Well, tonight the sectional semi-final for the Ripon Girls takes place against Pewaukee at West Bend West. It seems to match up on paper as a very equal game. Both teams have girls of about the same height (somewhere between 5'7'' and 6'0''), comparable records (Pewaukee: 17-5 Ripon 19-3), and they both love to shoot up the 3-pointer (Pewaukee has made 100 3-point baskets, Ripon's made 104), so theoretically, this should be a very good match up.
My opinion, this game is going to ultimately come down to defense. Pewaukee runs a 1-2-1-1 press on made baskets and falls back into a 2-3 zone. On a missed basket, they normally run back man-to-man. In other words, they use a lot of different defensive strategies. Ripon, on the other hand, runs a lot of zone trap, but lately have been using man-to-man more. Thanks to Jason for a little help...at least the numbers part.
Ripon has made it to the sectionals the last two years - getting beat in the sectional semi-finals last year, and getting beat in the sectional final the year before. Do I think Ripon will pull it out tonight? Yes...but I think it will be a close scoring game, as both are very equal when it comes down to PPG.
My final? Ripon 58 Pewaukee 53
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