WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Captain_Joe08]

Other NACC Scores

Lakeland 72 Dominican 42
Edgewood 81 Concordia Chicago 58
Benedictine 74 Concordia Wisconsin 62
MSOE 52 Alverno 42

Standings

1. Marian 6-0 (3-0)
2. Benedictine 3-5 (3-0)
3. Concordia Chicago 4-2 (3-1)
4. MSOE 3-1 (2-1)
5. Wisconsin Lutheran 2-3 (2-1)
6. Lakeland 2-3 (2-1)
7. Concordia Wisconsin 4-2 (2-2)
8. Edgewood 2-5 (2-2)
9. Rockford 1-5 (1-3)
10. Aurora 0-7 (0-3)
11. Dominican 0-7 (0-3)
12. Alverno 1-6 (0-4)

Thoughts:

Marian is 6-0......but they have faced teams that are combined 6-28. Let's see how they face against teams like WLC, CUW, BU etc....

CUC got taken to the woodshed (Better than UW did tonight) by a decent EC squad. Not to surprised.

WLC needs Bahr to get healthy.....Schulz will shoulder the burden but others need to step up (Chladek, Frey, Gartner...) to help out. Defensively they are good but they need to minimize offensive errors.

To be honest, I felt that CUW was somewhat in a rebuild mode heading into this year but right now I have to see more results.

Aurora has Koski to score buckets but they aren't going to win many games without help.

At least Alverno has a win over Mount Mary.

DU has not been close......being outscored by 27 ppg. Closest M.O.D? 19 points. Yeesh

[NACfan215]

I thought CUC was very beatable, but i wasnt expecting them to get blown out the way they did with as high flying as that offense has been, road games are always tough.

just an odd game between WLC and AU, probably wouldnt have been to exciting to watch without Schultz and Koski.  Going forward teams just need to shut down Koski and AU will be in for a long year.

I still think Marians only good win comes against MSOE at home, but even that isnt looking as impressive.  The next 3 games should tell us a lot more about Marian (CUC, WLC and Edgewood)

Benedictine is tough no matter where you play them.  CUW just doesnt have as many weapons as in previous years.

DU is just bad, simply put, probably time for a change down there after seasons end.

Two intrigueing matchups tomorrow, CUW @ LC and MSOE @ Edgewood. 

[Captain_Joe08]

NACC Standings as of 12/12/14

1. Marian 6-0 (3-0)
2. Benedictine 3-5 (3-0)
3. MSOE 5-1 (3-1)
4. Concordia Chicago 4-2 (3-1)
5. Wisconsin Lutheran 2-3 (2-1)
6. Concordia Wisconsin 5-2 (2-2)
7. Lakeland 2-4 (2-2)
8. Edgewood 2-6 (2-3)
9. Rockford 1-6 (1-3)
10. Aurora 1-7 (1-3)
11. Alverno 2-6 (1-4)
12. Dominican 0-8 (0-4)

Saturday Matchups

Edgewood at Aurora: Edgewood has a few reliable scorers.....Aurora just has Koski.

Concordia Chicago at Marian: First big test for Marian. I don't think they pass.

MSOE at Dominican: Over by half.

Wisconsin Lutheran at Rockford: WLC should win comfortably here.

Lakeland at Benedictine: BU has looked strong in league play. Lakeland has consistency issues.

Concordia Wisconsin at Alverno: CUW bounces back.

[Just Bill]

Edgewood at Aurora: Edgewood has a few reliable scorers.....Aurora just has Koski.

and Dorrington. Dorrington has returned to the team and dropped 30 in her first game back.

[Captain_Joe08]

Saturday's Scores

Aurora 64 Edgewood 51
Marian 80 Concordia Chicago 52
MSOE 78 Dominican 63
Benedictine 68 Lakeland 39
Concordia Wisconsin 63 Alverno 49
Wisconsin Lutheran 72 Rockford 56

NACC Standings as of 12/14/14

1. Marian 7-0 (4-0)
2. Benedictine 4-5 (4-0)
3. MSOE 6-1 (4-1)
4. Wisconsin Lutheran 3-3 (3-1)
5. Concordia Wisconsin 6-2 (3-2)
6. Concordia Chicago 4-3 (3-2)
7. Lakeland 2-5 (2-3)
8. Aurora 2-7 (2-3)
9. Edgewood 2-7 (2-4)
10. Alverno 2-7 (1-4)
11. Rockford 1-7 (1-4)
12. Dominican 0-9 (0-4)

Marian will finally find out how good they are when they take on WLC this week. I still think WLC will win this one handily.....IMO Knueppel's girls have been battle tested of out conference (nearly knocking off two top 25 teams in their home invite) and have rebounded nicely after that Lakeland loss.

