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Madison Memorial's late burst overtakes Beloit

It took Madison Memorial High School’s top-ranked boys basketball team three quarters to warm to the task, but the Spartans had the heat up full blast for the finish Tuesday night.

The result was a 30-15 fourth quarter that carried Memorial past previously unbeaten Beloit, 64-50, in a battle of the Big Eight Conference co-leaders.

The victory lifted Memorial’s five-time defending champions to 6-0 in the Big Eight and 7-0 overall. Beloit, which led 35-34 after three quarters, fell to 5-1 and 7-1.

Madison Memorial stars Vander Blue and Jeronne Maymon were held out of the starting lineup for breaking team rules. But after sitting out the first 2 ½ minutes, both were a major part of the Spartans’ final flurry on their home court.

Blue scored 10 of his 18 points in the final period, all in the Spartans’ 10-2 surge to start the quarter. The 6-4 junior guard, a University of Wisconsin recruit, hit a three-pointer to give Memorial the lead for good and added a defining dunk that put an exclamation point on the his team’s decisive surge.

Maymon, 6-7 senior and Marquette University recruit, had seven of his 18 points in the fourth quarter. Tre Creamer, another 6-4 junior guard, scored nine of 18 for the Spartans during that stretch.

K.J. Evans had 16 points to pace the sixth-ranked Purple Knights, who were neck-to-neck the Spartans until the final period.

MEMORIAL 64, BELOIT 50

Beloit (50)—Lindsey, 1-3-6; Young, 2-1-5; Smith, 2-0-5; Evans, 6-3-16; Parks, 3-2-8; Davis, 4-2-10. Totals: 18-11-50.

Memorial (64)—Ringhand, 1-0-2; Jones, 2-1-5; Creamer, 7-3-18; V. Blue, 7-0-18; Lomomba, 0-3-3; Maymon, 5-8-18. Totals: 21-16-64.

Beloit 10 11 14 15—50

Madison Memorial 9 12 13 30—64

Three-point goals—Beloit 3 (Lindsey, Smith, Evans), Memorial 6 (V. Blue 4, Jones, Creamer). Free throws missed—Beloit 9, Memorial 11. Total fouls—Beloit 17, Memorial 15.

Sophomores—Memorial 53, Beloit 41.

n East 58, Sun Prairie 44—Madison East (6-2, 4-2) led all the way and got a game-high 18 points from Nimrod Hilliard for a Big Eight win at Sun Prairie.

Hilliard hit seven of 10 fourth-quarter free throws. James Bartelt added 13 points and Stafford Park had 10 for East, while junior Michael Boos led Sun Prairie (5-3, 3-3) with 15.

EAST 58, SUN PRAIRIE 44

East (58)—Hilliard, 4-9-18; Park, 4-0-10; Bacallao, 2-0-4; Bartelt, 3-7-13; Mason, 3-3-9; Hull, 1-0-2; Terry, 1-0-2. Totals: 18-19-58.

Sun Prairie (44)—Thiel, 1-0-2; Handelm, 1-1-4; Boos, 6-0-15; Davis, 1-0-2; Pohlman, 1-0-2; Marshall, 2-2-6; Noskowiak, 6-1-13. Totals: 18-4-44.

Madison East 16 13 13 16—58

Sun Prairie 10 10 11 13—44

Three-point goals—East 3 (Park 2, Hilliard 1), Sun Prairie 4 (Boos 3, handel 1). Free throws missed—East 7, Sun Prairie 4. Total fouls—East 6, Sun Prairie 17. Fouled out—Handel.

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n La Follette 62, Middleton 56—Madison La Follette (1-6, 1-5) played a strong second half against in a Big Eight game against the visiting Cardinals (3-5, 2-4) to post its first victory of the season.

Trailing 29-21 at the half, La Follette gained a 23-15 edge in the third quarter to knot the game at 44-44. Brett Klinkner made three of his four three pointers, and Chris Redmen scored six of his 16 points to pull the Lancers back to even.

In the fourth quarter, D.J. Fuller and Redman scored nine of his 15 points and Redman added six points as the Lancers gained an 18-12 advantage to seal the victory.

Matt Everson scored 13 points, Brooks Braga added 12 and Skyler Yaktus chipped in 10 for Middleton.

LA FOLLETTE 62, MIDDLETON 56

Middleton (56)—Adler, 1-0-2; McCauley, 1-0-2; Braga, 4-4-12; Everson, 6-0-13; Nelson, 1-0-2; Yaktus, 4-0-10; Nunnery, 3-0-8; Optiz, 1-0-2; Hudson, 2-1-5. Totals: 23-5-56.

La Follette (62)—Dybevik, 2-1-5; Klinkner, 4-0-12; Hakeem, 1-0-2; Waffler, 1-0-2; Redmen, 7-1-16; Fuller, 5-5-15; Elliott, 2-6-10. Totals: 23-13-62.

Middleton 10 19 15 12—56

Madison La Follette 11 10 23 18—62

Three-point goals—Middleton 5 (Everson, Yaktus, 2 Nunnery 2) La Follette 5 (Klinkner 4, Redmen). Free throws missed—Middleton 1, La Follette 5. Total fouls—Middleton 15, La Follette 12.

Sophomores—Middleton 56, La Follette 46

n Verona 88, West 50—Jason Ziemer led four Wildcats in double figures with 23 points as Verona (5-3, 4-2) scored 24 or more points in three separate quarters for a Big Eight rout of visiting Madison West (2-6, 1-5).

Verona also got 17 points from Scott Platto, 12 from Tyler Peterson and 10 from Scott Christensen. The Wildcats led 26-8 after one quarter and never looked back.

John Harth led West with 13 points. Leslie Green added 12.

VERONA 88, WEST 50

West (50)—Horton, 6; Simon, 4; Reynolds, 3; Golden, 3; Bestor, 2; Irby, 2; Jarvis, 2; Smith, 2; Harth, 13; Green, 12; Jones, 1. Totals: 21-2-50.

Verona (88)—Wadzinski, 8; Mason, 6; Rebau, 3; Nauman, 3; Ziemer, 23; Brandt, 2; Reinke, 2; Karls, 2; Platto, 17; Peterson, 12; Christensen, 10. Totals: 36-6-88.

Madison West 8 12 19 11—50

Verona 26 14 24 24—88

Three-point goals—West 6 (Harth 3, Horton 2, Reynolds), Verona 6 (Christensen 2, Platto 2, Zimer, Nauman). Free throws missed—Verona 10, West 4. Total fouls—West 16, Verona 9.