WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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12/30/08 Women's NAthCon finals:

Concordia-WI 60, Dubuque 57

UW-Stevens Point 72, Edgewood 59  (Eagle press release indicates Ashley Averkamp had 25 points, Megan Scheele 13, the Pointers pulled away in the 2nd half).

Benedictine 65, MacMurray 59 (IL Eagle press release indicates Benedictine got off to an 11-pt half-time lead, then held off a 2nd-half MacMurray rally.)

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NAthCon update:

Dominican appears to be slumping--losing big to Concordia-WI and also losing to MSOE. Per box scores, Stars were plagued with turnovers in the former game, and Salinas was held to 7 points in the latter. MSOE's Cayo and Bertram had big-scoring games for the Lady Raiders again.

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1/10/09 Women's NAthCon Finals:

Lakeland 63, Alverno 54  (A 19-7 Muskie scoring run over the last 6 3/4 minutes was the difference in this one-per Inferno press release.)

Aurora 79, Maranatha Baptist 66  (Spartan box score indicates Lady Crusaders committed 30 turnovers-a 14-0 Aurora 1st half scoring run was the difference here. 4 Spartans scored in double figures.)

Benedictine 66, Marian 52 (Sabre press release indicates a 17-2  scoring run over the last 10 minutes sealed the win for Benedictine).

Concordia-Chicago 63, Rockford 58 (Cougars' Smith had 25 points and Williams 12, respectively.)

Concordia-WI 69, MSOE 32 (Lady Falcons got 36 points off 34 MSOE turnovers, per Raider box score).

Edgewood 72, WLC 66 (WI Eagles' Scheele-28 pts, Averkamp 14--WLC press release indicates a late 7-0 scoring run sealed the win for the Eagles. Had to figure revenge was on their minds after what happened in the NAthCon post-season tournament final last season.)

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1/11 NAthCon update:

Alverno 54, Dominican 50   Final  (Stats indicate Inferno out-rebounded the Stars and also outshot them from the floor for the game.)

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Are you sitting down?

Good.

Alverno 56, Benedictine 54 (from 1/13):  That win already gives the Inferno their highest in-conference victory total since 2005-06.

       (I hear Wydown Blvd cheering and some fans of Bre Miller, G Allen and Sorgi coming out of the woodwork, applauding.)

After losing to Alverno, Benedictine beats Concordia-Chicago 91-82.  Go figure.

Rockford women get off the schneid in conference-beating Marian by 8.

Also, belated props to WLC's Brittany Lindert for reaching the 1,000-point milestone! After losing to Aurora on the road, the Warriors rout Dominican at home

[Just Bill]

CUC's Marche Smith scored 42 in the loss to Benedictine.  It's a CUC school record and the second highest single total in the NAC's three year history.

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Thought the Cougars would have 1 or 2 more conference wins under their belt by now.

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1/17/09 Women's NAthCon Finals:

WLC 75, Concordia-WI 67  (Warriors' Lindert had 24 pts and their FT shooting over the last minute sealed a win on the road).

Aurora 63, Lakeland 60  (Lady Spartans overcome a 12-pt half-time deficit to get the win. Voiles and Re had 22 and 21 pts. respectively, per Lakeland release.)

Benedictine 67, Maranatha Baptist 54  (Lady Crusaders fell in an early hole, and once cut the Eagle lead to 4, but never got over the hump, per Maranatha release).

Marian 75, Concordia-Chicago 66 (Haen, Bouchard and Moody had 64 of the Sabers' 75 pts-Cougars' Smith had 27 and Schwab 21. Saber 7-0 scoring run with under 5 minutes left to play was the difference here, per Marian press release.)

Rockford 77, Dominican 72  OT  (Regents had 4 players score in double figures: Rockford out-shot the Stars in the extra session-per Dominican box score.)

[Just Bill]

Edgewood's Scheele is featured in the Wisconsin State Journal as she attempts to break the school's all-time scoring record.

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/other/433404

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1/21/09 Women's NAthCon Finals:

Dominican 87, Aurora 77  (Stars had 5 players score in double figures. led all the way and shot 58% from the field for the game, per Domincan press release).

WLC 75, Benedictine 60    (4 Warrior players scored in double figures-led by Lindert's 22-per WLC release).

