Can Of Wuppass

[4everwarriors]

FYI, future Warrior. Jeronne Maymon, and his Madison Memorial team is laying a big hurt on Jamil Wilson's Racine Horlick team in the Div. 1 Wisconsin high school title game.
Congrats Jeronne! Nice to have another champion lacing it up for MU.

[schubert33]

I hate to say this, but Vander Blue is awesome!!!  I wish MU could have got him.  He reminds me of Devin Harris..

[Nukem2]

Blue is also the very happy recipient of the benefits of a teammate name Jeronne...

[77ncaachamps]

Spartans' conquest
Madison Memorial captures crown over Horlick, 56-41

Madison - The stage was set. The stars came out. The roof caved in.

It happened that fast, that decisively and that convincingly to the Racine Horlick Rebels at the Kohl Center on Saturday night.

The Madison Memorial boys basketball team had something to prove in the WIAA Division 1 state championship game. The Spartans proved it, all right, steam-rolling Horlick with a 56-41 victory.

"That's one incredible basketball team," Horlick coach Jason Treutelaar said of the Spartans (26-1).

Memorial had been pushed to the brink the night before, losing a late lead and then coming from behind in overtime to edge Bay Port. Saturday, though, became nothing less than a coronation for the Spartans.

The end margin was a reasonable 15 points, but the final score was much more polite than this lopsided mess of a game.

Horlick (24-2) faced deficits of 11-3 with 3 minutes left in the first quarter and 15-5 at the end of the first. Memorial's lead grew to 19-5, 23-5, 27-9, 35-13, and, at its worst, 44-19 at the 2:37 mark of the third quarter.

That was it, and that was that.

"We were a little bit on a mission," said Memorial coach Steve Collins, who has led the Spartans to state the last six years, including five appearances in the final and two titles. "I'm never actually surprised by what these guys are able to do."

Especially the Spartans' two Division I-bound leaders, 6-foot-7 senior Jeronne Maymon (a Marquette University recruit) and 6-4 junior guard Vander Blue (committed to Wisconsin).

Maymon, named the state's Mr. Basketball earlier Saturday, totaled 25 points on 11-for-19 shooting and added 12 rebounds. Blue racked up 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Horlick wasn't without its stars, though - at least, not until the second quarter.

That's when the trouble alarm sounded for Rebels senior Jamil Wilson. The 6-foot-7 forward, an Oregon recruit, spent the whole night mired in deep foul trouble and was held to only nine points.

"It frustrated me," said Wilson, who drew four first-half fouls and wound up shooting 4 for 12, including 0 for 5 from three-point range. He added 10 rebounds.

Wilson drew his third foul on offense at 5:59 of the second quarter. He sat down, but pleaded to return when Blue turned a steal at midcourt into a monster dunk for a 23-5 lead at the 4:24 mark. Upon Wilson's return, though, he did little more than jack up a 25-foot miss and draw his fourth foul at 1:13.

"I think the score dictated me putting him back in there," Treutelaar said. "He was just trying to be aggressive, trying to make something happen."

Senior Antwon Oliver, who played all 96 minutes in three tournament games, led Horlick with 13 points, 11 scored after halftime.

The Rebels shot 19 for 53 (35.8%) and missed their first 15 three-point tries before senior Willie Henderson sank one with 26 seconds to play. Horlick was out-rebounded, 36-28, and had 11 turnovers.

"It was a combination of things, their length and their defensive pressure," Treutelaar said of Horlick's shooting woes. "They scramble and trap you all over the place. It disrupted our flow."

And when things unraveled for Horlick, they fell apart in epic fashion.

Horlick shot 2 for 14 in the first quarter and missed its first four shots of the second quarter before seniors Brian Mosley and Carnell Williford made jumpers to halt the onslaught.

"We couldn't get the lid off the basket," Treutelaar said. "You can't get off to a start like that and expect to reel it in."

Horlick finished the half shooting 5 for 25 (20%), including 0 for 11 on three-point tries.

Memorial's lead grew to 44-19 with 2:37 left in the third quarter on a three-pointer by Blue. Horlick scored the last seven points of the quarter, but the closest the Rebels could get in the fourth was the final margin.

Despite the loss, Wilson and Oliver were able to smile during their post-game media session.

"We fought hard through our sectional just to get here. Getting to the championship game was a good feeling," Oliver said. "I wouldn't say it was enough, but second place was good."

Maymon, meanwhile, paused to look back before looking ahead.

"I'm happy and relieved, but kind of sad that I'm never going to get to play with these guys again," he said.

"I grew up with all those seniors," said Blue, who got emotional as he congratulated his teammates in the closing minutes. "I was just thinking about all the memories I had with them, even outside of basketball.

"It's good to win it with the people that you love."

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/41637627.html

Well, Vander, if you love Jeronne and will miss him next year...you can ALWAYS follow him to MU!