WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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Other NAthCon updates:

WLC 39, Dominican 36  Half

Marian 33, Concordia-Chicago 27  Half

Lakeland 28, Aurora 18  Half

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WLC 57, Dominican 50  10 1/4 min left 2nd half

Marian 44, Concordia-Chicago 38  12 1/4 min left 2nd half

Benedictine up huge on Maranatha (IL Eagles well on their way to a road win)

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WLC 87, Dominican 69  Final (Warriors get a big win at home)

            WLC:  R Johnson  15 pts 11 rebounds
                      E Laete 32 pts
              Warriors shot 58% from the floor and had a 38-23 rebounding edge
                  per WLC stats.

            Dominican:  Blom  27 pts.

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Marian 72, Concordia-Chicago 58  Final
       Cougars had it down to 3 or 4 on a couple of occasions, but Marian came up with a run each time:

        Marian:  Zutz  27 pts, 13 rebounds  (led 3 Saber scorers in double figures)
         
         CUC:  Smith 25 and Rickett 15 pts respectively (the latter players' O production seems to have increased some of late)

         Lakeland knocked off Aurora 59-47  (Muskies had a 42-35 rebounding edge and committed fewer TO's -per Lakeland stats)

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My take on the first "Red Rivalry Cup" hoops game between MSOE & Alverno tomorrow:

This one should be interesting--MSOE's Cayo and several 3-point shooters vs. Alverno's McComb, Allen and overall quickness. My question is- with Sorgi having graduated, who now gets the assignment of being the Inferno's designated defensive stopper? 

Turns out the quickness won out --Inferno won 63-57-- the conclusion I get out of Alverno's press release is "Defensive stopper?--Not just one player, we did it by committee for this game" (forcing boatloads of MSOE turnovers) Allen hit a couple of big 3s and some late clutch FT shooting sealed this one.

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Lakeland/Alverno up shortly:

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Lakeland 12, Alverno 8  Just over 10 1/4 min left 1st half:

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Lakeland 27, Alverno 19  Half

Other NAthCon scores:

Dominican 45, MSOE 25  Half  (quick look at Raider stats indicates Stars have already drained 10  3s!)

Benedictine 33, Aurora 31  Half

WLC 26, Marian 22 Half

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Lakeland 42, Alverno 37  Just over 10 1/2 min left in 2nd half

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Finals just starting to trickle in:

WLC 62, Marian 47  (R  Johnson had another double-double)

Alverno and Lakeland in a real barnburner now-tied at 53!

Dominican 84, MSOE 53  Final

Aurora 63, Benedictine 58  Final   

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This just in:  Alverno's Shataya McComb did a Terry Licht imitation--burying a 3 at the buzzer to lift the Inferno over Lakeland, 56-53!

Alverno:  Kontowski 15 pts, 14 rebounds

Lakeland:  Diedrich 18 pts, 10 rebounds off the bench against her old team-mates

Have yet to see a final on Edgewood/Concordia-WI

[billys]

Was that the head coach that ran across the court to celebrate after that shot?

Not so sure about that

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Maranatha/Edgewood up shortly:

(hope to provide updates on Alverno/WLC as well):
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(If there's a NAthCon "buzzer-beater" bug going around, how about in the name of geographical fairness having a Lakeland, Edgewood, CUW or Marian player hit the next one--seeing that it started in IL (ba dumm bumm!)

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Edgewood 21, Maranatha 14  Approx 9 1/2 min left in 1st half

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Edgewood 34, Maranatha 28  Half

WLC 30, Alverno 13  Half