WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[sac]

bit of shocker today,  St. Mary's 91 Hope 84

St. Mary's now 4-0 and in sole posession of first place, and 6-6 on the season.  Livestats went out for me so I have no details.

[oldknight]

My opinion - Hope will win the league again, although I doubt it will be at 16-0. 

bit of shocker today,  St. Mary's 91 Hope 84

St. Mary's now 4-0 and in sole posession of first place, and 6-6 on the season.  Livestats went out for me so I have no details.

Didn't take long for FDF to be proven correct on the record part of the equation. If Hope was ripe for an upset, this game was it. Hope hasn't played in 18 days; the Belles played this past Monday and Tuesday (losing both).  A long layoff over the holidays combined with a long road trip game is never a recipe for good hoops.

[sac]

St. Mary's is 90 minutes from Holland..........long?

Carrie Snikkers had 31 points and 11 rbs,  she had 18 at the half.

It was 44-40 at the half, so StM outscored  Hope 51-40 in the second half, and that just isn't Morehouse's defense.  Also St Mary's outscored Hope 13-2 in the final 2:20, Hope went 1-6 from the floor.

http://www.miaa.org/wbb/stats/0809/0103smhc.htm

[sac]

This was a really big program win for St. Mary's.  Overall Hope was 34-5 against the Belle's all-time.  Since they joined the MIAA in 1999 though, they had never beaten the Dutch.

1999 Hope 81, Saint Mary's 53
1999 Hope 75, Saint Mary's 60

2000 Hope 72, Saint Mary's 45
2000 Hope 87, Saint Mary's 54
2001 Hope 75, Saint Mary's 51
2001 Hope 62, Saint Mary's 46
2001 Hope 95, Saint Mary's 48
2002 Hope 73, Saint Mary's 56
2002 Hope 74, Saint Mary's 64
2003 Hope 90, Saint Mary's 73
2003 Hope 77, Saint Mary's 37
2003 Hope 77, Saint Mary's 50
2004 Hope 71, Saint Mary's 51
2004 Hope 92, Saint Mary's 72
2005 Hope 78, Saint Mary's 64
2005 Hope 61, Saint Mary's 48
2006 Hope 77, Saint Mary's 38
2006 Hope 91, Saint Mary's 66
2007 Hope 67, Saint Mary's 42
2007 Hope 79, Saint Mary's 71
2007 Hope 71, Saint Mary's 52
2008 Hope 75, Saint Mary's 58
2008 Hope 82, Saint Mary's 73
2008 Hope 82, Saint Mary's 65


24 in a row as a member of the MIAA.

[OC_SID]

This was a really big program win for St. Mary's.  Overall Hope was 34-5 against the Belle's all-time.  Since they joined the MIAA in 1999 though, they had never beaten the Dutch.

24 in a row as a member of the MIAA.

Earlier this season, Saint Mary's also beat Calvin for the first time in school history, a streak of 29 games!

[sac]

This was a really big program win for St. Mary's.  Overall Hope was 34-5 against the Belle's all-time.  Since they joined the MIAA in 1999 though, they had never beaten the Dutch.

24 in a row as a member of the MIAA.

Earlier this season, Saint Mary's also beat Calvin for the first time in school history, a streak of 29 games!

Hadn't realized that, obviously the Belle's are breaking barriers this year.

[realist]

Well, it took awhile, but the Calvin women got a win in the new fieldhouse against Trine.  Not sure of the final numbers, but the attendance sounded pretty good.  I know Calvin wanted to set a new D3 womwn's attendance record, and sort of figured it would happen in Feb. when Hope comes to town.

[AlwaysHope]

Following the Flying Dutch loss to St. Mary's on Sat., they made sure that there would not be 2 losses in a row when they destroyed Kalamazoo on Wed., 103-44.

The article in the Holland Sentinel stated that the Flying Dutch have not lost two games in a row since 10 years ago.  Ten years since the last losing streak?   Could that be right?  If so, that is VERY impressive.

[sac]

St. Mary's continues to be the feel good story of the MIAA beating 9-2 Adrian last night 74-69 at Adrian.

St. Mary's hosts 3-1 Alma this Saturday in yet another big matchup.

[sac]

St. Mary's stomped Alma 69-47 to remain in 1st place
http://www.miaa.org/wbb/stats/0809/0110smac.htm

St. Mary's hosts Albion Wed. and is off next Saturday

Hope hosts Calvin and Olivet next week.

[oldknight]

With the men's team at Adrian, I passed on the opportunity to visit beautiful Lenawee County in Janaury, and I attended the Lady Knights' visit in Holland. After a nice meal at HBC with Mrs. OK, we found our way to DeVos where I was wondering if we would 1) see Marcia Harris play, and 2) be treated to a competitive game. The answer to both was a resounding "No." Once I saw Harris in street clothes I knew this wasn't likely to be a good night (not goodknight) for the Calvin women. I was right.

I've mentioned before that Jenny Cowen was easily the best athlete on Hope's team and her full array of talents were on display tonight. In the first 13 minutes of the game she scored 16 of her game high 20, set up other scores with terrific passes, grabbed several boards, interrupted Calvin passing lanes, and created general havoc with the Knights offense. To be sure she had some help, but her consistent play on both ends set the tone for the game. An undersized Calvin squad was never in this one. I truly respect Brook VanEck who--at 5'8"--fearlessly plays down low, game after game and does a good job doing so. But on most nights she is only giving up 3-4 inches, not the the 6-7 inch differential she had tonight. That's just too much height to overcome.

Calvin sophomore Kacy Cryderman started the second half and did a nice job for the Lady Knights. If Harris won't be playing, Kacy will have to be playing more. I like the girl. She has nice size, is strong (she sets great off-the-ball screens), has a decent shot and is a good athlete.

This is the first game I've seen Hope's women play this year and their starting five is every bit as good as last year's. However, the Hope bench is not as strong as last year when the second team seemed every bit as good as the starters. As long as Morehouse has 2 or 3 subs he can regularly count on it won't make any difference. You can only put five on the floor at one time anyway.

[gohope]

Women's Basketball
Adrian 57, Alma 50
Trine 51, Olivet 34
Albion 77, Saint Mary's 72
Hope 73, Calvin 49


Thanks Albion!  

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at half ::

Trine 51
Olivet 34

That was the final score for Olivet and Trine!!

[Mr. Ypsi]

at half ::

Trine 51
Olivet 34

That was the final score for Olivet and Trine!!

Wow, those defenses were tough in the second half!

[sac]

Hope coach Brian Morehouse is sitting on 299 wins and 58 losses, with a win over Olivet he hits the 300 win milestone, in just under 13 seasons.  They don't keep track of fastest to '300' for the women, but I have to believe thats among the fastest to accomplish that feat in both games and years.

For pespective, Glenn VanWieren the Hope men's coach, reached 300 wins in his 17th season or 403rd game.


Brian's teams' winning % put him #7 on the current list of all-time active coaches for winning % in all divisions.........right behind Geno Auriema, UConn and Pat Summit, Tennessee.........thats some heady company folks.  He's currently #3 in D3.   I believe Brian will turn 40 sometime in 2009 which leaves alot of time to move up the elustrious list of all-time women's coaches.