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2007-08 Statistics: (see Coach's game notes below)
Our goal at half time was to show the people in the crowd what kind of team we really are. The team responded well and played very hard in the second half. We scored some points and ended up shooting 42% for the game - which was an improvement over the 33% for the first half. We shot 24% from behind the arch. In the first half when we got down, we started taking a lot of 3's. We got in that mode where we thought we had to make up the points in a hurry. What we really needed to do was work the ball better and get better looks at the basket. However, another problem we had was turnovers. We had 12 first half turnovers and 11 in the second half. So working the ball wasn't working either. I'm very proud of how the guys responded in the second half. We could have just quit, but no one did. We had a chance to play in the championship game and that is a big thing for us. We have a game tomorrow, Monday the 18th at Alverno College, against Milw. Area Tech. College. Game time is 8:00pm. I hope we have enough energy and will to rebound from Saturday's loss and play well against MATC. The
winner of that game will play the winner of UW-Waukesha and UW-Fond
du LAC on Wednesday. The winner of the Wednesday game goes on to the
WJCAA STATE TOURNAMENT on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, Feb. 16 UW-WC vs UW-Marathon
UW-Washington County survived a close first half and outscored Marinette by 10 points in the second half to win. We started out strong and jumped out to a 10 point lead early, only to let Marinette back into the game late in the first half. 12 first half turnovers helped the opponent get back into the game. Good shooting by Marinette also helped them get back into the game. Marinette shot 55 % in the first half. Jordan Young had 12 first half points to help their cause. Aaron Lofy had 10 first half points for the Wildcats. At half, we talked about taking care of the ball and working together as a team. We had well balanced scoring for the game. We ended the game with four people in double figures. Matt Erickson ended the game with another double/double. Alex Aisbet and Josh Krueger also had well balanced games. Tim Goodearle and Aaron Lofy did a great job at leading the offense. The real story was our defense though. We held a very good offensive team to 59 points. That took some great team defense. UW-Washington will play UW Marathon at the Conference tournament on Friday (2/15/08).
We wanted to start fast in this game and we did. We jumped out to a 10 to 4 run in the first two minutes of play and never looked back. I was worried before the game because our guys seemed too loose. I did not want us to take Manitowoc lightly. We did a great job of working the ball on offense and we knocked down our shots. We are a good shooting team when we work the ball well and don't force
shots. Matt E. &
Matt P. each had 11 first half points to lead the Wildcats to the
half time break.
tournament time, we need to come together and play great team ball.
We led by 13 pts at
half, but didn't shut the door on Richland until late in the game.
Richland got hot in the second half and made a strong run on us, but
we were able to hold them off with some fast breaks and defensive
rebounds. Our goal was to push the tempo of this game. We thought
at half time that Richland liked to hang around the ball after we
got a defensive rebound, so we pushed the ball. Our post player.
Alex Aisbet did a great job running the court. He scored most of
his 16 points that way. Matt Erickson was 8 of 10 for shooting and
led the Wildcats with 18 points. Matt Parrent and Aaron Lofy scored
15 and 14 points for us. UW Baraboo -at Baraboo on Wednesday. On Saturday the Cats host Western Tech. The game time is 3:00 pm. We will be honoring the parents of our athletes during this game.
We had a much more difficult time scoring in the second half. We had some good looks - just couldn't finish the shots. Fox Valley out rebounded us in the second half. They ended the game with 13 offensive boards and those added opportunities added to points for the Cyclones. It was a three point game with just under a minute to go with the Wildcats up. Two big stops by the Wildcats and two free-throw by Josh Krueger, and a break-away dunk by Matt Erickson sealed the win for us. Josh was 9 of 10 from the free-throw line. We played a great first half and a not so good second half, but more importantly we came away with a win. It is not easy winning on the road at any level. So we will take it. The Wildcats are home on Saturday against cross division rivals Richland Center. Richland is currently in second place in the Western Division. This will be a good game to come and see. GT 3:00pm.