[NACfan215]

Well I think the big topic of the day is Schulz from WLC going down last night early in the matchup against Marian (Marian was up 10 at the time), it only appeared to be a sprained ankle, but thats just an educated guess based on seeing it.  Depending on the severity of the sprain it can sometimes take a few weeks to return, especially for bigs who seem to take longer to return.  Fortunately for them its leading up to xmas break and will give her some extra time to recover.  Regarding the game, I am actually surprised WLC fought back for the win after Schultz went down giving Marian their first loss of the season, shooting 11-20 from 3 pt range really helped, as well as an 11 point advantage at the FT line (C. Pendergrass 14-15).  It was a high scoring game ending up 87-83, 5 WLC players in double digits, let my Pendergrass 23, 4 Marian Players in double digits let my Olewinski 24.

This leaves only one undefeated team in conference play and that is Benedictine who eeked out an 8 point win at CUC last night (thought this would be a much bigger win the way BU has been playing and after CUC seemed to cool off after its early season hot streak).  However this game was at CUC where they were previously undefeated (0-2 on the road with average margin of loss by 25.5).  Either way BU seems to be the team to beat this year as they seem to be the most complete team, excellent guard play, solid interior play, ferocious defense, deep bench and alot of athleticism.

DU with another 20 points loss.

A big matchup tomorrow night for conference standings between LC and CUC, CUC won big in the first matchup at home, but now have to go on the road (where they havent played well) to LC.

Saturday is the final set of conference matchups before the holiday break with three pretty important games:  LC @ MSOE, Edgewood @ Marian, Aurora @ CUW.

[Captain_Joe08]

Hopefully it won't be that bad. Kinda hurts them when they go down to Florida to play Rowan and Wells but at least their next game after that is not untill the 3rd against Dominican. Great that the bench stepped up in the game.

NACC Standings after 12/16

1. Benedictine 5-5 (5-0)
2. Marian 7-1 (4-1)
3. MSOE 6-1 (4-1)
4. Wisconsin Lutheran 4-3 (4-1)
5. Concordia Wisconsin 7-2 (4-2)
6. Concordia Chicago 4-4 (3-3)
7. Aurora 3-7 (3-3)
8. Lakeland 2-5 (2-3)
9. Edgewood 2-7 (2-4)
10. Rockford 1-8 (1-4)
11. Alverno 2-7 (1-5)
12. Dominican 0-10 (0-6)

Have noticed there is a decent top half to the NACC this year which has not been the case for years.

12/17-20 Matchups

12/17

Illinois Tech at MSOE: Raiders will have a field day against winless Scarlet Hawks.

12/18

Concordia Chicago at Lakeland: CUC bounces back.

12/19

Wells (NY) vs Wisconsin Lutheran (at St. Petersburg, Florida): WLC finds a way to win without Schulz.

12/20

Rowan vs Wisconsin Lutheran (at St. Petersburg, Florida): This is where Schulz being down with the ankle injury will hurt WLC against a good Rowan team.

Dominican at Illinois Tech: NACfan, if you thought Dominican is struggling take a look at Illinois Tech's scores. Dominican earns a close first win.

Lakeland at MSOE: MSOE shuts down Muskies.

Edgewood at Marian: Let's see how the Sabres respond after losing their first game of the year. Edgewood isn't an easy out.

Concordia Chicago at Rockford: CUC enter's X-mas break with a nice win.

Aurora at Concordia Wisconsin: Kinda a stretch to say toss up for Brunner-Jones's squad but if AU can give WLC fits, I think they can do the same here.

Alverno at Benedictine: BU remains undefeated in conference play.

[Captain_Joe08]

Here is the Massy Ratings for the rest of the week's matchups.

Today, 12/18

Lakeland 68 (62%)
Concordia Chicago 64 (38%)

Friday, 12/19

Wisconsin Lutheran 84 (99%)
Wells 52 (1%)

Saturday, 12/20

Wisconsin Lutheran 72 (61%)
Rowan 68 (39%)

Illinois Tech 66 (50%)
Dominican 55 (50%)

Marian 71 (71%)
Edgewood 64 (29%)

MSOE 68 (83%)
Lakeland 56 (17%)

Concordia Chicago 72 (58%)
Rockford 69 (42%)

Concordia Wisconsin 66 (86%)
Aurora 53 (14%)

Benedictine 64 (89%)
Alverno 49 (11%)

[Captain_Joe08]

Wisconsin Lutheran (5-3) 48 41: 89
Wells (NY) (2-4) 23 22: 45

All Warriors in this one. WLC shot 53% for the game and held Wells to 29% defensively. A good sign for the Warriors is that Schulz did play today scoring 12 points and getting 18 rebounds. The coach's daughter Caitlin Knueppel led all scores with 15 points. Jessilyn Artaho was the only Wells player to reach double figures with 10 points. WLC plays Rowan (8-1) tomorrow.

