The was emotion, big plays, stars in foul trouble and a standing room only crowd Thursday night at Madison Memorial for the Big 8 title showdown. In the end the 2nd ranked Spartans survived a tight affair and got a measure of revenge against an East squad that had won their first matchup back in January.

In a game featuring Division one recruits, college coaches such as UW's Bo Ryan & Marquette's Buzz Williams in attendance and two of the top 5 teams in the latest AP rankings it was freshman Junior Lomomba who shined the brightest. Lomomba poured in a game high 18 points.

The sellout crowd stuffed the gym at Memorial and witnessed the Spartans getting revenge on the only team to have beaten them this season. The loss also ended the Purgolders 16 game winning streak.

Memorial has won 6 straight Big 8 boys basketball titles.