UW Marathon is leading the Western Division with a 6 & 0 record. They are 11 & 3 overall. The Wildcats led at half 34 to 27. We played a lot of zone in the first half and threw Marathon off a little. Marathon was 7 for 28 from the 3-point line. We played our zone pretty good and we mixed it up between a 2-3 and a 1-3-1. Once they figured out the 2-3, we changed things up. We did a good job getting a hand up on their shooters and we did not give them a clean look at the basket. Alex had 7 of his nine rebounds in the first half. Matt Erickson was 5 for 5 shooting in the first half and had 13 points. The second half was a lot like the first half. The Wildcats did a good job working the ball when they had
it in the half court, but had 13 second half turnovers to
which gave Marathon a lead in the beginning of the second half. We
didn't even get a shot of the first 5 times down the court. The
Wildcats bounced back and took the lead midway through the half.
With under two minutes left in the game Marathon had to foul and the
we knocked down our free-throws to seal the win.
Wednesday, Jan. 16 UW-WC vs. UW-Fond du Lac
UW Fond du Lac was not at full strength tonight. They lost a couple of kids for various reasons. Early in the game we took advantage of some miss-matches and jumped out to a 37 to 19 lead. Josh Krueger was 5 for 7 shooting with 10 rebounds. Seven of those boards were offensive rebounds. Matt Erickson had yet another double-double, 19 points and 12 rebounds. The Wildcats scored 20 points off second chance opportunities and 18 points off of steals. Matt Parrent was 3 of 6 from the three point line and ended with 14 points. Tim Goodearle did a nice job distributing the ball and led the team with 6 assists. Overall, the Wildcats played a very sound game. We wanted to continue to work our game on both sides of the court in the second half. We actually played better in the second half. The Wildcats are home on Saturday against UW Marathon. Marathon leads the Western Division at 6-0. Then we are back in our division with a road game against UW Fox Valley. This is a big contest for us and could have tournament implications. Game time is 8:00 p.m., on January 23rd.
We new UW Waukesha would make a hard run at us in the second half. At half time we talked a lot about answering their runs and for the most part we did. Mid-way through the second half Waukesha went on a 6-0 run and went up 1 point. We did answer the run and the game was back and forth the rest of the way. With 9 sec. left in the game the Wildcats were down 3 and had a chance to tie, but Waukesha's Alton Jackson stole the ball and scored to put Waukesha up 5 and seal the victory. The Wildcats have a very important game on Wednesday against UW Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac beat the Wildcats earlier in the season, at Fondy, 59 to 68. A win at home can get us back on the right path.
Thursday, Jan. 10 UW-WC vs. UW-Marshfield The Wildcats started out slow in the first half, against a very active Marshfield team. Marshfield had nine second chance points in the first half to help them lead by seven at the break. Alex Aisbet help the
Wildcats stay close by scoring 6 points in the half. Justin
Hansen was on fire for Marshfield scoring 12 of his 29 points in the
first half. In the second half, all of the Wildcats got involved in the getting the Cats back into the game. Justin Schneider hit two big threes early in the second half to stop a small run by Marshfield. Then Matt Parrent hit 4 of his 5 threes in the half. Aaron Lofy hit a 3 pointer to tie the game with 2 seconds left on the clock. That sent the game into overtime. Aaron was clutch down the stretch hitting two 3's and shooting 3 for 4 from the free-throw line. Alex also hit two big free-throws in overtime. Matt Erickson had another double double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Justin Hansen hit 29 points against us, but he missed a game winning free-throw at the end of the game. The Cats hit their free-throws when we needed them.
In the second half, we started strong and took the led at the 14:00 minute mark. But Marinette answered with a little run of their own and then the lead was back and forth. The Wildcats regained the lead with a little over four minutes remaining -but was not able to hold on. With under two minutes left, we were forced to foul and Marinette did a good job of hitting free-throw at the end. Matt Erickson had a double double to help lead the Wildcats.
The Wildcats were up 11 points at half time, 43 to 32, over the Alumni. We played a very good first half. We worked the ball very well on offense and knocked down some big shots. Matt Erickson had 10 points and Matt Christian hit two threes to help us jump out ahead. Josh Dahlen hit three threes to help the Alumni stay close. Jared Bublitz hit a shot at the half time buzzer to make things exciting for the crowd and to keep the Alumni close.