1st Half Stats

Shooting %

WLC: 15/26 (57.7%) (7/14 3pt)
Wells: 10/29 (34.5%) (3/5 3pt)

Free Throws

WLC: 11/17 (64.7%)
Wells: 0/0 (0%)

2nd Half Stats

Shooting%

WLC: 18/36 (50.0%) (4/12 3-pt)
Wells: 6/25 (24.0%) (0/2 3-pt)

Free Throw %

WLC: 1/1 (100%)
Wells: 10/11 (90.1%)

[Captain_Joe08]

Dominican 62 Illinois Tech 49 (Stars earn first win of the year)
Wisconsin Lutheran 76 Rowan (NJ) 70 (WLC with a nice win over a good opponent)
MSOE 75 Lakeland 63
Concordia Chicago 76 Rockford 66
Edgewood 62 Marian 54 (Marian loses it's second straight game)
Concordia Wisconsin 66 Aurora 47

[Captain_Joe08]

NACC Standings as of 12/21/14

1. Benedictine 5-5 (5-0)
2. MSOE 8-1 (5-1)
3. Wisconsin Lutheran 6-3 (4-1)
4. Concordia Wisconsin 8-2 (5-2)
5. Marian 7-2 (4-2)
6. Concordia Chicago 6-4 (5-3)
7. Edgewood 3-7 (3-4)
8. Aurora 3-8 (3-4)
9. Lakeland 2-7 (2-5)
10. Alverno 2-7 (1-5)
11. Rockford 1-9 (1-5)
12. Dominican 1-10 (0-6)

Scoring Offense

1. Wisconsin Lutheran 73.9
2. MSOE 72.2
3. Concordia Chicago 71.6
4. Marian 71.56
5. Concordia Wisconsin 68.5
6. Edgewood 64.5
7. Benedictine 64.3
8. Lakeland 59.78
9. Rockford 59.3
10. Dominican 52.72
11. Aurora 51.36
12. Alverno 49.78

Scoring Defense

1. MSOE 54.89
2. Concordia Wisconsin 55.1
3. Marian 55.56
4. Wisconsin Lutheran 61.2
5. Benedictine 64.3
6. Alverno 66.22
7. Aurora 66.81
8. Lakeland 67.67
9. Concordia Chicago 68.1
10. Edgewood 71.2
11. Dominican 73.18
12. Rockford 79.0

[Captain_Joe08]

Early Week Matchups

Today, 12/29

Edgewood vs Colby-Sawyer (at San Juan, PR): Another 0-fer in non-conference play for the Eagles.

UW-Superior at Marian: Marian loses their third straight.

Northland at Alverno: I think Alverno gets a close win.

MSOE at Caltech: Caltech wishes they can compete with D3 schools on a consistent basis.

Tuesday, 12/30

Concordia Chicago at St. Catherine: Just can't go with the Cougs here.

Lakeland at Central (IA): Dutch roll.

Elmhurst at Aurora: Aurora is improving but they are over their heads here.

Northland at Marian: Sabres snap their slide.

UW-Superior at Alverno: Superior is improved.

Beloit at Rockford: Rockford's struggles continue.

MSOE vs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (at Caltech): Raiders keep winning.

Wednesday, 12/31

Lakeland at Nebraska Wesleyan: Toss up.

[Captain_Joe08]

NACC Scores from the holiday break.

12/29

Edgewood 63 Colby-Sawyer 44
UW-Superior 71 Marian 55
Alverno 82 Northland 51
MSOE 61 Caltech 60

12/30

Concordia Chicago 87 St. Catherine 78
Central (IA) 63 Lakeland 59
Elmhurst 87 Aurora 52
Marian 77 Northland 20
UW-Superior 78 Alverno 45
Rockford 76 Beloit 66
C-M-S 89 MSOE 63

12/31

Nebraska Wesleyan 69 Lakeland 45

NACC Standings as of 1/1/15

1. Benedictine 5-5 (5-0)
2. MSOE 9-2 (5-1)
3. Wisconsin Lutheran 6-3 (4-1)
4. Concordia Wisconsin 8-2 (5-2)
5. Marian 8-3 (4-2)
6. Concordia Chicago 7-4 (5-3)
7. Edgewood 4-8 (3-4)
8. Aurora 3-9 (3-4)
9. Lakeland 2-9 (2-5)
10. Alverno 3-8 (1-5)
11. Rockford 2-9 (1-5)
12. Dominican 1-10 (0-6)

NACC is 20-34 in non-conference play.

[Captain_Joe08]

1/6 Scores

Wisconsin Lutheran 77
Benedictine 60

Marian 62
Alverno 59

Edgewood 68
Dominican 36

Concordia Wisconsin 75
Concordia Chicago 68

Lakeland 81
Rockford 73

MSOE 55
Alverno 51

NACC Standings as of 1/6

1. Wisconsin Lutheran 8-3 (6-1)
2. Benedicitine 6-6 (6-1)
3. Concordia Wisconsin 10-2 (7-2)
4. MSOE 10-3 (6-2)
5. Marian 9-4 (5-3)
6. Concordia Chicago 8-5 (6-4)
7. Edgewood 6-8 (5-4)
8. Aurora 4-10 (4-5)
9. Lakeland 3-10 (3-6)
10. Alverno 3-10 (1-7)
11. Rockford 2-11 (1-7)
12. Dominican 1-12 (0-8)

[NACfan215]

One interesting thing I noticed when reviewing recent scores, is that Brook McBain has now played 5 games for Alverno since the end of the first semester.  The same Brook McBain who started 27 games for Edgewood last year as a sophomore and scored 10 ppg.  Should be a nice little boost for an Alverno team who has been struggling.