Sun Prairie over Madison La Follette

I've decided this year that whenever I can get the chance to see Sun Prairie playing a decent game I go to see them play. This game really lived up to the hype even though the game really wasn't that close.

It was senior night for La Follette so I thought that maybe they would come out firing on all cylinders but, Sun Prairie jumped out big early and kind of cruised to a victory. Early on Sun Prairie was able to push the tempo and just get easy bucket after easy bucket as the shots weren't falling for La Follette. La Follette is a very undersized team so they weren't going to get any offensive rebounds and they had a tough time getting good looks over Sun Prairie's size so they ended up settling for deep threes all game long. Mid way through the first half La Follette started hitting threes and climbed back into the game. The final five minutes of the first half Sun Prairie went on a monster run solidified by a pair of dunks on back to back plays from 6'4 senior Marlon Ruffin and then 6'2 senior Taylor Jansen who ended up getting a technical on that one, which I thought was very questionable. Ruffin's dunk may of been the best I've seen as he posterized the La Follette defender. La Follette score the final bucket of the half to make it 41-24.

In the second half Sun Prairie went into cruise control and allowed La Follette to get back into the game. La Follette started to lock down their defense and on the other end they begain to hit the three point shot. In the end though La Follete went cold late and 6'8 sophomore Jalen Johnson and company dominated the glass and probably doubled La Follette in rebounds. I have to say that Ruffin really forced things at times and tries to do too much. On the other side leading scorer 5'9 junior Donneil Gray barely played for whatever reason and other big scorer 5'11 junior Troy Reeves didn't get into the game until late in the first half. Sun Prairie ended up winning 70 to 57.

Top Players 
Jalen Johnson 6'8 sophomore Sun Prairie- Hit his first three shots of the game all threes right off the bat, which is the first time he looked good from the outside this year. Dominated the defensive glass and guessing he was between 15-20 rebounds. Had a nice steal and pick for a monster tomahawk jam.

Marlon Ruffin 6'4 senior Sun Prairie- Liked I said he forced things too much at times but, he's a guy that can really score. Had the play of the night with his dunk along with another big dunk as well. Really got out and moved in transition.

Taylor Jansen 6'2 senior Sun Prairie- Another superior athlete that had two big dunks in this one. Also had a few very nice post up homes where he used his strength and hops to score.

Troy Reeves 5'11 junior Madison La Follette- Really showed a nice ability to hit the deep jumper off the jump shot.

Kierre Washington 6'2 senior Madison La Follette- Carried his team early on scoring their first seven points with the ability to hit the jumper over the taller defender.

Anthony West 5'10 senior Madison La Follette- Was the quickest player on the court with the ball in his hands. Used that quickness and ball handling to get in the middle of the Sun Prairie defense and score.

Box Score
Sun Prairie 70- Johnson 18 Ruffin 17 Jansen 12 Colin Schaefer 12 Caden White 3 Marty Strey 3 Alec Schaefer 3 Rajai WIlliams 2 Delware Hale 0
La Follette 57- Reeves 13 Isaiah Stewart 13 West 12 Washington 8 Nate Seward 6 Gray 3 Jaden Nix 2 Sam Schmitt 0 Ben Probst 0 Charles Suggs 0

After watching this way I guarantee that Sun Prairie will get to state and if they played like they did the last five minutes of the first half they could very well win state. On the other side I just can't see La Follette doing too much with their lack of height overall.