Maranatha win in the NAC

We have been waiting for this conference win for over three years!


I am in a state of shock right now. I thought that we would have to wait until the Rockford game to experience this.

Edgewood vs Maranatha

The game at Jerusalem was much closer than most a you would have thought. The Saders were only down five with under three to go in the game. Some sound free throw shooting by Edgewood helped them win by 11.

Maranatha had no answer for DeMarco (28 points, 14 rebounds). He almost outrebounded MBBC on his own.

Great game by Maranatha's Burch (24 points) and Knepp (28 points). Those two will led the Saders to a few surprise victories in the conference this year.

I agree. I would be surprised if Freshman of the year went to anyone else except Dan Klecan.
I hope Sader's Mike Knepp at leasts gets on the all-freshman team. He has been the only solid player for the Saders this year.

Coach of the year is harder. Every team did what was expected of them at the beginning of the year. The six teams picked to make the playoffs made the playoffs. If Marian had made the playoff (just missed) I might have said Mark Boyle. No one thought they would do anything this year. I guess I have to go with the safe pick Aurora's James Lancaster. He did win the conference title.

I am feeling Dominican. It is hard to believe Benedictine could win a playoff came after looking so bad against the Saders in Watertown a week ago.

Lakeland vs WLC. My gut says Lakeland pulls this one out.  WLC beat Lakeland a week ago in a close one. Hard to beat the same team twice in one week.

The Conference site has a funny mistake. They have posted MBBC as 0-81 in the conference. Bad season for the Saders but not that bad.

Libero, you are so right. The Saders could have pulled the game out. Props to Dan Klecan. He had three points in the first half and finished with 28 on the game!! A fine shooting performance for Klecan. MBBC's Rob Dupre had a solid game 10 points 10 rebounds and 5 steals. He has become an X-factor for Cronin.

I feel the close loss gave the Saders a bright spot for next year. They are only graduating two guys (both of which will not hurt the team that much). With a few key additions that are coming next year, and hopefully a PG; I think that Cronin will not only get the monkey off his back with a conference win, but three to five conference wins could easily happen. 

Final Rockford 67  Maranatha 56

Rockford was only up by 3 with four min. left to go, but Natha could not make a shot at the end of the game

Side Note: Rockford's Coach, Fans, and Players (#22 the most) have the worst sportsmanship in the conference. The cheep shots that their guys gave could have easily caused injury. The language to the refers should be unacceptable. I was disappointed with the college; maybe it is a good thing that the school might not last that much longer.

The battle for the basement has been all it was billed to be

Rockford 33 Maranatha 31 at the half

Ted Anderson getting the Saders out early with three threes
Rockford came back by picking up the tempo of play

Dominican 101 MBBC 37!!!
I know that Natha is bad, but this has reached a whole new level of embarrassment. Is there a D IIII that we can play in??
Go Lady Saders
Lady Saders 67 Stars 66!!!

The Stars by 10 tonight against Natha. MBBC has improved but they are just looking forward until they play Rockford (best shot at a conference win)

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I know that all of you all couldn't care less about Natha in this conference, but after reading this post I had to respond. Yes, it is true that Natha just kicked out two of our players, and these two players were some of the best we have (which does not say much). And yes I have to agree that we will not be within 50 points in almost all conference games. But we do have some good recruits. Just remember the name Mike Knepp. Knepp will be one of the best players in the conference over the next few years. We also have a transfer coming at Christmas break that sat the bench at a D 1 school that should be able to turn some heads in the conference. With our improvement on three point shooting from a few new faces on the team, Natha will still be at the bottom of the conference, but we will at least be more respectable this year with our level of play.