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Craig boys fall at East

A cold-shooting Janesville Craig boys basketball team lost its Big Eight Conference opener Tuesday night.

The Cougars were 3-of-17 from beyond the arc and missed 11 free throws in a 67-54 loss to Madison East.

Craig (1-1, 0-1) trailed by one after one quarter but was outscored 20-8 in the second in falling behind by 13 at half. The Cougars cut the lead to nine in the third but could get no closer.

Nolan Maresch had nine points to lead the Cougars.

Craig plays at Madison Edgewood at 5:45 p.m. Saturday in the two schools' annual nonconference tilt.

EAST 67, CRAIG 54

Craig (54)—Ngobi, 4-0-8; Malmanger, 3-0-8; Maresch, 3-2-9; Murphy, 1-1-3; Chang, 0-1-1; Morgan, 1-0-2; Hollinsaid, 0-3-3; Foster, 3-1-7; Carlson, 2-3-7; Eden, 3-0-6. Totals: 20-11-54.

East (67)—Abodo, 1-1-4; Deang, 1-0-2; Redd, 2-2-6; McClin, 2-1-6; Seymour, 5-0-12; Kahm, 1-3-6; Lachey, 1-2-4; Brathwaite, 1-2-4; Burke, 1-2-5; Keitzer, 6-4-18. Totals: 21-17-67.

Janesville Craig 13 8 17 16—54

Madison East 14 20 16 17—67.

Three-point goals—Craig 3 (Malmanger 2, Maresch), East 8 (Keitzer 2 Seymour 2, Kahm, Burke, Abodo, McLin). Free throws missed—Craig 11, East 7. Total fouls—Craig 17, East 18. Fouled out—Maresch.

Sophomores—Craig won.

-- Memorial 57, Middleton 47—Memorial switched to a diamond-and-two defense in the second half to gradually pull away from host Middleton.

Derek Rongstad led Middleton with 18 points.

MEMORIAL 57, MIDDLETON 47

Memorial (57)—Ortiz, 2-1-4; Walters, 4-6-15; Smith, 2-1-6; Weah, 6-1-13; Helle, 2-0-4; Fountain, 1-1-3; Lindquist, 2-6-10; Tauber, 1-0-2. Totals: 20-15-57.

Middleton (47)—Hill, 1-0-2; Passini, 1-1-3; Markel, 5-1-11; Rongstad, 6-4-18; Little, 2-3-7; Schultz, 2-0-4; Revord, 1-0-2. Totals: 18-9-47.

Memorial 19 14 10 14—57

Middleton 12 19 5 11—47

Three-point goals—Memorial 2 (Walters, Smith), Middleton 2 (Rongstad 2). Free throws missed—Memorial 10, Middleton 7. Total fouls—Memorial 19, Middleton 28. Fouled out—Markel.

-- Beloit 64, Verona 63—Beloit jumped out to a 19-4 first-quarter lead on visiting Verona, then had to hang on for the narrow victory.

Andre Neal scored 10 of his game-high 25 points in the first quarter for the Purple Knights. Jaylyn Edwards added 12.

BELOIT 64, VERONA 63

Verona (63)—Ndobegam, 1-0-2; Flova, 3-0-9; Tackett, 2-2-6; Argall, 6-2-16; Toman, 5-2-12; Kallerman, 6-0-16; Stiner, 1-0-2. Totals: 24-6-63.

Beloit (64)—Farr, 4-0-8; Edwards, 5-2-12; Barnes, 3-0-6; Peacock, 1-0-2; Morris, 4-0-9; Neal, 8-6-25; Gil, 1-0-2. Totals: 26-8-64.

Verona 4 20 21 18—63

Beloit 19 10 15 20—64

Three-point goals—Verona 9 (Flova 3, Argall 2, Kellerman 4), Beloit 4 (Morris, Neal 3). Free throws missed—Verona 9, Beloit 7. Total fouls—Verona 14, Beloit 14.