We knew the Alumni team had a lot of fire power and could get hot at any time, and they did in the second half. Travis Kearns hit 13 of his 17 points in the second half. Jesse Hayhurst hit 9 second half points to help the Alumni keep the game close. This was the best played Alumni game I have been a part of. We played very well and the alumni team did a great job! Matt Erickson and Alex Aisbet each had double -doubles for the Cats. The Wildcats travel to UW Marinette on Tuesday. Game time is 7:00 pm.
Thursday, Jan. 3 UW-WC vs McHenry College We were down thirteen points in the first half, but could have been even very easily. We worked the ball well, but couldn't get our shots to fall. We played them about as tough as we could have.
The second half we continued to play tough, physical ball, but we were wore down somewhat from the first half. We did not work the ball as well offensively. We lost Josh Krueger early in the first half and we were not able to rotate our players as well as we would have liked.
This was a good game to open up with because the talent level was very high and we were pushed hard the whole game. Now we can build on the pluses and improve upon the sloppy ball play in the second half. A lot of that is conditioning and we hope to gain that back soon.
Our next game is home against UW-WC Alumni on Saturday. Girl Wildcats play at 12:00 noon and the guys play at 3:00. Then next week we are back in our division. We play UW Marinette on Tuesday. Game time is 7:00, at Marinette.
Wednesday, Dec. 12 UW-WC vs UW-Sheboygan The Wildcats finished the first semester strong with a win against Sheboygan. We finished the season at 4 wins and 2 losses, behind UW Fond du Lac at 5 and 1 and UW Waukesha at 6 and 0. We knew UW -Sheboygan was down a little this year. Our goal for the game was to play fundamentally sound basketball for 40 minutes. We knew we would be able to rotate a lot and we wanted to play good ball no matter what the rotation was. Matt Erickson had a great game missing only one shot the entire game. Matt Christian had a season best of 11 points and Alex Aisbet came off the bench and scored 15. Our defense has played strong all year. We held Sheboygan to 11 points each half.
The athletes now have to concentrate on final exams, which start on Friday. The Wildcats will get back into action on the 3rd of January when they travel to McHenry CC. Game time is 7:15 pm.
semester is on
Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (12/12/07). The time was changed from
8:00pm to 7:00pm. Monday, Dec. 3 UW-WC vs Milwaukee Tech:
In the first
half we did a nice job of working the ball and looking inside to our
post players. Josh Krueger had 9 points in the first half to lead
the Wildcats. Josh also did a nice job rebounding. We did a great
job of spreading the ball around. We had four people in double
figures and another with 8 points. When we worked our offense good
things happened for us in the first half. We had too many turnovers
in the second half and did not get as many opportunities to work the
ball around. When we did, we got some good looks at the basket
and the first few minutes in the second half, we played slow and without much emotion, allowing Fox Valley back into the game. Dylan Hein passed the ball down low for a basket at the half time buzzer to cut the Willcats lead to 5.
In the second half Fox Valley jumped to a 10 to 4 run - to go up by 1. The Wildcats responded and took the lead for good. We hit a couple of free-throws down the stretch to seal the win. Fox Valley did a great job staying - working the ball on offense and keeping the score close. Next game Saturday @ 2:00, UW Barron. Monday, Nov. 26 UW-WC vs. UW-Marshfield: We wanted to start fast in this game and we did, scoring 49 first half points. We did a nice job getting the ball up the court and capitalizing on some inside baskets. We pressured them early and got a couple of turnovers that were converted to points. Lofy & Erickson helped spark us in the first half scoring 12 & 14 points while Parrent scored 9 points in the half. We did a much better job finishing inside. We have to take advantage inside when we can.
In the second half, Marshfield cut the margin to single digits, but we hit our free-throws when we needed to. Mitch Tarras had 5 assists for us. Matt Parrent and Matt Erickson each had a double double. Erickson 23 pts and 12 rebounds and Matt Parrent 16 points and 10 rebounds. Alex Aisbet also did a great job for us scoring 8 points and grabbing 6 boards. Josh Krueger also did a good job on the boards grabbing 8. This was a great team effort! Next - UW Fox Valley on Wednesday, at 8:00 pm.
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