Blue Dukes Draw No. 1 Seed in WIAA Regional

Despite some stumbles in the latter part of the season, Whitefish Bay drew a No. 1 seed in the regional round of the WIAA Division 2 boys basketball tournament.

The Blue Dukes lost to Grafton and followed up with a home defeat to Homestead, committing more than 20 turnovers in each game. Still, at 13-8 they are good enough to top the regional. They'll host the winner of the first-round game between Shorewood and Milwaukee Messmer.

The Blue Dukes are led by the duo of Ron Patten and Jamie Schneck, both averaging about 15 points per game.  They beat Shorewood 67-44 on Feb. 12.

They Greyhounds (5-15) have dropped eight of their last nine games. Point guard Deion Jackson-Body leads the team with a 17.2 scoring average, according to WisSports.net. Messmer is 12-7 and plays in the Midwest Classic Conference.

Also in this bracket is Nicolet, which drew the No. 3 seed and faces Milwaukee North, the No. 6 on March 1. The Knights (13-8) split two games with Whitefish Bay during the North Shore Conference season. Three players — Christian Griggs-Williams, Corey Smith and Raheem Lemons — average between 14 and 10 points per game.

Milwaukee North is 4-13 and is winless in nine games in the tough City Conference. The winner of that game faces second-seeded Brown Deer on March 4.

Other No. 1 regional seeds within the Section 4 grouping are Wauwatosa East, New Berlin West and Wisconsin Lutheran.