WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Second Wind · January 12, 2023, 10:34:23 AM

No idea why no Benes last night. It's been a rough two weeks at CUC, hoping Benes will be back when Cougars play at Marian on Saturday.

Second Wind · January 14, 2023, 06:26:28 PM

CUC 68 at Marian 61, Cougars now 8-6, 7-2 NACC.

After a one game absence, the Kate Benes show was on full display today, and the Cougars needed it! Benes scored 38 after a slow start and rescued the Cougars on a day when neither team shot particularly well. The scoring drops down to Melia Perry with 11 and Mikalah Ellis with 10, although Ellis hit a big three with 20 seconds left that effectively sealed the deal.

A big win for CUC with their next two games at Aurora and at home versus WLC.

WLCALUM83 · January 18, 2023, 09:54:00 PM

1/18/23 Finals:

Lakeland 68, MSOE 60 (Muskies hit 9 3-pointers on the night)
WLC 88, Marian 42 (36 pts off 25 Marian turnovers, 48 pts in paint)
St. Norbert 81, CUW 36 (Green Knights-38 pts off 23 Falcon turnovers, Green Knights outshot CUW 53 to
23% from floor)
Aurora 76, CUC 66 (Benes didn't play, every time Cougars threatened, Spartans answered.)
Edgewood 58, Dominican 41 (Eagles had 64-42 edge rebounding)
Benedictine 51, Rockford 47 (Late Regent rally falls short, Terhune missed a potential game-tying shot, then
Eagles' Lake hit 2 FT's to seal this one)
IIT 83, Alverno 51 (Scarlet Hawks got off to a fast start and were never headed--Bucci 25 pts)

With those results, WLC leapfrogs both Concordia squads and gets into 3rd place for the time being. St. Norbert and Aurora get more distance - (teams are finding out they have to be darn good at taking care of the ball on offense against the Green Knights,--give 'em too many turnovers and they'll take miles)

WLCALUM83 · January 25, 2023, 09:48:48 PM

1/25/23 Finals:

Lakeland 76, Marian 51 (Muskies broke this one open in the 2nd half)
St. Norbert 67, MSOE 51
Rockford 66, CUC 50 (Regents' Clark a double double-they also connected on a lot of 3s)
WLC 77, Alverno 33
CUW 75, Dominican 70 (9-4 scoring run over last 5 minutes gives the Falcons the win here)
Benedictine 64, IIT 51
Edgewood 69, Aurora 62 (Spartan rally falls short-Eagles' Bonser 17 pts)

With those results, WLC is now tied with Aurora in 2nd place, CUW leapfrogs CUC and Edgewood and CUC falls below Benedictine and Lakeland. Rockford moves within 1/2 game of both MSOE and IIT.

WLCALUM83 · February 01, 2023, 10:13:17 PM

2-1-23 Finals:

St. Norbert 74, Alverno 31
Edgewood 78, IIT 52 (Eagles' Guerrero another strong 19 pt game)
CUW 78, Marian 66
WLC 59, Lakeland 43 (Muskies had it down to 6 early in the 4th, but a WLC scoring run then got the
Warriors another key win at home)
Aurora 67, MSOE 61 (Rios' shooting late clinched this win for the Spartans)
CUC 52, Benedictine 50 (IL Eagles couldn't get a shot off in their last possession)
Dominican 66, Rockford 59 (Stars outshot Regents 58% to 20% in 4th Qrtr for come from behind win)

With those results, CUC moves into a tie for 5th with Lakeland, Dominican escapes the NACC cellar and the front runners keep pace with each other.

One more St. Norbert win coupled with one loss by CUC and one loss by Lakeland and the Green Knights clinch a NACC Tournament berth. (Lakeland and CUC are scheduled to play each other 2/15).

Remaining schedule for teams in the lower end of the hunt--
Benedictine: vs CUW; vs. IIT; at Lakeland, vs. Edgewood, vs. Aurora
Marian: at Edgewood, vs. Lakeland, vs. Aurora, at MSOE, vs. Alverno (will need help)
CUC: vs. MSOE, at Rockford, at St. Norbert, vs. Lakeland, at Dominican
CUW: at Benedictine, at Dominican, vs. Edgewood, vs. Alverno, at Lakeland
Edgewood: vs. Marian, vs. Aurora, at CUW, at Benedictine, vs. St. Norbert.

Second Wind · February 02, 2023, 12:00:21 AM

CUC 52, Benedictine 50, Cougars now 10-10, 8-5 NACC.

The Cougars were without Kate Benes and Mikalah Ellis tonight, while Melia Perry and Jaylene Wade combined for just 15 points on 6-23 shooting. And yet, the Cougars found a way to get it done. McKayley Hopkins led the way with 14 points, five boards and three steals in 39 minutes. Her speed and aggressive drives to the basket were just what the team needed. Alisyn McGregor (12 points, 13 boards) had some key fourth quarter buckets, and Sydney Lloyd sparked the team off the bench with eight points including a buzzer-beating halfcourt shot after entering the game with :03 left in the first quarter (part of a 9-0 run).

