The highly talented duo of Jamarion Batemon and Devin Brown were able to finish their high school careers with a state championship for Milwaukee Academy of Science. After some near titles in recent years, Milwaukee Academy of Science was finally able to capture the school’s first state boys basketball title. In one of the top games of the day at the Kohls Center, Milwaukee Academy of Science came away with the 57-54 victory over Freedom. While they found themselves down six at the half, they stormed back in the second half to capture the gold ball at the division three level.
Jamarion Batemon – SG – 2025 – Milwaukee Academy of Science
While a bit of a slow start to this game, the Iowa State commit had some key baskets down the stretch of the second half to capture the gold ball even with plenty of defensive attention all game long. While the lengthy guard is one of the top shot makers in the nation, Batemon also came up with some tough baskets attacking the basket in addition to his two made threes. One of these drives was in the final couple of minutes and put MAS up seven and help them come away with the title.
Devin Brown – 2025 – F – Milwaukee Academy of Science
Even while battling an injury and missing the last five minutes of the game, Brown still put together a dominant double-double. The stat line for the Coastal Carolina commit included 17 points, 19 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Even up against some size for Freedom inside, Brown showed his ability to dominate the paint with his aggressive style of play and strength. Not only was he grabbing every rebound around him but also rebounds out of area so well. Much more than his stat line, he was also key with high energy defensive play defending the paint. As well to being key in the second half comeback, he also was early on when MAS got down by 9 early in the game with a dunk to tie the game back up. While he scores it so strong around the paint, Brown also hit a key three in the final minutes. There are few players in the state who can make a big of an impact as Brown which helped MAS over the top in winning it all this season.
Donovan Davis – 2027 – F – Freedom
Right from the start, the star sophomore was making a ton of plays to get Freedom out to an early lead. By the half, he already had already recorded a double-double to give Freedom a 6-point lead at the break. The skilled and versatile 6’8” forward finished the game with 19 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block. There are few sophomores in the nation who can do what he does at 6’8” and it showed in this one. As well to his ability to play in the paint and score posting up, Davis also stepped out and hit a three and made some plays on the attack. Even as he has continued to fill up the stat sheet like he did on the big stage here, the skills, impact, and upside of Davis go much further.
Drew Kortz – 2025 – G – Freedom
The guard turned in one last special performance to finish off his high school career. Kortz led all in this championship match up with an outburst of 29 points. This followed up the semifinals where he scored 27 points. He consistently shot it well from the outside in the state finals with four made threes in the semifinals and three made threes in this championship game. Even with tons of defensive attention on him all game long, Kortz was consistently scoring the ball from all three levels. He got off to a very quick start to in the game to get Freedom an early lead and then a lead at the half with 15 points by the break. It wasn’t just his shooting but also getting into the defense with his ability to read the floor and moves so well with the ball by the highly skilled and smart guard.