Former Stay In The Game stand out wing guard, Brad Starken was named the Iowa Community College Athletic Association - Division 2 basketball player of the week.
The 6'5 - WG guard put up 30 points in Ellsworth's 115 - 80 win over North Central CC, by going 9 - 12 from the field, 6 - 8 from the 3 point line, and 6 - 6 from the foul line.
In the Ellsworth Panthers 97 - 80 win against Central CC (Nebraska), Starken scored a team high 22 points on 8 - 9 shooting from the field, 6 - 6 from the 3 point line, and 7 - 9 from the foul line. Brad also blocked 2 shots and grabbed 5 rebounds.
Starken is currently averaging 26 points per game, and is shooting 86% from behind the 3 point line.
Stay In The Game's own, Jacolby Hardiman (Milwaukee Bradley Tech) scored a career-high 20 points in his return home, but he couldn't lift the Central Michigan Chippewas past No. 25-ranked Marquette on Tuesday.
The Golden Eagles used a sizeable advantage at the free throw line to pull away in the end for an 81-67 win in the Bradley Center.
Hardiman, a University of Arkansas Fort-Smith junior college transfer is in his first season with the Chippewas. In the game against Marquette, Jacolby played 35 minutes, and went 8-for-12 from the floor while grabbing a team-high seven rebounds, six of them on the offensive end.
Diante Garrett's basket with 0:11 left gave ISU its first lead since the 18:35 mark of the second half, as Iowa State battled back from a 14-point second-half deficit and overcame an eight-point margin with less then three minutes remaining to down UC Davis, 61-58,.
Diante (Milwaukee Vincent) played a great floor game for the Cyclones, scoring 6 points, dished out 5 assists, and grabbed 4 rebounds.
Coach Greg McDermott acknowledged had nothing but high praise for his sophomore point guard. "Diante is hard to guard." "He's shifty with the ball. He is really growing up as a point guard and I was really proud of him tonight."
When Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy pencils Jason Hart's name into the starting lineup or sends the dependable eight-year veteran into the game, he's got a pretty good idea of what to expect.
"Jason is solid, he defends and runs your team," Dunleavy said.
But with the Clippers losing their first four games, maybe solid isn't what the team needs. So before the Clippers' game against the Utah Jazz on Monday night, Dunleavy decided to shake things up, elevating explosive rookie point guard Mike Taylor ahead of Hart on the depth chart.
"Mike at times is explosive," Dunleavy said. "He had a really good preseason for us. With his quickness defensively and his ability to put points on the board, transition-wise, it was a little bit more what we needed right now.
"If he doesn't show that ability, then the next guy goes again, Jason gets another shot at doing what he can do."
Dunleavy said he'll have to live with Taylor's growing pains.
"He's a rookie, there's going to be ups and downs. What I'm going to do with him is try to keep his confidence up," Dunleavy said. "The first thing that is undeniable, though, and you can ask any player on our team, (Taylor's) energy and his ethic has been tremendous. Whatever happens, if it's not good, it's not because he wasn't trying."
The University of Wisconsin Whitewater took on the difficult task of trying to upset the University of Wisconsin Badgers in an exhibition game on Tuesday night at the Kohl Center in Madison. And for a half the Warhawks kept the game close, largely in part due to the performance of Myles McKay.
McKay (Menomonee Falls HS) lead both teams in scoring with 16 points, on 5 -12 shooting from the field, while going 5 - 5 from the foul line in 34 minutes of action. However, it was not enough as the Warhawks lost to the Badgers by the score of 64 - 47.
The Iowa Western men's basketball team opened up the season on the road against Central Nebraska, currently the 17th ranked team in division II junior college basketball.
The Reivers were lead by former Stay In The Game WG, Charlie Westbrook, who scored 18 points to lead the team to an 80 -74 victory.
Ellsworth Community College opened their 2008 season with a smashing victory over William Penn College by the score of 127 - 59.
Leading the way for Ellsworth was former Stay In The Game standout wing guard, Brad Starken (Muskego HS). Starken scored a game high 21 points, while grabing 9 rebounds in the seaon opener for Ellsworth College.
Even though it is only the pre-season, very few people would have thought that Stay In The Game's own, Mike Taylor (Milwaukee Marshall) would be playing as well as he has thus far in his early NBA career.
Last night was no exception, as Taylor and his LA Clippers teammates defeated the Sacramento Kings by the score of 116 - 112.
Taylor came off the bench to score 21 points, to go along with his 9 assists and 3 steals in the game. He has scored 20 points or more in 2 of the 3 Clippers pre-season games. But more importantly, he is earning the respect from his teammates and confidence from head coach, Mike Dunleavy.
The Iowa State Cyclone basketball website recently did a great feature story on former Stay In The Game stand-out guard Diante Garrett (Milwaukee Vincent) and his relationship with his father Dick.
