Central Boys Win Conference in Finale

The Central boy’s basketball team needed a win on Thursday night to clinch the Southern Lakes Conference title.

Sophomore Jack Rose scored 26 points and the Falcons beat host Wilmot 69-59.

Wilmot charged out to a 21-15 lead with 8 minutes remaining in the first half. But three minutes later, Central would tie up the score at 23-23 on a long 3-pointer by Rose. The Falcons went into halftime with a 33-29 lead.

In the second half Central added to the lead. Junior, Corey Hinze, scored 10 of his 17 points, while going 6 for 6 from the line. Sophomore, Bradley Bell, blocked several shots, played stout defense in the middle, and dropped in six of his ten points.

Wilmot junior, London Glass, led the Panthers with 14 points.

Leading scorers:

• Jack Rose (Central) ——- 26 points
• Corey Hinze (Central) ——— 17 points
• London Glass (Wilmot) —— 14 points
• Hunter Lindsay (Wilmot) —- 12 points
• Kevin Sandman (Wilmot) —– 12 points
• Jared Camp (Wilmot) ——– 10 points
• Bradley Bell (Central) ——— 10 points

Final season SLC standings:

School Name	*W-L	*Pct.	*PF	*PA	W-L	Pct.	PF	PA	Strk
Westosha Central	11-2	0.846	742	607	14-9	0.609	1,269	1,136	2 W
Elkhorn	11-2	0.846	866	664	17-4	0.810	1,403	1,121	2 W
Burlington	10-4	0.714	808	711	14-8	0.636	1,290	1,169	10 W
Union Grove	7-6	0.538	742	747	9-12	0.429	1,186	1,260	3 L
Waterford	7-7	0.500	814	832	13-9	0.591	1,365	1,312	1 W
Wilmot	6-8	0.429	902	905	9-13	0.409	1,504	1,559	1 L
Delavan-Darien	1-12	0.077	673	900	3-18	0.143	1,096	1,331	3 L
Badger	1-13	0.071	766	947	2-20	0.091	1,119	1,449	8 L

• * Denotes conference data.

Both teams will now prepare for the WIAA playoffs, with #8 Wilmot hosting #9 Jefferson on Tuesday, March 3rd. Central (4th seed) will open their playoffs on Friday, March 6th with a home game vs #5 Milton.

Here is the WIAA boys basketball playoff bracket:

https://halftime.wiaawi.org/CustomApps/Tournaments/Brackets/HTML/2020_Basketball_Boys_Div2_Sec3_4.html

Good luck to both county teams in the 2020 WIAA playoffs.