MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Schipper Strong]

Good luck Dutch!

[duckfan41]

Anything going to be done about Dubuque's live feed? They don't do live stats and seem to have forgotten to cover their own home game tonight.

[duckfan41]

Anything going to be done about Dubuque's live feed? They don't do live stats and seem to have forgotten to cover their own home game tonight.

All is well on the Western Front!

[Schipper Strong]

Central down by 10 at the half. They are playing pretty well given they are at Nebraska Wesleyan. Dutch get a free throw rebound with 4 seconds left and move down the floor for a beautiful layup as time expires. Nice job for a young team that is completely outsized.

[doolittledog]

Dubuque and Loras tied up at 36 at the half.  Entertaining game so far, and a nice sized crowd. 

Using the Roku device and watching on tv is so much nicer than sitting at my computer like the old days.  Will tune into the other conference games while this one is at the half.

[Schipper Strong]

Central down by 8 with 3 minutes left.

[Schipper Strong]

Central down by 7 with 39 seconds left.

[Schipper Strong]

Dutch lose by 8 with our leading scorer not playing.  Not bad against NWU.

[Schipper Strong]

Congratulations to Nebraska Wesleyan on their win tonight. I have to say fantastic game for the Dutch. Seth Wood was on fire with 32 points.  Central played a solid game from start to finish. We had a lot of time from freshmen and sophomores tonight that did not let playing the top team rattle them. Dutch are playing better than their record would lead one to expect. Keep it up Dutch. The wins will come.

[doolittledog]

Dubuque gets the home win over Loras.  I think it was 78-72.  UD tried to make it interesting, going only 2-8 from the line over the final minute. 

Nice to get a good start to the conference season with a win over your cross-town rival and a team picked near the top in the preseason.

[Alfredeneumann]

Wartburg beat Simpson 92-81. Sabus scores 33.

https://go-knights.net/news/2018/11/28/mens-basketball-sabus-sets-career-high-knights-hold-off-simpson-to-win-conference-opener.aspx

Knights had 15-20 point lead for much of 1st half and first 10 min of 2nd. Then they got careless w/ ball and Simpson hit shots but WC hit FT's down the stretch.

WC played without starter Ryan Stulken who limped off the court during warm-ups. Did not come to back bench until 5 min left in 1st half in NOT IN UNIFORM.

[ecreddevils]

Dubuque gets the home win over Loras.  I think it was 78-72.  UD tried to make it interesting, going only 2-8 from the line over the final minute. 

Nice to get a good start to the conference season with a win over your cross-town rival and a team picked near the top in the preseason.

Any way you could give any more details?  I watched a bit on my phone but hard to see.   Looked like Loras could not buy a bucket down the stretch.  Cold shooting or good DU defense?  Or both?

[doolittledog]

Dubuque gets the home win over Loras.  I think it was 78-72.  UD tried to make it interesting, going only 2-8 from the line over the final minute. 

Nice to get a good start to the conference season with a win over your cross-town rival and a team picked near the top in the preseason.

Any way you could give any more details?  I watched a bit on my phone but hard to see.   Looked like Loras could not buy a bucket down the stretch.  Cold shooting or good DU defense?  Or both?

This article isn't behind a pay wall for me.  Could be for others though.

http://www.telegraphherald.com/sports/local_sports/article_0bc67d12-f199-56d2-af22-84ee082a37d3.html?utm_source=thonline&utm_medium=click_source&utm_campaign=left_column_news

UD coach Sieverding says that was the best defense his team could play.  Probably a case for a bit of both.  Dubuque playing well and this was probably the first hostile crowd of the year for Loras.  Early non-con games are usually sparsely attended affairs, and this was a full house. 

Dubuque outrebounded Loras by 10, that might have been the difference.  Neither team shot well.  Dubuque was 22-52 from the field, Loras was 21-60 from the field.  Both will wish they did better from the line.  25-34 for Loras, only 24-39 for Dubuque.  24-39 from the line will normally lead to a loss, so I imagine the Spartans are happy they came away with the W.

This will be a hard season for everyone.  NWU had to fight against Central last night to get a win.  Wartburg beat a strong Simpson team.  Loras took a loss against UD.  4 conference losses might get you a conference title this year.     

[dunkin3117]

It was an extremely poor shooting night for the Duhawks.  They had their chances with several open looks down the stretch to take the lead, but just weren't able to get anything to fall. UD absolutley pounded them on the glass and was definitely the aggressor for a majority of the night.

[dunkin3117]

Saturday Games

NWU at Dubuque
BV at Loras
Coe at Wartburg
Simpson at Luther

UW-LaCrosse at Central