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There was an article recently done in the LA Times on former Stay In The Game stand-out Mike Taylor.
Taylor is currently a rookie with the Los Angeles Clippers and was the 55th player selected in the 2008 NBA draft. Click on the link below to read Taylor's interview:
Stay In The Game's own Mike Taylor continues to impress the LA Clippers fans, players, staff, and front office with his play on the court as he again helped lead the Cippers to a 90 - 88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
It was Taylor who set up the go-ahead basket with a steal. Then, moments later, it was Taylor that threw down the emphatic dunk to seal the victory for the Clippers second straight pre-season win and first road victory of the season.
Taylor played 27 minutes in the game, largely in part to Baron Davis being out with the flu, and responded well by scoring 14 points, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds in the game for the Clippers.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out point guard D'Angalo Jackson (Milwaukee Pius XI) competed last weekend in a junior college jamboree in Denton, TX in front of many division I college coaches from all over the country.
The 6'0 Jackson is listed on many recruiting lists as a mid-major plus prospect, and is receiving strong interest from the University of Houston and Ball State University after his strong showing over the weekend.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out guard, Mike Taylor entered his first NBA pre-season game of his career against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers last week in Fresno, CA.
You would think the first year player for the Los Angeles Clippers would have been intimidated by his surroundings and playing against the Western Conference Champions of 2007 - 2008.
However, all Taylor would do is score 20 points, dish out 3 assists, and grab 3 rebounds to help lead the LA Clippers past the LA Lakers 107 - 80.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out guard Marcus Morgan (Whitefish Bay Dominican) who helped lead the Kinghts to a 23 -2 record and a state tournament appearance is currently enrolled at Concordia University in Mequon, WI.
The 6'0 WG Morgan, who was a 2 year varsity player, and one of the key contributors for the Knights this past season as a starter. During his senior year, Morgan averaged 10 ppg and will play for Coach Shaun Cassidy.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out DeMarcus Phillips (Milwaukee Washington) who helped lead the Purgolders to a 23 -1 record is currently enrolled at Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown, IA.
The 6'3 Phillips, who was named Wisconsin's Mr Basketball was a first team all-state, the city conference player of the year, and first team all-city at Milwaukee Washington by averaging 22 ppg, 6 apg, 5 rpg and 4 steals per game.
The dynamic and exciting Phillips is the most heralded recruit to attend Marshalltown CC, and will play for Coach Brynar Brynarssen.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out Patrick Davis (Milwaukee Washington) who helped lead the Purgolders to a 23 -1 record is currently enrolled at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, FL.
The 6'8 C Davis, who was an honorable mention all-state and first team all-city conference basketball player at Milwaukee Washington by averaging 6 ppg, 10 rpg and 5 blocks per game will play for Coach Jay Powell.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out Steve "Buck" Ivory Jr (Milwaukee North HS) is currently enrolled at Sheridan Community College in Sheridan,WY.
Ivory is a 6'5 PF who was an honorable mention all-state and first team all-city conference basketball player at North Division by averaging 15 ppg and 10 rpg.
After an outstanding spring in the IBL, leading his team to their 3rd consecutive Eastern Conference Championship, Chris Charles (Greendale HS / Villanova University) was recently named an IBL All-Star.
The 7'0 Charles earned this honor by compiling some very solid performances in the IBL, averaging 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks per game. Those numbers were also good enough to help earn Charles a spot on the Chicago Bulls summer league team.
With the start of the men's college basketball season a couple of weeks away from official start of practice, schools have already begun to offer former Stay In The Game stand-out guard, D'Angalo Jackson (Milwaukee Pius XI).
Jackson, is a 6'0 - ulta quick point guard, currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, one of the top junior colleges in the country.
Jackson has already received scholarship offers from Ball State, Mississippi Valley State, and Lamar University.
Aaron Jones who spent last year at IMG Academy in Orlando FL has accepted a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Alaska - Ankorage, a division 2 school.
The 6'2 Jones, a stand-out combo-guard at Menomonee Falls high school decided on UAA after receiving several other division 2 basketball offers.
Charlie Westbrook has transferred from Montana State University to Iowa Western CC after one season.
Westbrook, a 6'3 WG from Milwaukee Riverside HS decided to transfer over the summer after being offered a scholarship by Iowa Western CC men's head basketball coach, Jim Morris.
Chris Charles continues to enjoy the fruits of his labor after being name to the Chicago Bulls summer league team which will play in Orlando, FL, July 7th - 11th.
The 7'0 Charles (Greendale HS) has earned the opportunity to play with the #1 NBA draft selection Derrick Rose, along with Tyus Thomas, and Joakim Noah after being one of the top performers in the IBL, by averaging 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks per game.
Former Milwaukee Washington HS and Wisconsin Badger stand-out guard Freddie Owens is the new graduate assistant basketball coach at Iowa State University.