WLCALUM83 · February 04, 2023, 06:53:46 PM

2-4-23 Finals:

Dominican 61, Alverno 52 (Inferno cold-shooting spell late in 4th enabled Stars to pull away for the win)
St. Norbert 85, IIT 31 (25-2 2nd Quarter run enabled Green Knights to break this one open)
Edgewood 81, Marian 64 (Big scoring game for Eagles' Norby, team got off to a fast start and held on)
Lakeland 73, Rockford 42 (Muskies hit 7 3s and had 39 bench points)
MSOE 68, CUC 49 (Raiders' Chokshi 24 points, MSOE got off to a fast start and held off the Cougars for a
road win)
CUW 63, Benedictine 61 (A layup by Falcon's Hafemann with 1 second left was the game winner here)
WLC 63, Aurora 60 (Warriors' Scott hit 2 FTs and a potential game-tying 3 point shot by the Spartans
missed)

With those results, St. Norbert clinches a NACC Tournament berth, WLC moves into 2nd place, Edgewood ties Aurora for 3rd, CUW improves to 10-4 and Lakeland moves ahead of CUC in the battle for the last NACC playoff spot.

WLCALUM83 · February 08, 2023, 09:51:26 PM

2-8-23 Finals:

St. Norbert 66, MSOE 38
Benedictine 77, IIT 40
Lakeland 77, Marian 75 (A Mackenzie Miller lay-up with 2 seconds left gives the Muskies a road win)
CUW 76, Dominican 41
WLC 81, Alverno 41
CUC 73, Rockford 63 (Cougars' Ellis a double-double-27 pts, 14 rebounds, Perry 16 pts)
Aurora 68, Edgewood 58 (Spartans' clutch late FT shooting sealed this one)

WLC clinches a NACC Tournament berth, Edgewood falls into a tie with CUW, Lakeland and CUC will continue to battle for the last NACC post-season spot.

WLCALUM83 · February 11, 2023, 04:34:04 PM

Early afternoon 2 11 23 NACC Final:

St. Norbert 75, CUC 46 (Green Knights broke it open in the 2nd half).

Green Knights clinch a share of the NACC regular season title. Aurora clinches a playoff spot. CUC must win out and hope Lakeland loses out to get into the NACC tourney.

WLCALUM83 · February 11, 2023, 07:08:33 PM

More 2-11-23 Finals:

CUW 76, Edgewood 73 (Falcons' Hafemann hit FTs, and then Eagles' Bonser missed a potential game-tying 3)
Lakeland 69, Benedictine 49
Aurora 91, Marian 64 (Spartans hit 11 3-pointers in the game)
WLC 94, IIT 38
MSOE 56, Dominican 42 (Raiders outscored Stars 21-6 in 4th Qrtr to get the win)
Rockford/Alverno later.

CUW clinches a NACC Tourney berth.

WLCALUM83 · February 12, 2023, 12:13:35 PM

2 11 23 Final:

Alverno 59, Rockford 53 (Inferno get off the in-conference schneid by coming from behind, taking the lead in the 3rd quarter and hanging on from there at home.) No in=conference O-fers in the NACC this regular season.

WLCALUM83 · February 13, 2023, 10:14:56 AM

NACC Playoff Scenarios:

Easiest: One more win by Edgewood and one by Lakeland and all spots then would be filled.
Toughest: Edgewood and Lakeland both lose out and CUC win out (3 teams with 11-7 records, it would come down to tiebreakers for the last 2 spots.

WLCALUM83 · February 15, 2023, 09:54:12 PM

2-15-23 Finals

CUW 65, Alverno 47 (Falcons outscored Alverno 19-8 in 3rd quarter to break this one open)
Lakeland 70, CUC 57 (CUC eliminated from NACC tournament with this loss).
Aurora 103, Rockford 70 (Spartans hit 14 3s on the night)
Benedictine 49, Edgewood 42 (IL Eagles got 19 pts off 21 Edgewood turnovers and hit 7 3s in the game)
St. Norbert 56, WLC 54 (An Olivia De Cleene lay-up at the buzzer was the difference here).

St. Norbert takes the regular season NACC title. Aurora and WLC are now in a 2nd place tie; CUW is in 3rd, Lakeland 4th, Edgewood 5th.

All NACC Tourney teams have been determined, it's just a matter of who ends up where.

2/18 schedule: St. Norbert/Edgewood, Aurora/Benedictine, WLC/MSOE, CUW/Lakeland:
WLC must finish ahead of CUW in order to assure the Warriors of a home playoff game.
(Falcons beat Warriors head to head earlier).

WLCALUM83 · February 18, 2023, 07:24:20 PM

2-18 Finals:

St. Norbert 86, Edgewood 70 (Green Knights took control in the 3rd quarter to run the regular season table.)
WLC 61, MSOE 44 (22-11 WLC scoring run broke this one open)
CUW 71, Lakeland 63 (Late clutch FT shooting gives the Falcons a road win here).
Aurora 73, Benedictine 64 (Spartans used a 19-9 4th Quarter run to clinch this one).

Here are the NACC Tourney seedings:
1) St. Norbert
2) WLC
3) Aurora
4) CUW
5) Lakeland
6) Edgewood

Edgewood/Aurora, and Lakeland/CUW would be the opening round matchups next week.

WLCALUM83 · February 21, 2023, 09:37:50 PM

2 21 23 results:

Edgewood 56, Aurora 54 (An Emma Klein shot gave the Eagles the lead with 9 seconds left, and Spartans'
Moore and Barrett missed on potential game-tying field goal attempts).

CUW 74, Lakeland 72 (Falcons' Lindsey Lonigro made a lay-up at the buzzer to provide the winning margin
here)

Semis: St. Norbert/Edgewood
WLC/CUW