One thing that is always fun for me, is breaking out the rosters to see who was recruited by whom, and also, to see where these kids are from. As always, there are fifteen players with Milwaukee and Wisconsin ties. Let's take a look.....
Milwaukee - Its hard to single anyone out, because I consider everyone on this roster to be "from here", but those from in-state...
#3 Kyle Kelm - Randolph High School - A soph, Kelm is averaging over 25 MPG, 4.5 RPG and 7.8 PPG.
#15 Mitch Roelke - Waunakee HS - The soph walk-on has is averaging 4.4 MPG in 16 appearances.
#22 Evan Richard - Cuba City HS - The freshman is averaging 11.9 MPG and 2.9 PPG.
#23 J.J. Panoske - Brodhead HS - The freshman is using a developmental red-shirt year this season.
#33 Quinton Gustavson - Racine Case HS - The soph walk-on is averaging 2.5 MPG in 10 appearances.
#42 James Haarsma - Racine St. Catherine's - The junior transfer from Evansville averages over 27 MPG, 10.5 PPG & 5.5 Rebs.
#45 Christian Wolf - Kohler HS - The junior walk-on averages 4.5 MPG in 19 appearances.
Green Bay Phoenix - Coach Brian Wardle has 3 homegrown players on his roster....
#13 Kam Cerroni - Sussex Hamilton - The soph averages over 24 MPG, 8.1 PPG and shoots 47% from behind the arc.
#11 Jarvis Williams - Bradley Tech - A senior leader, Williams has missed most all of the season with a foot injury.
#55 Clayton Heuer - Wis. Rapids Lincoln - The soph has averaged 4 MPG in 14 appearances.
Cleveland State - The Vikings have one local player on their roster
#31 Charles Lee - Milwaukee Hamilton - The freshman PG averages over 17 MPG, 4 PPG and has 66 assists.
Loyola - The Ramblers have three local players....
#14 Chim Kadima - Milwaukee Lutheran - A 6'4 soph,
#24 Ben Averkamp - Germantown - A 2nd team All Horizon selection, the 6'8 junior averages 34.5 MPG, 15.2 PPG & 7 RPG.
#44 John Benkoske - Oshkosh West - A 6'9 senior, Benkoske has appeared in 26 games and averages over 8 MPG.
Youngstown State - The penguins have one player on their roster...
#22 Cale Zuiker - Marshfield HS - The 6'9 freshman is averaging 3.6 minutes in 12 appearances.
Overall a pretty good showing for the Wisconsin players. If you want to catch their games, the Horizon League will be streaming all games online at www.HorizonLeague.org. Here are the brackets....