MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

Loras by 6 in a tight game down to the wire......Kolze and Centella will have huge games.  Kyle White will be a load down low.

Go DuHawks......lets keep it rolling.  The town of Dubuque is on your side.

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

by the way all White needs is 11 points tonight to break 1,000pts....He will, congrats to Kyle.

[The Show]

BV knocks off Coe in a close one tonight 64-63.  Stribe led the way with 15 and it was pretty even scoring from the rest of the squad.

Looked like Loras pounded on Dubuque.

[Charlie Kohawk]

Quite a battle tonight at Eby Fieldhouse. The clincher came near the end when Kuenstling got a bloody nose while, allegedly, committing a foul. Both teams wanted it bad. Gotta love the intensity of conference play.

[birds of prey]

Loras wins 67-44 thanks to 15 a piece from Ricky Kolze and Luke Slater. Kyle White sits on exactly 1,000 points after scoring 11. Game was never close and the Duhawks didnt let the game get under double digits at all in the second half.

[Kohawk Krazy]

BV knocks off Coe in a close one tonight 64-63.  Stribe led the way with 15 and it was pretty even scoring from the rest of the squad.

Looked like Loras pounded on Dubuque.

Kyle Kuenstling and Rob Hanna both had 15 for Coe as well.

[Klompen]

Congratulations to the Dutch on a nice win over Wartburg last night 89-83.  I think Wartburg was up by maybe 12 in the second half, but Central found a way.  Geez, I think I've heard that somewhere before.     Awesome night for Brett De Hoogh.  Wartburg seemed to be at the free throw line all night long, hitting 25 of 30.  Glad it was them fouling us at the end of the game the way they were shooting from the line.

[doolittledog]

UD has been smoked in their two IIAC games so far this season.  I am hoping it has been a combination of poor play taken together with maybe already playing the top 2 teams in the conference.  Again, I just hope they can find a way to sneak into the top 6 in conference so they can make the conference tourney for this year.  Then in the coming years work their way up a notch or 2 each season. 

[Alfredeneumann]

Wart/Central Game
Wartburg was up 12 with 14 minutes to go, but with about 10 minutes left Jarrett Williams tore his achilles tendon. He had 17 points when he got hurt.  He will be missed. A guy who would shoot the 3, drive and always hustles.

CORRECTION Wart was 25-30 from the line but only 13-17 in 2nd half.  If they would have shot anywhere near that well from the line against Grinnell they would have beat then earlier this year.

[Klompen]

Wart/Central Game
Wartburg was up 12 with 14 minutes to go, but with about 10 minutes left Jarrett Williams tore his achilles tendon. He had 17 points when he got hurt.  He will be missed. A guy who would shoot the 3, drive and always hustles.

CORRECTION Wart was 25-30 from the line but only 13-17 in 2nd half.  If they would have shot anywhere near that well from the line against Grinnell they would have beat then earlier this year.

You are correct, AN, sorry about that.  Either way, it seemed like WB was at the free throw line all night and entirely too consistent.  WB had only one less made from the stripe than Central had trips there.  Really frustrating to see great players spend most of the game in foul trouble, but a real tribute to the team that they could still win in that situation.

It is nice to see Central continuing their progressive improvement under Boshee.  Next year will be real telling though as we have a lot of talent graduating.  Then again, I haven't seen two of the players that are scheduled to be joining the team now that football is over.  Leuschen had a great year last year and Brondyke. the all conference punter is scheduled to join the team.  As a cousin to Vance Schuring, athletic ability runs in the family.

[The Show]

Leuschen had a great year last year and Brondyke. the all conference punter is scheduled to join the team.  As a cousin to Vance Schuring, athletic ability runs in the family.

How athletic can a punter be???     

[doolittledog]

Leuschen had a great year last year and Brondyke. the all conference punter is scheduled to join the team.  As a cousin to Vance Schuring, athletic ability runs in the family.

How athletic can a punter be???     

Reggie Roby comes to mind as an athletic punter...but I get what you meant 

[sportsknight]

Wart/Central Game
Wartburg was up 12 with 14 minutes to go, but with about 10 minutes left Jarrett Williams tore his achilles tendon. He had 17 points when he got hurt.  He will be missed. A guy who would shoot the 3, drive and always hustles.

CORRECTION Wart was 25-30 from the line but only 13-17 in 2nd half.  If they would have shot anywhere near that well from the line against Grinnell they would have beat then earlier this year.

You are correct, AN, sorry about that.  Either way, it seemed like WB was at the free throw line all night and entirely too consistent.  WB had only one less made from the stripe than Central had trips there.  Really frustrating to see great players spend most of the game in foul trouble, but a real tribute to the team that they could still win in that situation.

Good as Wartburg was at the line, they didn't get there near enough.  Wartburg went into the bonus with 13 and a half left and the double bonus at the 8 minute mark.  From that point, they only attempted 7 free throws.  8 minutes in the double bonus and you only get 7 free throws.

Wartburg did not look real great defensively.  Talking with Coach Steege after the game, that was one of the biggest gripes.  Nobody identified the shooters and Central drove and kicked all night.  Keith Peterson tore Wartburg up in the 2nd half because nobody made him use his right hand.  Kid goes left every time and Wartburg couldn't stop it.  Offensively, Wartburg seems to settle for the outside shot way too much.  Save for Mason every now and then and the injured Williams, nobody takes the ball to the hole.  22 three attempts doesn't seem like that many, but its a lot more than you would have seen from Wartburg in the Steege/Schmidt/Cartmill or Pipho/Olsen/Osterhouse eras.

[Klompen]

Leuschen had a great year last year and Brondyke. the all conference punter is scheduled to join the team.  As a cousin to Vance Schuring, athletic ability runs in the family.

How athletic can a punter be???     

Reggie Roby comes to mind as an athletic punter...but I get what you meant 

Well, he must have been more athletic than the other IIAC punters, since he made first team.     As to basketball, I guess we will wait and see.  Schuring started on two state basketball championship teams and was IIAC football MVP twice, so I'm just giving Brondyke associative properties based on how he did as a freshman punter.  I guess time will tell.

[Klompen]

Good as Wartburg was at the line, they didn't get there near enough.  Wartburg went into the bonus with 13 and a half left and the double bonus at the 8 minute mark.  From that point, they only attempted 7 free throws.  8 minutes in the double bonus and you only get 7 free throws.

Wartburg did not look real great defensively.  Talking with Coach Steege after the game, that was one of the biggest gripes.  Nobody identified the shooters and Central drove and kicked all night.  Keith Peterson tore Wartburg up in the 2nd half because nobody made him use his right hand.  Kid goes left every time and Wartburg couldn't stop it.  Offensively, Wartburg seems to settle for the outside shot way too much.  Save for Mason every now and then and the injured Williams, nobody takes the ball to the hole.  22 three attempts doesn't seem like that many, but its a lot more than you would have seen from Wartburg in the Steege/Schmidt/Cartmill or Pipho/Olsen/Osterhouse eras.
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Trust me, the Central fans thought Wartburg got there way more than enough.     And that Central didn't get there as often as they should have.  Guess we all have our school colored shades on don't we?  Either way, it was a nice win for the Dutch.  I hope to see some movement up the IIAC ladder for the Dutch men this year.  With Loras over and done for this half of the conference season, we have a good shot at moving our record up over the next few weeks.