BOYS BASKETBALL THURSDAY-FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
How the area's top 10 fared
1. Racine St. Catherine's (22-1) beat Catholic Central, 74-18, Thursday. Jameer Barker scored 23 points and Kamari McGee posted 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Angels, who finished 15-1 in the Metro Classic.
Up next: WIAA regional semifinal vs. Kenosha Christian Life-Shoreland Lutheran winner, Friday.
2. Wauwatosa East (17-3) beat Marquette, 66-53, Thursday.
The Red Raiders, the Greater Metro Conference champion, won the league by three games.
Up next: WIAA regional semifinal vs Wauwatosa West-Marquette winner, Friday
3. Pewaukee (21-3) did not play. Up next: WIAA regional vs. WilmotCatholic Memorial winner, Friday.
4. Wisconsin Lutheran (18-2) did not play.
Up next: WIAA regional semifinal vs. Milwaukee Lutheran, Friday.
5. Brookfield Central (17-5) beat Menomonee Falls, 92-79, Thursday. David Joplin finished with 39 points on 10-for-23 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Lancers.
Up next: vs. West Allis Hale, Saturday.
6. Brookfield East (19-4) beat West Allis Hale, 72-58, Thursday
Hayden Doyle posted 29 points and 11 rebounds for East, which assured itself of at least as share of second place in the Greater Metro.
Up next: WIAA regional semifinal vs. No. 5 Brookfield Central, Friday.
7. Cedarburg (19-3) beat West Bend East, 79-67, Thursday.
Drew Biber, Logan Landers and Matthew Pilch each scored 20 points as the Bulldogs clinched a share of the North Shore Conference title.
Up next: WIAA regional semifinal vs. Germantown-Nicolet winner, Friday.
8. Whitefish Bay (20-2) beat Slinger, 54-34, Thursday.
Cullen Starter hit 2 three-pointers and scored 19 points for Bay, which clinched a share of the North Shore title with the win.
Up next: WIAA regional semifinal vs. Pius XI, Friday.
9. Lake Country Lutheran (20-1) beat Oshkosh Lourdes 64-51, Thursday Luke Haertle finished with 25 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as the Lightning defeated the Trailways East champion.
Up next: at Central Wisconsin Christian, Saturday.
Other area games
Friday
Riley Simonz (18 points), Will Beyer (16) and Cole Wesley (14) scored in double figures for Marquette, which beat Sussex Hamilton, 60-53. Aedan Egan, Patrick Lippe and Ryan Burmesch scored 14 points each for Port Washington, which dominated the second half for a 59-45 win over Cudahy.
Brennan Timm scored 36 points for St. John's Northwestern, a 79-63 winner over Living Word Lutheran Jeremiah Burke (39) set the tone for St. Francis in its 82-60 winner over University School.
Thursday
Donald McHenry hit 8 three-pointers and finished with 48 points for Milwaukee Academy of Science in a 10366 win over Young Coggs Prep Kobe Johnson went for 30 points, 19 rebounds and five assists for Nicolet, a 64-53 winner over Homestead.. Brock Heffner (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Michael McNabb (23 points) led Grafton past West Bend West, 76-52. Tony Cirillo (15 points) and Jadon Melvin (11) led Hartford to a 57-49 win over Port Washington.
Spence Pocuis and Clayton Bishop finished with 15 and 12 points, respectively for Kenosha IndianTrail,a 55-46 winner at Racine Park. Nolan Gende and Logan Kowalski scored 20 points each for Kettle Moraine, a 74-56 winner over Mukwonago.
Muskego edged Catholic Memorial, 60-58, on the road with the help of Luke Bara’s 26 points.
Elliott Harris scored 22 points for Franklin, which defeated Racine Case, 82-62.
Kenosha Bradford got 20 points from Trey Jenkins in a 58-42 win over Racine Horlick.
Waukesha South defeated Arrowhead, 74-64, as Tyran Cook scored 21 points and Brady Henes added 15. Jackson Woodward (24 points) led Racine Lutheran past Martin Luther, 65-61.
Germantown edged Wauwatosa West, 59-57, as Alex Macksam scored 15 points.