after seeing Beloit tonight I'm second thinking that pick as Beloit looked very very good tonight and arguably their best player was out. Sun Prairie looked the exact opposite and I would not be surprised if they were to lose to conference rival Middleton in the first round.