Owens will start this year at Iowa State after completing this past season as the assistant men's basketball coach at Adams State College. A small division 2 school in Colorado.
Chris Charles had a very productive summer this year earning valuable minutes and experience playing in the International Basketball League (IBL).
Charles (Greendale, HS / Villanova University) participated this past spring in the IBL with the Elkhart, IN Express, which also featured two other Stay In The Game products, 6'8 - PF Marcus Lewis (Bradley Tech HS), and 6'3 - WG Phil Calvert (Greendale HS).
However, it was Charles that helped lead the Express to their 3rd consecutive Eastern Conference Championship in a 147 - 130 victory over the Battle Creek, MI Knights. Charles lead the way for the Express with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks.
It may not be the the NBA Finals, but it is the next best thing as Stay In The Game product - Mike Taylor (Milwaukee Marshall) and his Idaho Stampede teammates defeated the Austin Toro's in game 3 of the D-League Finals to win the league championship with a 108 - 101 victory in Boise, ID in front of a sell-out crowd of over 4,000 people.
Taylor was at the top of his game for what was the biggest game of his professional career, playing 28 minutes, while going 10 - 16 from the field, 7 - 10 from the 3 point line, for a game high 27 points, to go along with 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
Taylor has clearly established himself as one of the premier players in the NBDL and has the opportunity to be the first player in NBDL history to be drafted to play in the NBA. Click on the links below to read more about Mike Taylor's incredible game 3 exploits...
In the first round of the NBDL play-offs, the Idaho Stampede received a bye by having the best record in the league with a record of 36 -14, along with the leagues highest winning percentage in history.
However, last night, the vacation was over as the Stampede had to face their nemesis, the LA Defenders in a very tough match up to see who would advance to the NBDL finals.
It was the Stampede who emerged victorious on the night by defeating the Defenders 97 - 90 in front of the largest crowd of the season, 4,053 people at Quest arena in Boise, ID.
Leading the way for the Stampede was Stay In The Game's own, Mike Taylor (Milwaukee Marshall). Taylor came off the bench to finish the game with 18 point, 8 rebounds, and 2 steals. Mike was 4 - 8 from the field, 2 -3 from the 3 point line, and 8 - 12 from the free throw line in 32 minutes of play.
With one Milwaukee native leaving the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Men's basketball program (Jacolby Hardiman), there is one arriving - D'Angalo Jackson.
DJ, a 6'1 freshman guard at the Unviersity of Wisconsin Green-Bay has signed his letter of intent to play next year for 1 year at the Unversity of Arkansas Fort-Smith.
According to the University of Arkansas Fort-Smith head coach Josh Neuman, Jackson was the guy he wanted after seeing him play in Milwaukee during spring break at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. From that point going forward, Neuman was able to out recruit the likes of Highland CC, Iowa Western CC, Midland CC (Texas), and Gulf Coast CC (Florida) for the services of Jackson.
Its official. 6'5 WF - Jacolby Hardiman (Milwaukee Tech) who has completed his first two years of junior college basketball at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has officially signed a letter of intent this past Thursday to play college basketball next season at the University of Central Michigan.
Jacolby was a two-year starter, who averaged 8.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this past season. He averaged 2.4 assists per game and 1.7 steals.
Along with Central Michigan, Hardiman received interest from Eastern Illinois, Texas State, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, North Texas and Loyola-Chicago.
“When I went to visit, it was a nice environment,” said Hardiman of Central Michigan. “They have a good academic program. I want to major in business entrepreneurship, and they have a good business program. That topped it off.
“The guys on the team were really cool. I fit the system really well.”
Central Michigan, which is coached by Ernie Zeigler, competes in the Mid-American Conference. The Chippewas finished 14-17 overall and 8-8 in conference play this past season – Zeigler’s second season at the school.
Two former Stay In The Game alumni, 7'0 Chris Charles who played at Villanova University by way of Greendale HS and 6'3 Phil Calvert who played at San Jose State, also by way of Greendale HS are currently playing professional basketball over in China.
The two of them have collaborated and decided to document their professional basketball career in China and have created an online video blog to document this season called, www.milwaukeehoopers.blogspot.com. Make sure you go and check it out!
Mike Wilks (Milwaukee Rufus King) has signed to play basketball for the remainder of the season with Montepaschi Siena (Italy) of the Euro-basketball league.
Wilks spent the early part of this season with the Denver Nuggetts and Washington Wizards. He was most recently signed to a 10 day contract with the Seattle Supersonics, before being released by Seattle.
Former Stay In The Game stand out 6'3 WG, Marlon Burnett just completed his sophomore season at Fresno City CC this past season as the conference player of the year is scheduled to take his first official visit to Northeastern State University in Oklahoma next weekend.
