Brookfield/Elm Grove Monthly

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Play Music game. $30/student • Register by Feb. 25 • ART • DESIGN • MUSIC • CREATIVITY CALL: 10AM - 3PM • M-F 262-781-1002 241530002 OFFER C a sh R e w a r d 2 4 2 1 2 5 0 0 1 OFFER C a sh R e w a r d By Tony Mooren Freeman Correspondent BROOKFIELD — Chris- tian Simon had a most mem- orable second half. The Brookfield East High School senior scored 15 of his game-high 23 points in the final two quarters to go along with three rebounds in a tough 53-46 Greater Metro Conference victory over Menomonee Falls last month. Simon scored 15 of East's 24 second-half points on 3-for-4 shooting from the field — all 3-pointers — and 6-for-6 accuracy from the free-throw line. Time after time, Simon's shooting either kept the Spartans close, expanded a slight cushion or gave them a lead. His 23 points were one shy of his season high. And his best recollection was? "My favorite play was get- ting the ball into Dom (junior Dominic Cartier) down low, which opened up some other shots and play- ers," Simon said. Uh, yeah, that was impor- tant but the team needed some scoring after the Falls stormed back from a 29-22 halftime deficit to get within a point midway through the third quarter and had the lead on four occasions in the next 6 minutes, 32 seconds. But it was Simon to the res- cue. His two 3-pointers were East's only points of the third quarter, which ended with the Indians up 37-35 — and he then scored nine points in the final quarter. But make no mistake, Cartier's baskets were huge. With the Falls ahead 42-39, Cartier took his fourth shot of the game and it was blocked. On East's next two posses- sions, senior Corey Smith and Simon found Cartier on the low post for drop-step baskets and a 43-42 lead. "He decided to assert him- self," East coach Matt Malett said of Cartier. Simon followed with his fifth 3-pointer for a four- point lead and following junior Bryce McMurtry's 15th point of the game, he nailed two free throws to regain the four-point mar- gin. McMurtry scored again with 1:14 remaining to get the Indians back within two points, but a free throw by Smith, two free throws by senior Jimmy Engelhart and two by Simon closed the game. "Christian was huge," Malett said. "He's a nice weapon to have when your offense isn't clicking." "I was definitely feeling it, and my teammates saw it, too," Simon said. "It's a great feeling." Simon scored eight of East's first 10 points and did- n't score again until 14:34 later with only four shots during that time. Falls' defense was part of that, and East was doing fine without his scoring until a rash of turnovers to start the second half curtailed all scoring (four turnovers, three missed shots), which allowed the Falls to close the gap. "Menomonee Falls was very physical with us and we didn't respond well," Malett said. "That's one thing we have to work on." Falls, meanwhile, had to work on closing games after losing its first four GMC games by seven points or less. "That's (narrow losses) the story of our year," Falls coach Ben Farley said. "We were looking to turn the cor- ner tonight. We had control of the game and got into our safest sets, but then we took a really bad shot. We had some poor decision-making at the end. "At times our defense played really well against a very good offensive team, but we need to find some confidence and turn the cor- ner." McMurtry finished with 17 points and senior Jake Stauffacher added 12 points. Cartier led East to a 19-17 rebound edge with five. He and Simon each had two in the final quarter. "It's hard to get rebounds from Dom," Simon said. "But I was trying to get in there and do anything I could to help our team win." Spartans grind out victory Simon scores 23 for East PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Brookfield East 53, Menomonee Falls 46 Mary Catanese/Special to The Freeman Brookfield East's Christian Simon makes it past Menomonee Falls' Dontrell Handy during a Greater Metro Conference game at East. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Divine Savior 57, Brookfield Central 40 Lancers can't keep up with DSHA By Andrew Wagner Freeman Correspondent MILWAUKEE — One more good quarter, and the story probably turns out a little differently for the Lancers. The Brookfield Central High School girls basket- ball team played incredi- bly well in the first and third periods but went cold and flat in the second and fourth. The end result? A 57-40 Greater Metro Conference loss to Divine Savior Holy Angels last month at Marquette High School. DSHA's gymnasium is being renovated, so the Dashers are playing home games at Marquette this winter. "Our kids battled, and I couldn't be more proud or pleased with the way they battled," said Lancers head coach Mallory Liebl, who spent the last four seasons as an assistant at DSHA. "They literally left everything they had out on the court." Central's success was largely dictated by its abil- ity to contain Dashers senior wing Arike Ogun- bowale, who led all scorers with 36 points. The Uni- versity of Notre Dame recruit was largely silent in the first quarter, as Central raced out to an early lead. But she con- nected from just past mid- court as time expired in the first, tying the score at 11-11. Even with the Lancers switching to a zone defense, Ogunbowale erupted in the second by scoring 11 points while the Lancers couldn't buy a shot. As a result, Central went into the locker room down 27-17 at halftime. "She's such a tough play- er — one of the best in the country," Liebl said. "It's tough to stop her, but for the most part we did a good job keeping every- body else off the score- sheet." The Lancers caught fire out of the break and used a 9-0 run to make it a one- point game with 3:20 left in the third. DSHA went nearly three minutes without a basket during that stretch, and the Dashers hurt their own cause with a pair of costly offensive fouls — includ- ing one that wiped out a layup by Ogunbowale with 3:45 left. Ogunbowale finally snapped the scoring drought with 3:03 left in the quarter, but sophomore guard Caroline Busch con- verted a pair of free throws to again bring the Lancers within one point. But Central threw the ball away on its next two possessions, leading to a timeout with 1:52 left. The Lancers came up empty on the next two possessions, while the Dashers got five points from Taylor Drost to close out the quarter up 36-32 and used a 10-2 run that included seven from Ognubowale to pull away, leading by as many as 17 in the fourth. "Those tur novers are very uncharacteristic of us, but we were just wor n out," Liebl said. "We worked so hard to cut that lead, and it was an awesome comeback. We just couldn't finish it out." Busch led the Lancers with 11 points, and senior guard Emma Brauer fin- ished with nine. Sopho- more post Claire Haynes and junior guard added eight points each. Game slips away in fourth quarter for Central

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