Week Recap

I find myself getting further and further behind in posting about the recent games I've seen so decided to do a quick write up of the past few days as I've seen six and a half games in the last five days. I'll keep it write up fairly short which just a paragraph about each game. I lost my score sheet from the swingfam shoot out so I'll have to do my best on those games. Kind of a disappointment.

Madison East 60 Madison La Follette 57
This was a tremendous game that had a ton of intensity and crowd involvement. La Follette is incredibly undersized with only two guys over six foot in the rotation. Fa Follette had the star in 5'9 junior Donneil Gray who had 21 points but, it really was a team effort on the part of East. Huge shout out to 6'2 Justin Mielke who got what I think was his first start as he had 11 big points to lead a team effort as everyone chipped in to get this win. In the end I think La Follette's height doomed them as the had to continuely settled for jump shots and they stopped falling midway through the first half and just couldn't continue to make their shots.

Minneapolis DeLaSalle 74 Madison East 70
East got a huge challenge in powerhouse DeLaSalle but, unfortunately East didn't get much outside of their top three players. 6'6 senior Keshawn Justice was his normal dominating self on his way to 25 points hitting the threes while 6'0 senior Earl Lewis and 6'3 sophomore Keonte Jones did the slashing to the rim scoring in the paint. East played a box and one on DeLasalle star 6'4 senior Gabe Kalscheur who will be at Minnesota next year. The zone defense worked well but, in the second half I think East got a little lazy and Kalscheur had a huge second half. Wisconsin Badger coach Greg Gard was their to watch point guard 6'2 junior Tyrell Terry who had a solid game but, I question if he's a high major D1 talent. DeLaSalle dominated the inside and controlled the glass on both ends and that led to the Islanders getting the win.

Mosinee 74 Columbis 64 
Only caught the end of this one. Mosinee was up 20 and just kind of cruised to the finish line.

Waunakee 74 Nicolet 65
This was the classic game of the more disciplined team beating the more athletic team. Nicolet had the height advantage and the speed but, they didn't have the shooting or the ability to stop 6'5 senior Mitch Listau. Listau was on fire for Waunakee and Nicolet had no one to match him. Nicolet really didn't look to use their size advantage and Waunakee did the job of boxing out.

Lake Mills 71 Madison Edgewood 55
Boy Mills can really shoot the three ball and love to push the tempo. The two classic things for undersized teams. Basically Lake Mills plays five guards at all times. Edgewood just doesn't have a go to scorer and the talent seems a little bare. Of course their star 6'5 senior Mandela Daeng didn't play though.

Lakeside Lutheran 61 Ripon 58
Best game of the day by far. Was a battle through out as the game was within five points throughout. Early on Lutheran's big man 6'6 junior Cameron Paske had his way on the inside before 6'1 junior Will DeNoyer got going from the outside. 6'4 sophomore Max Beuthin had a monster game hitting the jumpers. Beuthin could get his shoot off at anytime even when the defender was right in his face. Beuthin had the shoot at the buzzer but, couldn't get the shot to fall.

Bangor 66 Royal 56
Game was all about Bangor. Early on they struggled shooting the ball and missed a ton of bunny shots and got in some foul trouble. In the second half Bangor star 6'0 senior Luke Reader got himself going hitting the outside shot and then they were able to pound the ball inside to their big men who had the size advantage in height and bulk. Royal got a nice game from senior guard 5'10 Jayden Enzenbacher who hit five threes in the game, and 6'5 senior Tristan Welchin who used his quickness to score in the paint. In the second half Royal was really unable to get the ball inside or forgot about it and settled for the outside threes that weren't falling.