Madison Memorial over Beloit

Originally I didn't plan on going to this game as I had planned on going to the Middleton verse Madison East game but, looking at standing wise this game was probably a better one to go to. Also gave me my first chance to watch Beloit play this year. 

I have to say that there just isn't a ton to say about this game because quite frankly it was a pretty boring game that lacked much scoring at all. I have to say that I was a little disappointed in Beloit. For a team that beat Middleton twice I really expected a little more. This Beloit team reminds me a lot of the past Madison West teams that seemed to have a ton of talent but, just couldn't put things together and just didn't play like a team. This was the first time that I've seen Beloit so I can't say this with total certainty but, they really relied on the three point shot and that just doesn't seem like that should be their game. Beloit really struggled from the outside and continued to shoot three after three. 

In the first half Memorial just couldn't buy a basket and this was probably the worst game that I've seen them play all year. The shots weren't falling they were turning the ball over and they weren't getting the second shot chances. Thankfully for Memorial their defense was their normal solid self as they limited Beloit to 14 first half points but, unfortunately Memorial had only 11 points. 6'8 senior Chris Knight really tied things together on the defensive side as he had probably close to 10 blocks and then in the second half Knight got things going in the second half. Knight was able to score in the paint in the second half using his size and quickness.Memorial did use their overall size as well going to 6'6 senior Jake Ferguson in the post at times when he was guarded by sub 6'0 defenders. In the end Beloit only scored 13 points in the second half and lost 42 to 27. 

Top Players 

Chris Knight 6'8 senior Madison Memorial- Knight was the dominater on the defensive end as always blocking shot after shot. He got things going in the second half on the block and doing his thing on the offensive glass. 

Jequan Pegeese 5'9 senior Beloit- One of the few Beloit players that was able to hit some outside shots and get things going. Was the only real consistent offense. 

Box Score 

Madison Memorial 42- Knight 15 Ferguson 9 Logan Knecht 5 Billy Wilson 4 Robert Bennett 4 Ian Brown 4 Matt Caropreso 1 Chase Danielson 0 Grayson Lehmann 0 Nick Caropreso 0 Elliot Grays 0 Cade Ellingson 0 Jack Krumbach 0 

Beloit 27- Pegeese 10 Drew Freitag 5 Fred Brown 4 Anthony Johnson 4 Trayvon Fair 2 Bryanth Farr 2 Migul Betancourt 0 Jadden McAtee 0 Jason Neal 0 JJ Chandler 0 Skyler Coleman 0 Kobe Yarbrough 0 Javis McClendon 0 

As I've said before and I'll say it again Madison Memorial is a team that needs to win ugly. They rely on their defense and their size to win and whatever scoring Knight can give them in the post. Right now I would say the chances of getting to state at 33% evenly with Sun Prairie and Middleton. The sectional is really up for grabs for all three teams. Beloit is a team that could probably pull an upset beating one of these top teams which would be Sun Prairie who they would play first.