WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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Benedictine 49, Lakeland 35  Approx 10 1/2 min left 2nd half

Edgewood 57, Aurora 42  Less than 8 1/2 min left 2nd half

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Benedictine 76, Lakeland 54  Final

  Benedictine  4 players scored in double figures, 48-27 rebounding edge IL Eagle PBP acct)

3 more finals:

Edgewood 74, Aurora 70  (Spartans' late run falls short as WI Eagles hit late FTs to seal another win at home--Edgewood stats)

WLC 77, MSOE 51  (Warriors are now tied with CUW at the top of the North Division)

Rockford 74, Alverno 62 (Rockford outscored the Inferno 44-28 in the 2nd half, had a 46-27 rebounding edge--Regents' M Lawler and Curry both had double-doubles -  per Rockford stats)

With these results, Edgwood has more breathing room in the North, last North playoff spot still up for grabs)

CUC's got a golden opportunity to get an upper hand on MSOE later today--developing.

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Maranatha 15, CUC 13,   8 1/2 min left 1st half

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CUC 29, Maranatha 23  Half

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CUC 37, Maranatha 36  10 3/4 min left 2nd half

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UPSET ALERT: 

Maranatha 52, CUC 49  Final

Cougars had 2 chances to tie it in last 12 1/2 seconds, Leitermann missed a 3 and then with 2 1/2 seconds left, Cruasders knocked the ball away, stole it and dribbled out the clock.

Maranatha may have played the role of spoiler tonight-- just a matter of making the right plays at the right times.

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On paper, of the teams still in the hunt for the NAthCon playoffs, Alverno and MSOE appear to be most likely to help themselves tonight. However, Aurora lost by only 2 to the Raiders in their previous meeting, and if the Spartans are hitting their 3s--

Maranatha/Alverno:  Inferno can take this one if they slow down DeLozier enough inside  --is this a team Alverno can run the break on?? Maybe, Inferno won, 75-68 earlier (higher than their scores of late--)

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Maranatha/Alverno up shortly:

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Alverno 11, Maranatha 9  Approx 12 min left 1st half

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Alverno 33, Maranatha 25  Half

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Other scores:

Marian 27, Edgewood 25  Half

Benedictine 36, CUC 34  Half

Dominican 28, Rockford 23  Half

MSOE 31, Aurora 29  Half

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Alverno 48, Maranatha 29  Approx. 11 1/2 min left  2nd half

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Alverno 63, Maranatha 41  Final

   Inferno:  Allen  18 pts

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Other finals:

Benedictine 72, CUC 63  (IL Eagles outshot Cougars 43% to 30% from floor, per CUC stats)

Aurora 61, MSOE 51

Edgewood 64, Marian 53  (WI Eagles had a big rebounding edge and got to the FT line a lot more than Sabers did--Marian stats)

Dominican 60, Rockford 40

With those results, Alverno now has the upper hand for the last playoff spot in the NAthCon North, --the last NAthCon South playoff qualifier will get in with at least 10 in-conference losses--)

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NAthCon South standings indicate that Benedictine and Rockford have clinched playoff spots. (Regents get in despite a loss to Dominican=

MSOE and CUC continue to slug it out for the last South spot