The 6'3 Burnett was a unanimous first team junior college all-state selection in California, averaging 16 ppg. Marlon led the Rams to the junior college state play-offs with a record of 29 - 6.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out point guard D'Angalo Jackson (Milwaukee Pius XI) has decided to not return to the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and took an official visit over the weekend to one of the top junior colleges in the country, the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.
Jackson, a 6'1 cat quick point guard played sparringly for unknown reasons this year for the Phoenix, has indicated that the visit went extremely well.
D'Angalo is scheduled to visit Midland CC (TX) next weekend.
Stay In The Game's Tony Mane (Milwaukee Thomas More) was selected to the 2007-08 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Men’s Basketball Honorable Mention Team in a vote by league coaches.
Mane, who started all 26 games last season, led UW-L with 17.0 points per game while also averaging 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists. He scored in double figures 18 times in 2007-08, including 12 contests with at least 20 points. Mane totaled a career-high 37 points at UW-Stevens Point February 25 in the WIAC Tournament Quarterfinals, which is tied for ninth in single-game school history. The 37 points also tied a WIAC Tournament record and Mane’s 32 field goals (15 made) set a school record.
A transfer from Chicago State, Mane led UW-L in three-point field goals made (66) and attempted (188) this season, shooting 35.1%. His 66 three-point field goals made is tied for seventh in single-season school history while the 188 attempts ranks third. He also shot 78.3% (54-of-69) at the line this year.
Mane ranks fifth in the WIAC this season in three-point field goals made per game (2.54), sixth in scoring (17.0) and ninth in free throw shooting (78.3%).
For the second consecutive year, 6'3 senior guard Justin Redman-Trotter (Milwaukee Marquette HS)from the EasternNew MexicoUniversity men’s basketball team has been selected second team All-Lone Star Conference South Division for his performance in the 2007-08 season.
Redman-Trotter’s 501 points and 18.6 points per game average represented the highest totals in any season since at least the 2000 season and his 784 career points is the third highest total during that span. He reached the 30-point plateau four times, including a career-high 33 point outburst atSouthwestern Oklahoma and 32 points at West Texas A&M. He dished out a career-high 11 assists in a home-victory over Southeastern Oklahoma.
A versatile player, Trotter ranked third in the LSC in scoring (18.6 ppg), fifth in steals (1.89 spg), 11th in assists (3.41 apg), 15th in free throw percentage (.755), and 19th in rebounding (5.7 rpg).
The Iowa State Men's basketball team was on the road Wednesday night against the University of Missouri. It took 2 overtimes before a victor emerged as the Missouri Tigers defeated the Cyclones, 81 - 75.
The game marked the coming out party of 6'4 freshman point guard, Diante Garrett (Milwaukee Vincent). Garrett came off the bench and scored a career high 20 points on 6 -11 shooting from the field, 8 - 9 from the free throw line, to go along with 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 38 minutes.
Iowa State plays it's final home game on Saturday against Kansas State.
Former Stay In the Game stand out point guard, Aaron Whitelaw (Brown Deer HS) a 5-8 junior at Tabor college was selected as an All-KCAC honorable mention conference selection for 2008.
Whitelaw was the point guard and team leader for Tabor College who finished the season with a 14 point, 5 assists, and 3 steals per game average.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater won a draining 75-71 victory over UW-Stevens Point in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament championship game Saturday night in Kachel Gym of Williams Center. With the tourney title UW-Whitewater also earns the league's automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III playoffs.
UW-Whitewater was lead by 6'3 junior wing guard, Myles McKay (Menomonee Falls HS) who played all 40 minutes and scored a game high 20 points on 7 - 12 shooting from the field, 2 - 5 shooting from the 3 point line, and 4 - 5 from the free throw line. In addition, McKay pulled down 4 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 assists.
The University of Wisconsin LaCrosse men's basketball team lost in overtime to the University of Wisconsin - Steven's Point by the score of 74 - 66 in a WIAC tournament quaterfinal game held at the Quant fieldhouse.
6'0 freshman wing guard Tony Mane (Milwaukee Thomas More) scored a new career high of 37 points in the contest on 15 - 32 shooting from the field, 4 - 13 from the 3 point line, and 3 - 3 from the free throw line. Mane's 37 points ties the WIAC Tournament single-game school record while his 15 field goals made is a conference tournament record. The 32 field goal attempts is also a school record.
Stay In The Game alumni, Justin Redman-Trotter (Milwaukee Marquette HS) played his final college regular season game with the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds in a loss to Midwestern State 73 - 57 at Greyhound arena.
Prior to the game, Trotter was honored on senior night and responded by scoring 30 points on 8 - 22 shooting from the field, 3 - 10 from the 3 point line, and 11 - 15 from the free throw line while playing the entire 40 minutes of the game.
Sources close to Jacolby Hardiman (Milwaukee Bradley Tech) have learned that he has recently been offered a scholarship to play basketball for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the upcoming 2008 - 2009 season.
