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Memorial drops Craig boys

MADISON — Another slow start led to another Big Eight Conference loss for Janesville Craig High School’s boys basketball team Saturday night.

Five-time defending conference champion Madison Memorial had a 16-point lead after the first quarter and coasted to a 57-37 win.

“Memorial is Memorial and their pattern is to play cat and mouse,” Craig coach Bob Suter said. “They play around and play around with you and when they’ve had enough of you all of a sudden they chomp, and they chomped.”

The loss was the fifth in the last six games for Craig (6-8, 5-7) and the second time in the last two games that the Cougars fell below 40 points.

The second-ranked Spartans (13-1, 11-1) had three players in double figures, led by Marquette University recruit Jeronne Maymon, who finished with a game-high 18. Tre Creamer added 13 points for Memorial and University of Wisconsin recruit Vander Blue, a junior, chipped in 12.

Craig senior center JoJo Pregont was the only Cougar in double figures for the second straight game. Pregont finished with 11 points.

Despite trailing by 19 at half, Craig played even with the Spartans the second half.

MEMORIAL 57, CRAIG 37

Craig (37)—Fredricks, 2-0-4; Goike, 2-0-5; Pregont, 5-1-11; Lowe, 1-1-3; Wright, 3-1-7; Bates, 1-0-3; Condon, 1-0-2; Clanfield, 1-0-2. Totals: 16-3-37.

Memorial (57)—Jones, 1-0-3; Creamer, 6-0-13; V. Blue, 5-2-12; Lomomba, 3-2-8; Fruhling, 1-1-3; Maymon, 9-0-18. Totals: 25-5-57.

Janesville Craig 5 10 9 13—37

Madison Memorial 21 13 11 12—57

Three-point goals—Craig 2 (Bates, Goike), Memorial 2 (Jones, Creamer). Free throws missed—Craig 4, Memorial 3. Total fouls—Craig 12, Memorial 8.

Sophomores—Memorial won.

n Middleton 62, Sun Prairie 46—Matt Everson scored 16 points to lead Middleton to a Big Eight Conference win.

Middleton (6-9, 5-8) outscored Sun Prairie 35-19 in the second half as the two teams split the season series.

Sam Marshall led Sun Prairie (5-8, 3-8) with 14 points.

MIDDLETON 62, SUN PRAIRIE 46

Sun Prairie (46)—Handel, 3-0-7; Enstad, 2-3-7; Boos, 3-1-8; Davis, 0-1-1; Marshall, 7-0-14; Noskowiak, 4-0-9. Totals: 19-5-46.

Middleton (62)—Adler, 6-0-13; McCauley, 1-2-5; Braga, 2-4-10; Owen, 0-5-5; Everson, 7-1-16; Joyce, 1-0-2; Yaktes, 2-0-4; Nunnery, 2-3-7. Totals: 21-15-62.

Sun Prairie 11 16 8 11—46

Middleton 18 9 15 20—62

Three-point goals—Sun Prairie 3 (Noskowiak, Boos, Handel), Middleton 5 (Braga 2, Adler, McCauley, Everson). Free throws missed—Sun Prairie 5, Middleton 6. Total fouls—Sun Prairie 18, Middleton 15.

Sophomores—Sun Prairie 52, Middleton 50.

n East 63, West 40—Marquis Mason scored 13 points to lead four players in double figures as the Purgolders stayed a half-game behind first-place Madison Memorial with the Big Eight win.

EAST 63, WEST 40

West (40)—Irby, 9; Simon, 8; Armstrong, 6; Carey, 5; Jarvis, 4; Reynolds, 3; Green, 3; Harth, 2. Totals: 15-3-40.

East (63)—Baccallao, 6; Terry, 5; Bartelt, 4; Carter, 2; Mason, 13; Hilliard IV, 11; Galligan, 11; McAdams, 10; Park, 1. Totals: 25-7-63.

Madison West 12 6 7 15—40

Madison East 12 22 20 9—63

Three-point goals—West 7 (Armstrong 2, Irby 2, Carey, Green, Reynolds), East 6 (Galligan 3, Hilliard IV 3). Free throws missed—West 7, East 7. Total fouls—West 15, East 11.

n La Follette 69, Beloit 65 (OT)—The Purple Knights frittered away a nine-point lead en route to the overtime defeat.

Beloit was on top 52-43 after three quarters, but the Lancers gained a 16-7 fourth-quarter advantage to put the game into OT.

La Follette gained a 10-6 edge in the overtime for the win. The Lancers’ D.J. Fuller scored four of his 13 points in OT.

LA FOLLETTTE 69, BELOIT 65 (OT)

La Follette (69)—Dybvik, 2-0-4; Klinkner, 5-1-15; Henley, 5-1-12; Redmen, 4-4-13; Padgett, 1-0-2; Fuller, 4-5-13; DuBois, 5-0-10; Totals 26-11-16 69

Beloit (65)—Sims, 1-0-2; Stone, 2-0-4; Lindsey, 1-0-3; Young, 1-0-2; smith, 4-1-11; Evans, 3-5-11; Parks, 4-8-16; Davis, 6-4-16. Totals: 22-18-26 65.

La Follette 17 9 17 16 10—69

Beloit Memorial 21 14 17 7 6—65

Three-point goals—La Follette 6 (Klinkner 4, Henley, Redman), Beloit 3 (Lindsey, Smith 2). Free throws missed—La Follette 5, Beloit 8. Total fouls—La Follette 20, Beloit 21. Fouled out—Henley.