MSOE 58, Concordia-Chicago 38  (Raiders' Cayo:  19 pts, 21 rebounds, Cougars held to 22% FG-shooting on the night-per MSOE release).

Edgewood 68, Rockford 46  (Eagles' Scheele became their all-time leading scorer during the second half of this contest. She led them with 23 pts, Averkamp had 20, per Edgewood release).

Lakeland 71, Marian 52 (Muskies took an early lead and never relinquished it-11 Muskies scored in this one-per Lakeland release).

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1/24/09 Women's NAthCon Finals:

WLC 78, Maranatha 50 (Warriors had 3 players score in double figures, led by Dillon's 21, Johnson had a career high 15 off the bench, per WLC release).

Concordia-WI 90, Concordia-Chicago 61 (3 Falcon players combined for 52 pts to offset Cougars' Smith's 33, per Falcon release).

Edgewood 71, Dominican 62 OT  (Scheele's 8 pts in the OT was a big factor in the WI Eagle win, per Edgewood press release).

Lakeland 64, MSOE 56 (Muskies' clutch FT shooting down the stretch was the difference here, per Lakeland release).

Aurora 82, Rockford 64 (Spartans had a 48-32 rebounding edge and Rockford committed 21 turnovers, per Aurora box score).

Alverno 68, Marian 58 (A 10-0 Inferno scoring run over the last 4 1/2 minutes sealed this one-per Alverno press release). This win is their 4th in conference-already the most in school history for a hoops season. It'll be interesting to see what kind of motivational tools Coaches Duckworth and Porter use from here on out the rest of the way. (How far can this team go from here?) 

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1/24/09 Women's NAthCon Finals:

Concordia-Chicago 56, Alverno 51 (A 9-0 Cougar scoring run over the last 2 1/4 minutes was the difference here. M. Smith had 25 pts, per Alverno release.)

Benedictine 86, Aurora 82 OT (IL Eagles hit 11 threes on the game, Laketa Simpson scored the last four points of the game to seal it for Benedictine, per Aurora box score.)

Concordia-WI 77, Edgewood 73 (Mayyou and Wallace had 24 and 20 pts, respectively-Falcons had 17 offensive rebounds-all this offset 4 Edgewood players scoring in double figures, per WI Eagle press release).

Lakeland 67, Rockford 49 (A 16-4 Muskie scoring run to begin the second half turned this one into a rout, per Lakeland release.)

WLC 68, MSOE 65 OT (Warrior women outshot MSOE from the FT line in the OT to get the win-despite committing 25 turnovers on the game-per WLC release).

Dominican 81, Moody Bible 48

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1/29 Women's NAthCon Finals:

Rockford 63, Maranatha 48 (A Regent 30-9 scoring run to begin the 2nd half buried the Lady Crusaders-per Maranatha release).

Benedictine 68, Dominican 56 (Jen Bren had 18 pts and was one of 4 IL Eagle players in double figures-per Benedictine press release).

Aurora 61, MSOE 46 (Aurora outshot MSOE 51% to 20% in the first half, per box score off Spartan site. )

WLC 63, Alverno 41 (Warrior women got off to an early 14-2 lead and never looked back, per WLC release)

[Just Bill]

Congrats to Megan Scheele who got her 50th double-double yesterday.  6th player in D-III women's history to accomplish that.

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Congrats to Megan Scheele who got her 50th double-double yesterday.  6th player in D-III women's history to accomplish that.

I'll second that--now that she's got the WI Eagle pt-scoring record-she can (hopefully) lead her squad to bigger and better things.

Other 1/31 Women's NAthCon Finals:

Rockford 61, Benedictine 47  (Benedictine shot 21% in 1st half to Rockford's 41%, and the IL Eagles found themselves in a hole too deep to climb out of, per Regent box score.)

Dominican 70, Maranatha 66  (Dominican used a 12-4 scoring run between 10 and 5 minute marks of the second half to get breathing room--Trent and Salinas combined for 48 of the Stars' pts--per Dom PBP and box score accts.)

Aurora 78, Marian 54 (Spartans outscored Sabers in the paint 44-14, per Marian press release).

Lakeland 55, WLC 52 (Ouch!) Warriors-down only one- committed a turnover with 4 seconds left and the Muskies hit 2 FTs to seal it-WLC release.

CU-Nebraska 76, CUC 42

CUC 63, CU-Ann Arbor 56