UWM was recently in Arkansas to watch Hardiman play over the past weekend. The 6'4 Hardiman is a sophomore guard at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Community College scored 9 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals in the teams 93 - 63 victory over Eastern Oklahoma State College. On the year, Hardiman is currently averaging 9 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists per game for the #12 ranked team in the country.
Stay In The Game alumni, Mike Wilks (Milwaukee King) has signed a 10 day contract to play with the Seattle Supersonics. Wilks started the 2008 season with the Denver Nuggets (playing 12 games) and also spent time with the Washington Wizards (playing 4 games).
Last year, Wilks played in 47 games for Seattle and averaged 3.6 points and 1.6 assists per game.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out guard, Marlon Burnett (Milwaukee Washington), a 6'3 sophomore wing guard at Fresno City Community College was recently named the Central Valley Conference League - MVP and first team selection.
Burnett is currently trying to help lead the Fresno City CC Rams to their second consecutive California state junior college basketball championship.
For the entire season, D'Angalo Jackson (Milwaukee Pius XI)has been patiently waiting his opportunity to play for the UW-Green Bay Phoenix. And finally, 27 games into the season, it appears as though the Phoenix have no other options after losing 6 of their last 8 games. Coach Kowalczyk has turned to Jackson, naming him the starting point guard for the upcoming game on Thursday against UIC.
Jackson has gradually been receiving more minutes in a reserve roll over the past 3 games, beginning with the game against UW-Milwaukee. He has been one of the most productive players for the Phoenix based upon the number of minutes he has received.
For more on DJ, click on this link here - - - > DJ Article
The recruiting of Jacolby Hardiman (Milwaukee Bradley Tech) is beginning to pick up as the 6'4 junior swing man is receiving serious interest from several division I schools that include Eastern Illinois, Loyola (Chicago), Murray State and most recently UW-Milwaukee.
Hardiman indicated that Eastern Illinois had been there to watch him play this past Monday. Eastern appears to be the front runner for Hardiman. However, UW-Milwaukee is beginning to make a serious push for his services.
Mike Taylor continues to impress NBA scouts and player personnel representatives with his play in the NBDL. On Friday night, Taylor did not disappoint the scouts that were on hand to watch him and the Idaho Stampede defeat the Anaheim Aresenal by the score of 109 - 98.
Taylor scored a game high 29 points on 10 - 15 shooting from the field, 2 - 5 from the 3 point line, and 7 - 10 from the free throw line. In addition, Mike dished out 3 assists to go along with 4 rebounds.
The no#18 ranked University of Arkansas Fort Smith men's basketball team blew out their conference rival Connors State by the score of 99 - 54 in Fort Smith, AR.
UAFS was lead by 6'5 sophomore guard, Jacolby Hardiman (Milwaukee Bradley Tech) who scored 13 points in the blow-out win. The victory pushed the teams overall record to 24 - 3 and securely in first place in their conference with 3 more conference games remaining (2 - home and 1 on the road).
The University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse men's basketball team won another conference game by defeating UW-Stout by the score of 76 - 65, pulling their conference record to 6 - 9 and overall record to 11 - 13.
Leading the way as he has all season long was Tony Mane. Mane, in 37 minutes of play scored 26 points on 8 - 14 shooting from the field, 5 - 9 shooting from the 3 point line, and 5 - 6 from the foul line.
Justin Redman-Trotter helped the Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team stay competitive for most of a 72-58 loss to West Texas A&M University on Saturday, Feb. 16, at First United Bank Center.
Trotter scored a game high 32 points on 11 - 23 shooting from the field, 1 - 7 from the 3 point line, while going 9 - 12 from the free throw line in 37 minutes.
In addition, Trotter pulled down 11 rebounds, had 3 steals and 1 assist in the game.
Myles McKay and the #7 ranked University of Wisconsin Whitewater men's basketball team were victorious on the road in a conference match against University of Wisconsin-Whitewater by the score of 66 - 51.
McKay played arguably his best game of the season, scoring 27 points on 11 - 19 shooting from the field, 3 - 9 from the 3 point line, and 2 - 2 from the free throw line in 38 minutes of play.
In addition to scoring, McKay grabbed 8 rebounds, to go along with 3 steals and 4 assists.
The Idaho Stampede went on the road after the All-Star weekend and defeated the Iowa Energy by the score of 108 - 100, pushing their current record to a league leading 24 - 8.
It was a homecoming of sorts for Mike Taylor, who played one year of college basketball down in road in Ames, IA. Taylor played 42 minutes, and paced the Stampede with 24 points on 9 - 19 shooting from the field, going 2 - 6 from the 3 point line, and 3 - 4 from the foul line. In addition to his scoring, Taylor dished out 6 assists, had 5 rebounds and 2 steals.
