Week Review

Well I saw three games this week and haven't had much of a chance to post anything about any of the games so figured that I would do a recap of the last week. Saw two of Poynette's games and then saw Mount Horeb's game on Friday.

Poynette 68 Watertown Luther Prep 48
This game on Tuesday was my first chance to see WLP play. They had started the year 11-0 and then dropped three straight and had won out the rest of their games until meeting up with Poynette. Too be completely honest I wasn't too impressed by WLP. They had a solid team that was pretty disciplined and had good shot selection but, this probably isn't a state contender that I thought they might be. This game was extremely fast game and Luther Prep subbed quite often going five in five out at times. For Luther Prep senior 6'1 Phil Kieselhorst kept them in the game early hitting some threes from the corner and they really looked to pound the ball inside to their senior big men 6'5 Dan Leverence and 6'3 Anothony Minnema. For Poynette it was the two man show like always of their 6'3 seniors Tanner Bruchs and Riley Lytle. Bruchs doing the work from the outside and Lytle on the inside. In the second half WLP went to a triangle and two which slowed Poynette and Lytle and Bruchs down a bit but, fellow senior 5'10 Bradley Smith stepped up hitting a pair of threes and 6'5 junior Jacob Krumberger had seven points during this time. Watertown Luther Prep just didn't have the offensive firepower in this game.

Top Players
Tanner Bruchs 6'3 senior Poynette- Was his normal solid self scoring in transition and hitting threes.
Bradley Smith 5'10 senior Poynette- Didn't have a huge scoring night but, came up big when the stars were struggling.
Jacob Krumberger 6'5 junior Poynette- A star in the making and really showed his stuff on the offensive end hitting threes and mid range jumpers.
Anthony Minnema 6'3 senior WLP- Only real consistent scoring option for WLP and took the ball to the rim hard.

Top Scorers
Poy- Bruchs 22 Krumberger 13 Lytle 11 Smith 11
WLP- Minnema 17 Kieselhorst 9 Leverence 7

Poynette 67 Columbus 50
This game gave me another chance to watch Columbus play and maybe they over achieved the first two times I saw them play but, they didn't even look like the team I had seen play earlier in the game. This might also have to do with the fact that Poynette is really peaking at the right time right before playoffs. For Poynette Lytle starting pretty slow mostly because he was really looking for his shot early on but, that didn't matter because Bruchs was hitting everything he wanted all game long. Bruchs hit six three pointers in the game including one at the end of the third where he was nearly at half court. Columbus could do nothing on offense most of the game as their top two players 6'2 senior Kyle Geiger and 5'11 sophomore Noah Coughlin were no shows for different reasons. Geiger was hounded by Poynette senior 5'11 Scott Lenius who was all over Geiger all night, who didn't score until late in the second half when he hit a pair of threes. Coughlin got in early foul trouble and never really got into the flow of the game until late when the game was out of hand. Early on 6'2 junior Kevin Hussey kept them some what close hitting from the outside but, there never really was any doubt in this one. Once Poynette went into cruise control Columbus sophomore 6'1 Tanner Perry took over to make this game somewhat respectable.

Top Players
Tanner Bruchs 6'3 senior Poynette- Had a huge scoring night and just couldn't miss.
Jacob Krumberger 6'5 junior Poynette- Had another huge night shooting the ball from all over the court.
Scott Lenius 5'11 senior Poynette- Only had two points but, made his presence felt guarding Geiger all night.
Tanner Perry 6'1 sophomore Columbus- Undersized for a post player but, he can really score on the inside and just plays so hard.

Top Scorer
P- Bruchs 30 Lytle 14 Krumberger 12
C- Perry 19 Hussey 12 Coughlin 9

DeForest 50 Mount Horeb 49 
This was the big shocker of the week as Mount Horeb was undefeated in conference play and Deforest is third in the conference. This game felt like Mount Horeb had it in hand the entire night and I think they thought they had it in hand but, never could put DeForest away and some bad luck and poor free throw shooting late allowed DeForest to steal a game. Mount Horeb didn't play very good but, I really have to give it to DeForest who hung around all night and played extremely hard throughout. In the first half it was the hot shooting of 5'10 senior Chase Ramos was huge keeping DeForest close as he hit four three point shots in the first quarter . Mount Horeb weathered the hot shooting of Ramos and led by nine at the half relying on great ball movement and sharing the ball. They didn't have a huge scorer but, everyone chipped in and did their part. Things got interesting late as in the final minute and a half Mount Horeb star 6'2 senior Drew Fredrickson went 3-6 from the foul line and then with under 20 seconds left in the game Mount Horeb was called for a five second call while inbounding the ball. DeForest got the chance to win and with five seconds left 6'4 junior Jake Captran tipped in what ended up being the game winning basket. A last second heave came up just short for Mount Horeb.

Top Players 
Max Meylor 6'3 junior Mount Horeb- Did a lot of the little things for his team in this one and showed the ability to move without the ball and score.
Drew Fredrickson 6'2 senior Mount Horeb- Didn't have a great game but, still was his usual solid self leading his team and hit a pair of threes.
Chase Ramos 5'10 senior DeForest- Sharpshooter from the outside that was money from the outside in the game.
Corian Davis 6'1 junior DeForest- Was the key to the late come back in this game and his pull up shot is pretty as he was able to stop on a dime and knock down the jumper.

Top Scorers
MH- Fredrickson 13 Meylor 11 Quinn Lesar 9
DF- Ramos 17 Davis 12 Capstran 7

Just a few final thoughts. Of the five teams I watched Poynette is probably the only state contender in my mind. The toughest thing for Poynette is they got moved to the East for the playoffs this year which is always the tougher half of the bracket. Mount Horeb may make sectionals for D2 but, I just don't see the "it" factor in pushing them to state. DeForest, Watertown Luther Prep, and Columbus are teams that could win a regional but, not very likely.