WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[wiz]

Carissa Verkaik is now 91 pts away from 1,500, 1 rebound away from 700, and 18 blocks away from 300.

...and 41 points away from making the MIAA most points scored (career) top ten list.

I believe she's "on pace" to get all the way up to #3 (passing Marcia Harris and Lisa Winkle for Calvin's top spot) this season.

So, any bold predictions who will be MVP on the women's side?

[Dark Knight]

Carissa Verkaik is now 91 pts away from 1,500, 1 rebound away from 700, and 18 blocks away from 300.

...and 41 points away from making the MIAA most points scored (career) top ten list.

I believe she's "on pace" to get all the way up to #3 (passing Marcia Harris and Lisa Winkle for Calvin's top spot) this season.

So, any bold predictions who will be MVP on the women's side?

Maybe the player who's on pace to set a new MIAA record for highest field goal percentage for a season?

[bballfan13]

Calvin beats St. Mary's tonight 80-54 down in South Bend.  The 1st and 2nd half were two different stories.  Up 29-17 at the half, Calvin's offense struggled a bit but played well defensively.  And then in the second half the Knights erupted for 51 points and let down a bit defensively allowing 37 points.  Overall a good win for the Knights on the road.

Kurncz had a great game with 22 points, 5 assists, 3 boards, and 4 steals.  Verkaik played well and came up just short of a triple double with 16 points, 11 boards, and 8 blocks.  Wolffis also played well with 14 points and 7 boards.

[Dark Knight]

Last year the knights set a new MIAA defensive record, allowing 46.5 points per game. The record held for seasons of more than 6 games -- Adrian set the 6-game-season record in 1978-79 at 43.3 points per game.

Calvin's on track to improve last year's record, as they allowed 45.2 points per game through the first half of the double round robin. In order to reach that 43.3 mark they'd have to limit opponents to 41.4 points per game for the remaining games.

That may be too difficult to achieve. However, Calvin did have a couple of below-average defensive games in the first half, and if they're going to go far in the tournament they'll need to have that defense in peak form.

Massey says Calvin will give up 39 points to Adrian today and 45.2 points per game on average for remaining games. Can Calvin do four points better than Massey's prediction each game? 

[sac]

The  Albion women are laying one heck of a 2nd half defensive smackdown on the Dutch.  With a little over 5 minutes to play, Hope has one 2 point FG, three 3's and Liz Ellis is the only Hope player to score.

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/livestats/

[Roundball999]

The  Albion women are laying one heck of a 2nd half defensive smackdown on the Dutch.  With a little over 5 minutes to play, Hope has one 2 point FG, three 3's and Liz Ellis is the only Hope player to score.

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/livestats/

Hard to tell if its Albion or Hope.  Hope has 13 more shots and has caused 8 more turnovers, but they just can't throw it in the ocean.  0-16 on 3's in the first half, 21% shooting overall for the game.  The Hope D is typical, holding Albion to about 37% and causing 22 turnovers so far, but the offense seems horrendous.  Adrian has been giving Calvin a good game but a Calvin win seems inevitable.

[sac]

Albion 63 Hope 46

[realist]

Calvin had their hands full at Adrian 55 - 52
CV 24 points.  Adrian out rebounded Calvin by 6.

Curious to hear what happened to Hope this p.m.  Just not like them to loose either by 17 pts. or at home.  Rewa from Albion is hard to handle.

[Roundball999]

Congrats to Albion for a thrashing of Hope.  It would be hard to beat anyone shooting 16-69.  Albion did a nice job at the line, hitting 24-28 FT.  Hope's defense was sound, but I'm not sure of the logic behind 37 three point attempts, far more than the season average.  The game only got our of hand the last few minutes so most of those 3's were not part of a desparate comeback attempt.  In any case, a nice win for Albion. 

Calvin edged Adrian at Adrian by 3, it seems Adrian is much improved and their home court is a tough place to play.

[Dark Knight]

Albion started out the season 1-5, but now they're on an 11-game winning streak.

Three of those losses were to ranked teams, Calvin, DePauw, and Hope, and one was to 13-3 Ohio Northern.

[Roundball999]

Calvin had their hands full at Adrian 55 - 52
CV 24 points.  Adrian out rebounded Calvin by 6.

Curious to hear what happened to Hope this p.m.  Just not like them to loose either by 17 pts. or at home.  Rewa from Albion is hard to handle.

I think Albion weathered the usual Hope pressure defense reasonably well (shot a respectable 38%, 23 turnovers but Hope did not make them pay much) and Albion played some of their own tough defense.  Hope crashed the offensive boards (had 21 offensive boards and almost 20 more shots than Albion) but they simply couldn't throw it in the ocean.  Credit the Albion defense.

[realist]

I was following the live stats, and just kept saying this is going to change any minute now.  I agree, credit Albion. 
Calvin gets Albion at home on Wed. so Ross better tell the ladies to bring their A game.  Second time around their just aren't many surprises.

[Dark Knight]

The  Albion women are laying one heck of a 2nd half defensive smackdown on the Dutch.  With a little over 5 minutes to play, Hope has one 2 point FG, three 3's and Liz Ellis is the only Hope player to score.

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/livestats/

So is it really a matter of a defensive smackdown, or did the Dutch just have a really, really off night shooting?

Albion looks pretty average defensively, according to MIAA stats--6th in field goal pct defense, 8th in three-point field goal pct defense.

[Roundball999]

The  Albion women are laying one heck of a 2nd half defensive smackdown on the Dutch.  With a little over 5 minutes to play, Hope has one 2 point FG, three 3's and Liz Ellis is the only Hope player to score.

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/livestats/

So is it really a matter of a defensive smackdown, or did the Dutch just have a really, really off night shooting?

Albion looks pretty average defensively, according to MIAA stats--6th in field goal pct defense, 8th in three-point field goal pct defense.

Not meaning to take anything away form Albion, but this was a very bad shooting night for the Dutch.  Albion packed the defense in the lane and Hope had many open looks from outside, shots they usually make at a pretty good rate.  That's one reason they shot so many more threes than normal, they were simply taking the shots that were open, shots they are normally happy to take.  But credit Albion for a defense that worked on this night. 

[bballfan13]

The  Albion women are laying one heck of a 2nd half defensive smackdown on the Dutch.  With a little over 5 minutes to play, Hope has one 2 point FG, three 3's and Liz Ellis is the only Hope player to score.

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/livestats/

So is it really a matter of a defensive smackdown, or did the Dutch just have a really, really off night shooting?

Albion looks pretty average defensively, according to MIAA stats--6th in field goal pct defense, 8th in three-point field goal pct defense.

Not meaning to take anything away form Albion, but this was a very bad shooting night for the Dutch.  Albion packed the defense in the lane and Hope had many open looks from outside, shots they usually make at a pretty good rate.  That's one reason they shot so many more threes than normal, they were simply taking the shots that were open, shots they are normally happy to take.  But credit Albion for a defense that worked on this night.

Was it a pack defense or was it just a straight up zone defense?