MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[mailsy]

Good luck to everyone travelling Friday.  I'll be following the game with livestats.

GO CAVS!!!

[magicman]

Cabrini leads Eastern Connecticut 29-23 at the half.

[magicman]

Cabrini defeats Eastern Connecticut 72-65.

Eastern Connecticut put on a furious rally as they were down by 14, 65-51 with 1:24 left to play and they cut it to 67-63 with 17 seconds left. Too little too late for the Warriors.

[mailsy]

Congrats to the Cavs!!  First time to the elite 8.  Next up the Scranton Royals.  How about that?

GO CAVS!!!

[kate]

Amazing, Mailsy, GOOD LUCK!  One of our illustrious Scranton posters gave Cabrini to the MAC this morning.  hint, not Ronk.  Oh  well, should be one heck of a game!

[mailsy]

I saw that and chuckled.  There were talks years ago that Cabrini was looking at the MAC but that fell thru.  Should be a great game tonight.  Scranton led most of the game at Cabrini until the end back in December.  I expect a hard fought game again! 

GO CAVS!!!

[mailsy]

Congrats to Cabrini.  Great job Cavs.  To the Final four.    First time in program history.  Two more games to go.  Up next Illinois Wesleyan on Friday 3/16 at 6:00pm in Salem.  GO CAVS!!! 

[ronk]

  Congrats to Cabrini, good luck in Salem. Walton-Moss was the difference - 1-on-1, steals, rebounds - Scranton had no answer for him. Wish it had been @ Cabrini; would have been there.

[7express]

Congrats to Cabrini, good luck in the final 4!

[kate]

Huge congratulations to Cabrini Nation & their Number One Fan on this site, Mailsy!!!

[mailsy]

Thanks Kate!! 

[cciwrabblerouser]

cabrini will have to play exceptionally well friday if it wants to have a chance to beat illinois wesleyan.  unlike the csac, the cciw is filled with incredibly tough teams that are well-prepared for tournament play.  (the cciw had three teams in the Sweet 16.)  this will be, by far, the toughest opponent cabrini has faced this year.

[Titan Q]

Illinois Wesleyan (23-7, 10-4 CCIW) vs Cabrini (30-1, 18-0 CSAC)...

- D3hoops.com Top 25 rank: Cabrini #5, IWU n/a
- Massey Index rank: IWU #8, Cabrini #12
- Massey Strength of Schedule rating: IWU #2, Cabrini #245


PG
(CC) Cory Lemons, 5-10 Sr - 17.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.1 A/TO (196-403 FG, .486)
(IWU) Eliud Gonzalez, 5-9/170 Sr - 6.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 5.5 apg, 2.3 A/TO (62-144 FG, .431)

SG
(IWU) Jordan Zimmer, 6-5/190 Sr - 15.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 0.9 apg (102-242 3-point, .421)
(CC) A.J. Williams, 5-10 Jr - 9.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.4 apg (22-70 3-point, .314)

G/F
(CC) John Boyd, 6-3 Sr - 10.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg (48-158 3-point, .304)
(IWU) John Koschnitzky, 6-6/205 Sr - 9.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg (93-236 FG, .394)

F
(IWU) Victor Davis, 6-5/225 So - 10.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg (124-244 FG, .508)
(CC) Fran Rafferty, 6-4 So - 9.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg (34-87 3-point, .391)

F/C
(IWU) Kevin Reed, 6-7/225 Jr - 8.8 ppg, 5.9 rpg (116-194 FG, .598)
(CC) Goran Dulac, 6-7 Jr - 6.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg (73-150 FG, .487)

Bench

(CC) Jeremy Knowles (G), 6-1 Jr - 12.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.4 apg (53-151 3-point, .351)
(CC) Aaron Walton-Moss (G), 6-1 Fr - 11.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.6 apg (77-125 FG, .616)
(CC) Jon Miller (F/C), 6-6 So - 4.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg, (44-78 FG, .564)
(CC) Abraham Bah (F), 6-4 Jr - 4.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg (28-81 FG, .486)

(IWU) Andrew Ziemnik (F), 6-5/225 So - 7.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg (72-165 FG, .436)
(IWU) Stephen Rudnicki (G), 6-3/173 Sr - 6.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.2 apg (30-65 FG, .422)
(IWU) Nick Anderson (C), 6-9/200 So - 4.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg (47-89 FG, .528)
(IWU) Eric Dortch (F), 6-3/210 So - 3.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg (29-73 FG, .397)


Team stats...

PPG
Cabrini - 85.1
IWU - 76.5

Opp PPG
IWU - 66.2
Cabrini - 71.8

FG
Cabrini - .470
IWU - .465

Opp FG
Cabrini - .411
IWU - .413

3-point
IWU - .363
Cabrini - .355

Opp 3-point
Cabrini - .301
IWU - .357

Reb. Margin
Cabrini - +8.9 per game
IWU - +5.9/game

FT
Cabrini - .701
IWU - .678

A/TO
Cabrini - 1.1
IWU - 1.1

Opp A/TO
IWU - 0.7
Cabrini - 0.8

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I've only seen IWU for the last ten minutes and OT of the Hope game on video.  I've seen Cabrini in person and on video a couple of times.

The teams, I think, are overall evenly matched.  IWU has more experience with really top-notch teams, but Cabrini doesn't lack in confidence and they've got crazy athleticism.

The two things to watch, for me, are how Cabrini deals with the height of IWU.  They had some trouble with Hobart down low and IWU is going to be bigger and more talented there.  Cabrini hits the boards hard as a team, but the post defense could be an issue.

The second thing is Jordan Zimmer.  The Hope game had a lot to do with post play, so I don't feel like I have a good handle on all his abilities, but he's big and can shoot.  Cabrini's best defenders are smaller guards.  If Zimmer can take advantage of match-ups, he could really run them over.

I've heard Gonzalez plays great perimeter defense.  If he can keep Lemons from getting penetration, that will be a huge advantage - it's easier said than done, but it's possible.  Both games this weekend should be extremely fun to watch.

[heatlee]

There is a major connection with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Cabrini vs. Illinois Wesleyan game. Two memebers of their staff played at the Division III level.

Jack Sikma - Illinois Wesleyan (Assistant Coach)
Pat Zipfel - Cabrini (Advanced Scout)

Timberwolves Roster http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/roster/