Mike Taylor was selected in the NBDL Dream Factory All-Star slam dunk competition. Taylor was one of 4 competitors chosen to participate in this years slam dunk competition.
The Slam Dunk Competition, consisted of two rounds of two dunks each, will begin with each dunker submitting their top two dunks and selecting a fan from the crowd who will choose the first dunk to be performed in the first round of competition. A composite total of the scores from the first round of dunks of competition will be tallied for each dunker and the dunkers with the two highest scores will compete in a Championship round consisting of two dunk attempts. Participants will be allowed one replacement dunk per attempt.
For more details on how Mike faired in the dunk contest, please click on this link = = = > Article
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Stay In The Game alumni, Aaron Whitelaw (Brown Deer HS), a 5'8 junior point guard at NAIA Division II - Tabor College in Kansas is currently the teams leader in points, assists, and steals.
Whitelaw is currently averaging a team high 13.3 ppg, along with 3 apg and 2 steal this season. Whitelaw has scored over 20 points in 5 games this season for the Jays, including a 28 point performance against Bethany College of Kansas.
The Idaho Stampede of the NDBL pushed their record to 19 - 5, winning their 14th straight game of the season in a close nail biter against the Los Angeles Defenders by the score of 100 - 99.
Leading the way for the Stampede was Stay In The Game's own, Mike Taylor who was spectacular again in the contest. Taylor in 30 minutes of action scored a team high 21 point, on 9 - 13 shooting from the field and was 3 - 4 from the free throw line. In addition, Taylor dished out 10 assists against only 2 turn overs.
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Mike Taylor continues to impress coaches and scouts alike in his rookie season in the NBDL. Taylor did not disappoint anyone last night, as he again led the Idaho Stampede to victory over the #1 team in the league, LA Defenders by the score of 97 - 90.
The win was significant for the Stampede who have now won 13 straight games. Mike Taylor was impressive considering his minutes of action. On the night, Taylor played 27 minutes, going 9 - 15 from the field, 5 - 8 from the 3 point line, and was 1 - 2 from the foul line to finish with a game high 24 points. In addition to his scoring totals, Taylor pulled down 5 rebounds for the night.
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Former Wisconsin Badger and Stay In The Game stand-out guard Freddie Owens is making a significant contribution as the Men's assistant basketball coach at Adams State College.
Owens, a 2000 graduate from Milwaukee Washington HS is planning to recruit players in the Milwaukee area very hard, according to an article recently published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Click on the link here to read more about what Owens had to say. = = = > Article
Fourteenth ranked Abilene Christian (15-2) used a late 18-6 run to pull away from the Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team (6-12) and hand the Greyhounds a 63-53 defeat in Lone Star Conference South Division action Tuesday night at Moody Coliseum.
Leading the way for the Greyhounds was Justin Redman-Trotter, who in 28 minutes of actions scored a game high 22 points on 7 - 22 shooting from the field, 2 - 6 from the 3 point line, and 6 - 8 from the foul line. In addition to his scoring, Trotter pulled down 8 rebounds to go along with his 2 steals and 2 assists.
Trotter is currently the 4th leading scorer in the Lone Star Conference.
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's basketball team improved to 8-9 overall and 3-5 in the WIAC with a 76-61 win over UW-River Falls Wednesday night in Mitchell Hall.
Leading the way for the Eagles was Tony Mane, who scored a game high 23 points on 8 - 17 shooting from the field, 5 - 10 shooting from the 3 point line, and shot 2 - 2 from the free throw line.
The Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds went on the road on Saturday to play the University of Texas A&M Kingsville and mounted a late rally that fell short in a 74 - 65 decision.
The Greyhounds were again lead by Stay In The Game alumni, Justin Redman-Trotter who paced the team with 19 points on 7 -13 shooting from the field, going 2 -3 from the 3 point line, and 4 - 5 from the free throw line.
In addition, Trotter pulled down 5 assists and had 4 steals in the game. The game marked the 3rd time in the last 5 games that Trotter has scored at least 20 points.
The University of Wisconsin LaCrosse men's basketball team dropped an 81 -68 decision to the #13 ranked University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in a WIAC league game on Saturday night.
Leading the way for LaCrosse was Tony Mane, who scored a career high 29 points, finishing 10 -19 from the field, 1 -3 from the 3 point line, and 8 - 12 from the free throw line. In addition, Mane dished out 4 assists and pulled down 4 rebounds in the contest.
The Idaho Stampede went on the road on Saturday and defeated the Bakersfield Jam by the score of 108 - 94. The win marked the 13th straight consecutive win for the Stampede who now have the best record in the NBDL with a mark of 17 - 5.
Getting the first start of his young professional career was Stay In The Game alumni, Mike Taylor who played 39 minutes in the contest. Taylor finished with 19 points in the game, while dishing out 11 assists for his first double - double of his career. Taylor was 8 -13 from the field, 1 - 4 from the 3 point line, and 2 - 3 from the free throw line.
