Article: ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-STATE BASKETBALL; Maymon named; player of year; Junior excels for Madison Memorial

Jeronne Maymon, a 6-foot-5 junior who carried Madison Memorial's boys basketball team within one shot of a WIAA Division 1 state championship, has been named Wisconsin's player of the year by The Associated Press.

Maymon averaged 19.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per game for the Spartans, who went 23-3 and lost to Wauwatosa East in overtime in the state final Saturday.

In three tournament games, Maymon averaged 30 points, 14.7 rebounds, 4.7 blocks, 3.7 steals and 3.0 assists.

Aside from Maymon, the first team -- selected by a statewide panel of sportswriters -- contained players from southeastern Wisconsin.

DeMarcus Phillips, a 6-2 senior guard who led Milwaukee Washington to a 21-1 season, ...

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