Madison Memorial defeated Madison West

In a key Big Eight battle Madison Memorial took on Madison West. Memorial was looking to secure the dominance and control of the conference, while West was looking to stay out of the middle pack and stay in the top half of the league. Memorial jumped out to an early lead, running and gunning and never looked back.

Memorial was up early 10-0 and got the big 22-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. The player that benefited the most from the running was 6'4 senior Tyler Lindquist who always seemed to be the one finishing at the rim around the West defenders. Lindquist was running the court well but, was also moving well without the ball in the half court offense and find openings in the defense. Lindquist also showed off some range. While Memorial was playing their kind of game West's leading scorer 6'3 senior Malik Clements was struggling. Clements couldn't hit anything and started to force some both outside shots. Clements did start to get some scoring going in the second quarter by driving to the rim, creating contact and getting to the foul line. In the second quarter Memorial slowed things down a bit and looked to their big man 6'7 senior Darral Willis. Willis would get the ball at the free throw line and time and again was able to use his quickness to get by the West big men and score. At half time Memorial led 36-26.

In the second half Memorial continued to ride Willis who was hitting everything inside and out and even had some very nice assists finding teammates cutting to the hoop. West seemed content to try and launch threes to get back in the game and they really weren't falling outside of a couple by senior 6'1 Terrel McFadden but, he launched more then his fair share. Willis also got the West big men in foul trouble which really hurt them on the boards and trying to stop Willis. In the end Memorial won 70-48. Memorial has all but, sealed up the conference raise.

Top Players 
Darral Willis 6'7 senior Memorial- Was making everything tonight. I still think that he shoots a little too much but, was unstoppable at times, particularly when he stepped out and hit the outside shots. Actually had some very nice assists tonight finding his teammates moving without the ball.

Tyler Lindquist 6'4 senior Memorial- Has really improved his game this year. Always working hard on the inside, he has really improved his outside shooting, and really ran the court well tonight.

Malik Clements 6'3 senior West- Struggled from the outside but, did what he could to drive the lane and get to the free throw line and get his points.

Box Score 
Memorial 70- Willis 22 Lindquist 21 Reggie Roemer 9 Henry Houden 7 Shareef Smith 5 Daurice Fountain 4 Koko Songolo 4 Brett Tauber 2 Travis Lindquist 1 Billy Wilson 0 Jake Ferguson 0
West 48- Clements 17 McFadden 10 Sam Meyer 6 Mario Scott 6 Juwun Pettigrew 3 Semaj Graham 2 Ari Davis 2 Logan Nytes 2 Harold Russell 0 Aubrey Johnson Jr 0 Teddy Cranley 0 Isaac Dennis 0



As I stated earlier it appears that Memorial has all but, sealed up the Big Eight Conference. Mathematically Sun Prairie could probably beat them out yet but, doesn't seem very likely. On the other side West seems to have hit a rough patch. Memorial has always had their number but, they've also lost some games to some teams they should not of lost to.