Week in Review

I have four games to write about and I just don't think that I will have the time to do a separate post for each game and ever catch up to the point where I have only one game to write about at a time so figured I would just do a write up from the past week. I have gone to four games and will just do what I can do from memory for each game.

Wisconsin Dells 60 Lodi 40

This was a Saturday afternoon game in the Dells at the Just a Game Fieldhouse's new "Court of Champions". I really like arena as it has about the same seating as a typical high school gym but, has a bigger feel to it as their is seating all around the court and even in the corners.

I'm not sure what the exact reason was but, Lodi just didn't show up for this game. I knew they were missing their point guard 6'0 junior Kris Seffrood which I thought would hurt them but, after seeing them play Dominican so close I figured they could handle the Dells. Lodi wasn't able to get to the middle of the zone to find open team mates and settled for the outside shot more often then not and the shots weren't falling. The poor shooting may of been because of the different background but, with the shots not falling they made no attempt to get the ball to the inside and use their height advantage. Leading scorer 6'3 sophomore Jordan Shea never got himself going as he had 11 points most of which in the first half but, then spent a good portion of the second half on the bench in foul trouble.

On the other side the Dells was moving the ball exceptionally well, which led to open shots. The Dells hit eight three point shots in the game and I believe six of those were in the first half. Dells sharpshooter 5'8 junior Mike Dickman got himself going a little bit as he hit two three pointers in the game and  6'4 junior Shane Wimann was his normal self getting in the lane of the offensive end and dominated the glass on D. The star of the day was MJ Delmore a 5'10 junior who is as smooth as the come. Delmore was able to drive to the hoop and score and hit three three point shots in the game.

Madison Memorial 75 Madison East 44

Not much to say about this game. Memorial got up early things just go uglier from there. Memorial was up 6-0 before East even got the ball across half court and they were up 10-0 before East took a shot. I really don't know what more to say about this game. East turned the ball over and over again and Memorial took advantage. 6'5 senior Junior Lomomba was his normal solid self scoring 24 points and fellow senior 6'4 Ngijol Songolo displayed a very nice outside shot which should really help Memorial out come playoff time when they seem to struggle from the outside and teams pack it in on them in the half court setting. Honestly this is all I can say, East struggled with Memorial's size and length all night long and couldn't overcome it or even challenge it.

Randolph 45 Green Lake 31

This game was to see D1 recruit 6'6 senior Matt Van Scyoc take on the mighty Randolph. Van Scyoc ended with 17 points but, he really had to earn them because Randolph's 6'4 junior Aaron Retzlaff was in his face all night long forcing him further and further away from the hoop. 12 of Van Scyoc's came from behind the arc which with a hand in his face and one five feet behind the three point line. Van Scyoc took a ton of shots and Retzlaff was right with him and I'd guess Van Scyoc probably shot 30% or lower on the game. Randolph had a very solid night as a team as they had eight different players score and no player over 10 points. Randolph's top eight players and could easily compete for a state title in D4 and D3 and possibly D2 but, that may be a stretch but, its pretty good for a school that has less than 200 kids in their school. Randolph is once again my pick to win the D5 title.


Madison Memorial 72 Madison West 44

Another very ugly game involving Memorial. Memorial was up by at least 20 for much of the game. I was highly disappointed as West is currently tied for third in the conference with Sun Prairie who is a very good team and I expected this game to be at least somewhat close for most of the way. Lomomba was unstoppable in the first quarter as he scored 14 of his 25 points in the first quarter. Songolo once again showed his nice outside touch. Junior 6'1 Brendan Ortiz seems to have truly embraced the point guard position as he appears to get more joy setting up his team mates then scoring himself, every time I see him play I think this more and more. They also have a pair of dunk hunters in 6'6 senior Jamar Morris and 6'5 junior Jester Weah who two or three times ran into each other going after loose balls that probably would of resulted in break away dunks and every time the go to the rim or a rebound they are thinking dunk. Both Morris and Weah did eventually get one dunk each.

Well it has been a great week of basketball and still have about another two months left and I can't wait for state.