The Idaho Stampede in the final game of the D-League showcase showed the league why they will be a force to be reckoned with this season after defeating the Fort Wayne Mad Antz by the score of 117 - 93.
Stay In The Game's own Mike Taylor, continues to play well, coming off the bench to lead the the Stampede in scoring with 20 points. Taylor's stat line for the game was 8 - 14 from the field, 4 - 6 from the 3 point line. In addition, Taylor contributed 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in the contest.
In the first of two D-League show case games, Mike Taylor and the Idaho Stampede defeated the Rio Grand Valley Vipers by the score of 93 - 89 in Boise, ID on Tuesday.
Mike continues to impress people with his speed, quickness, explosiveness and scoring ability. The 6'3 point guard played a total of 25 minutes and went 5 - 8 from the field, 2 -4 from the 3 point line, and was 2 - 5 from the foul line.
The most impressive part of Taylor's performance was the job he did guarding NBA player Shannon Brown (Cleveland Cavaliers). Brown scored 26 points, but needed 28 shots to do so in part to the defense played by Taylor.
Stay In The Game's own Justin Redman-Trotter was not satified with his 30 point performance in the previous game. So Trotter decided to top that performance with a new career high, 33 points against Southwest Oklahoma State, the #13 ranked team in the country.
Trotter's performance was over shadowed by his teams loss to the Bulldogs by the score of 86 - 69 at Rankin Williams Fieldhouse in Weatherford, OK. For the game, Trotter played the entire 40 minutes, going 9 - 20 from the field, 6 -10 from the 3 point line, and 9 - 12 from the free throw line. In addition, Trotter chipped in 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in the game.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out guard, Marlon Burnett (Milwaukee Washington) helped propel the Fresno City College Rams past Columbia College in a Men's Central College conference match-up by the score of 94 - 76.
Burnett, a 6'3 sophomore wing guard was the game's leading scorer with 19 points. The win pushed the Fresno College Ram's record to 19 - 5 on the season.
The University of Arkansas Fort Smith men's basketball team trounced Northern Oklahoma College - Enid by the score of 94 - 60.
The UAFS Lions were led by 6'5 sophomore, Jacolby Hardiman who led the winners with 14 points on 7 - 9 shooting from the field. In addition to his 14 points, Hardiman dished out 7 assists and had 7 rebounds in the lopsided win at the Stubblefield Center in Fort Smith Arkansas.
The win moves the Lions record to 15 - 1. It also avenged the lone loss they have on their record to Northern Oklahoma and allows them to maintain their #5 ranking in the country.
Stay In The Game's own Mike Taylor is quickly making a name for himself with the Idaho Stampede of the NBDL. In a game against their arch rival, the Colorado 14'ers, with 11 seconds remaining and the Stampede trailing the 14'ers 94 - 93, Taylor drove the basketball the length of the court and hit a driving layup to give the Stampede a 95 - 94 lead for good.
Taylor had his best outing yet as a pro, playing a career high 27 minutes, going 8 - 12 from the field, 4 - 6 from the 3 point line, and 2 - 3 from the free throw line. In addition, Mike dished out 5 assists and had 2 steals in his best outing of the season.
In a WIAC conference show down, the UW-LaCrosse Eagles were unable to upset UW-Whitewater, the no#15 ranked team in the country, losing 65 - 62 on a last second game winning shot by Matt Goodwin.
UW-Whitewater trailed 60-57 with 3:01 remaining before Rob Perry hit his only three-point field goal of the game to force a 60-60 tie with 1:24 left. After a UW-L turnover, Perry hit two free throws for a 62-60 lead with :37 remaining, but Tony Mane tied the game at 62-62 with :18 left on a jumper. UW-Whitewater decided not to call a timeout and Goodwin hit his game-winning three-pointer with :01 remaining for the victory.
Mane lead UW-Lacrosse in scoring with 17 points. Also, former Stay In The Game stand-out guard, Myles McKay was the games leader in rebounds (8) and steals (4).
Former Stay In the Game stand-out Justin Redman-Trotter led the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds to an impressive come from behind victory against East Central 63 - 61.
With 12 seconds remaining, Redman-Trotter connected on 2 out of 3 free throws, made a steal and converted the game winning lay-up to cap off a career best 30 point performance.
Trotter finished the game shooting 9 - 20 from the field, 4 - 12 from the 3 point line, and 8 - 9 from the free throw line. In addition, Trotter had 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals.
The University of Minnesota, Crookston Men’s Basketball team hosted the Dakota State University (DSU). The Golden Eagles opened up the game strong taking a 45-32 halftime lead. However, the Trojans would not go down without a fight, outscoring the Golden Eagles 45-39 in the second before U of M, Crookston finished off DSU for an 84-77 non-conference victory.
