Undefeated Lions stop streaking Falcons
The New Berlin Eisenhower boys basketball team took another step closer to its fifth straight Woodland Conference championship Friday.
Eisenhower senior Zach Tranchita held Whitnall's William Pelkofer, the NOW area's leading scorer, to 10 points below his average and led the Lions with 14 points of his own in a 51-41 home win.
Eisenhower improved to 13-0 overall, 10-0 conference. Whitnall had its six-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 8-3 and 7-3, tied for second with Wauwatosa West in the league's Black Division, but three games behind the front-running Lions.
Pelkofer, who came into the game averaging 24.8 points but managed just 14 with Tranchita hounding him all evening. The senior guard made just five of 17 shots and three of eight free throws. Eight of his points came in the Falcons' 10-point fourth quarter.
Pelkofer was also dealing with possible concussion-related symptoms for much of the game, according to Whitnall coach Kent Kroupa.
