Well I'm back again for another year. Not sure how much I'll be posting but, I've gotten the itch to start posting again and I find myself sitting at games thinking about posting. There isn't a lot of early season good games this year so I've only been to the one game so far. I took in the upstart La Follette team, which seems to really be building some things behind their coach Curtrel Robinson. An La Follette alum really seems to have this program moving in the right direction and you can usually figure they will bring a good team. On the other side you have Milwaukee Vincent who has been a power team since the mid 90s.
Unfortunately this isn't the 90s for Vincent and there wasn't a lot of positives to say about Vincent in this one. La Follette came out and played an in your face defense and La Follette could never get anything going. 6'3 junior Brionne Williams should some flashes in the first half for Vincent but, in the second half Williams sat much of it with foul trouble. With that being said I'm going to keep this write up to the La Follette side of things.
This La Follette team really reminds me of past Madison East teams that were pretty talented but, just didn't have much size and the same could be said for this La Follette team. La Follette basically plays four guards at all times if not five. There starting five is very good but, I think the question all year will be can they get anything off their bench. They have the Gray twins 6'0 Derek Gray and 6'1 David Gray seem to have really come into their own a seniors. The Gray's do most of the ball handling bringing the ball up the court, are tenacious defenders, and are probably the best athletes on the team. They looked good the last two years of JV and varsity but, just looked out of control at times, this year they seem to really be in full control of their games. 6'0 senior Isaiah Stewart had a big summer and from what I've read is poised for a huge senior year. Stewart isn't a great athlete but, just does everything well and seems to be a very smart guy. Hits the spot up three, plays defense, and pass the ball well. In the post they have 6'3 senior Dakovin Prather who seems to have really worked on his elevation since last year. Prather is a high energy guy that can jump out of the gym and seems to know his roll and his going to have to play big and crash the glass. Last but, not least is 6'1 senor Ben Probst. Probst is not super athletic either and is just smart guy. Probst can really shoot the ball which opens up the rest of his game for him. When he's not hitting the three he can pump fake it which always seems to get the defender of their feet and he drives to the lane where he can hit the mid range jumper or get to the hoop and score. Probst is also a pretty solid kid which will allow him to play against bigger players which he will have to in this lineup. La Follette didn't get much off the bench but, there is some promise in a pair of sophomores in 6'1 K'Shawn Gibbs and 6'6 Juok Riak. Gibbs is a high energy guy that really hustles and showed the ability to hit the spot up three. Riak is very raw at this point but, did show a nice little post game and really likes to play with his back to the basket.
Box Score
La Follette 87- Probst 21 Stewart 12 De Gray 11 Da Gray 11 Prather 11 Gibbs 8 Riak 4 Kavell Sims 3 Cyrus Lashore 2 Jordan Schlough 2 Trevon Cloud 2 Grady Roth 0 George Onyefulumno 0
Vincent 52- Willliams 11 Justin Brunley 11 Elijah Banks 9 Thomas 6 Jordan Lawrence 5 Kymare Johnson 4 Kishon Barnes 2 Raje Woods 2 Patton 2 Dijon Salandich-Jackson 0 Quincy Moore 0
Well La Follette will have a pretty successful season but, will interesting to see how they will handle a team with good size and should be between them, Madison East, and Sun Prairie for the conference title. On the other side Vincent will struggle and there two returning starters are not on the roster as well as a pair of their top two transfers.
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