Leading the way for UM-Crookston was Bryce Cummings. Cummings struggled in the first half of the game and only scored 6 points. However, the second half was a very different story as Cummings scored 13 points, finishing the game with 19 points.
Mike Taylor has been making the most of his playing opportunities in the NBDL for the Idaho Stampede. Taylor is currently the back-up point guard behind NBA veteran Randy Livingston. In his back-up duties over the past 3 games, Taylor is playing about 21 minutes per game, and is averaging 10 points, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 rebounds per game.
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Former Stay In The Game stand-out guard, Michael Taylor (Milwaukee Marshall HS) has been signed to a contract to play basketball for the Idaho Stampede of the National Basketball Development League. The minor league to the NBA.
Taylor, while at Iowa State, was one of the most dangerous sharpshooters in the Big 12 conference last year, hitting a team-high 77 treys, which ranked fifth in the league in 3-pointers made per game (2.48)...Taylor led ISU in scoring (16.0 ppg) and assists (4.5 apg), and made a trey in his final 27 games to break the school record for consecutive games with a 3-pointer. Mike also recorded three games of 6 or more 3-pointers and tallied a career-high 33 points against the Uniersity of Minnesota. Mike was also named honorable mention all-Big 12 by both the AP and Coaches polls.
A jumper from senior guardJustin Redman-Trotterstaked the Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team (2-7) to a two-point lead with 19 seconds remaining, but a lay-up and a free throw with four seconds left gave Central Oklahoma (8-2) an 80-79 victory over the Greyhounds Saturday afternoon at the Hamilton Fieldhouse.
Trotter turned in another magnificent performance by leading the Greyhounds in 33 minutes of play. Trotter was 6 assists short of a career first triple - double with his 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Stay In The Game's own Tony Mane, a 6-2 freshman shooting guard led the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse with 22 points on Saturday night, going 7 -15 from the field and 2 - 7 from three-point range.
Mane hit all six of his free throw attempts and added six rebounds to lead the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's basketball to it's first WIAC win of the season Saturday night with a 64-49 victory over UW-Eau Claire in Mitchell Hall. The Eagles improve to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the WIAC while the Blugolds drop to 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the conference.
Stay In The Game's own - Jeremy Landers, a 6'3 freshman WG continues to show why he has to be in the Northern Illinois starting line-up and down the stretch when the game matters most.
Landers, helped NIU go on a 17 - 6 run in the final 3:33 to help propel the Huskies to a 63 -52 non-conference victory over the Air Force Academy at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, IL.
Landers hit a 3 pointer with 3:30 left to play to put Northern Illinois ahead, 49 - 46. Jermey again logged big minutes for the Huskies, playing 34 minutes, going 4 - 7 from the field, 2 - 3 from the 3 point line, and 4 - 10 from the free throw line, finishing with 14 pts, 1 assist, and 2 steals in the game. This was Lander's second consecutive start, leading to the Huskie's second consecutive victory.
Former Stay In The Game stand-out and UW-Milwaukee Panther Myles McKay played outstanding for the University of Wisconsin Whitewater in their 83 -77 win over rival UW-Stevens Point at home on Saturday night.
McKay, a 6'3 junior wing guard played 34 minutes for the Warhawks and shot 6 - 13 from the field, 3 -5 from the 3 point line, and 4 - 4 from the free throw line to finish the game with 19 points.
With 7:27 left in the game Whitewater had built a 68-59 lead, but the Pointers cut the lead to 75-74 by out-scoring the Warhawks over the next six minutes. All of Whitewater's final eight points came from the free throw line, four of them from guard Myles McKay, to secure the win for the Warhawks.
The insertion of freshman WG Jeremy Landers seemed to provide the necessary spark to help Northern Illinois win it's first game of the season against Lamar University 65 - 63 in DeKalb, IL this past Saturday.
Landers, starting his first game of the season, hit an 8 footer with 1:04 seconds left to play to give the Huskies their first lead of the game, 63 - 61. Jermey played 34 minutes, going 5 - 5 from the field, 1 - 1 from the 3 point line, and 3 -5 from the free throw line, finishing with 14 points, 4 assists, and 5 steals. Coach Patton said "Jeremy Landers played phenomenal defense on the ball. We got a lot of steals because of his pressure".
Red on his performance said, "I tried to bring energy. That's what they ask of me and I try to bring it every day in practice and I tried to bring it to the game today".
Fomer Stay In The Game stand out point guard Darryl Brownlee scored 17 points to help lead Central State University past East West University, 77 -62 to help improve the Marauder's record to a perfect 7 - 0 in Wilburforce, OH.
Brownlee, a 5-10 junior point guard played 22 minutes and shot 6 - 13 from the field and 5 - 11 from the 3 point line. Darryl's final stat line for the game was 17 points, 2 assists and 3 steals. He is the team's leading scorer at 14 points per game.
