In the opening game of Big Eight play Madison East came out and dominated Middleton. East came out looking extremely confident playing very good basketball. On the other side Middleton came out a little timid and basically looked terrible. East game out of the gate looking to push the ball and play at a fast pace which worked to perfection as they were able to penetrate the lane and score. Middleton on the other hand looked timid going against East big man 6'4 senior Marquis Mason .
These things led to an East lead of 19-4 after one quarter and they never looked back from there. Throughout the entire game East point guard 6'0 junior Nimrod Hillard was able to get where ever he wanted. He got around the perimeter defenders with ease and then was able to score around the Middleton big men. When he wasn't able to get to the rim he would find wide open teammates for 15 foot jump shots and the typically knocked them down. In the second quarter Middleton finally figured some things out and had the guy that Mason was guarding feed the post to keep Mason out of the inside on the defense side. The benefactor of this was Middleton big man 6'6 junior Ian Joyce who scored 13 of the teams first 17 points. Despite the success of Joyce Middleton still trailed 33-13 at half and Joyce finished with 15 points for the game. Hillard led East to a 50-28 lead after three and then cruised to the 63-43 win.
Top Players
Nimrod Hillard 6'0 junior Madison East- As I said earlier pretty much got where ever he wanted and finished with a game high 24 points.
Marquis Mason 6'4 senior Madison East- Didn't score a ton but, made his presence felt on the defensive end as Middleton missed bunny after bunny shot.
Jeff Hull 6'4 senior Madison East- Did a nice job of dropping the 15 foot jumpers and battling on the inside for rebounds.
Drew Mc Adams 6'2 senior Madison East- Ran the court very well and in the half court was another guy that was able to knock down the 15 footers.
Ian Joyce 6'6 junior Middleton- The lone Middleton player to really do anything on the offensive end. Joyce was able to get position and score in the paint.
Box Score (starters in italics)
Madison East- Hillard 24 Hull 13 Mason 11 Mc Adams 10 Arthur Adams 3 Rudy Bentley 2 Kedrick Fowler 0 Steve Horn 0 Ylli Berisha 0 Malcolm Williams 0 Pete Strommen 0 Wi Hetzel 0
Middleton- Joyce 15 Shane Adler 7 Matt Everson 6 Seth Coyne 4 Michael Owen 4 Connor Wipfli 3 Charlie Optiz 3 Will O'Brien 1 Corey Nelson 0 Connor Stubbe 0 Skylar Yaktus 0 Sonny Bavery 0
Well opening night of the Big Eight showed the Madison East is truly a top 15 team in the state and it will be very interesting when they match up with Madison Memorial.
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