WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[bballfan13]

Carissa has also been nominated for the Josten's Award:

http://d3hoops.com/notables/2012/02/jostens-trophy-finalists-announced

I believe Lisa Winkle was a Josten's winner a few years back.

Yes you are correct.  She won the award her senior year in 06-07.

[wiz]

Wisconsin Lutheran will be no cakewalk for Calvin on Friday night.  I suggest the Lady Knights keep close tabs on Rachel Johnson, a gifted athlete.  Click on the video to see her and her and her talented teammates in action http://wlcsports.com/article.asp?articleID=2459.

[WLCALUM83]

One of WLC's 2 starting freshman forwards got the "Freshman of the Year" award in the Northern Athletics Conference.

http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/all-conference

[northb]

From Calvin's sports email:

A tournament website for the upcoming four-team regional at Calvin is now online at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/womens/basketball/ncaaregional.htm

The website includes a look at all four teams competing in the regional field. The preview can be found at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/news/comments/womens-basketball-preview-for-ncaa-iii-regional-at-calvin-college-march-2-a/

Live stats of all three games will be available at: http://www.calvin.edu/scoreboard. All three games will also be video streamed at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/calvin.portal#

[hope52]

good luck to calvin tonight

[realist]

Nice job.  Calvin.   59-47

[wiz]

A battle all the way.  No shots were easy for either team.  Shut down Johnson in the first half and that may have been the difference.  Calvin will have their hands full tomorrow night with UWSP.  Very good officiating.  Would be happy to see this crew at every game, men's and women's.
Go Calvin!

[Intangir]

Solid win by the Knights tonight. Calvin led most of the game but Wisc-Lutheran never let up and was always ready with a big play to keep it close - the final 12 point margin was the only time Calvin's lead seemed at all safe. Calvin seemed to struggle a bit with rebounding and some poor shooting but played great defense, they ran the Warrior's shot clock out more than a few times and had quite a few good steals. Looking forward to another great game against UWSP tomorrow.

[realist]

WLC was well coached, and well prepared for the game.   Don't recall many games with that rebound spread, and would prefer not to see any more. 

[WLCALUM83]

Your Lady Knights got a boat-load more points off turnovers than WLC did, and even though the Warriors had a rebounding advantage, they had too many chances they didn't convert on. It took the whole game to get a scoring output WLC got in one half in its' previous game against Dominican--quite a statement for Calvin's defense.

[oldknight]

Both defenses were excellent tonight, with WL frustrating Carissa Verkaik in the first half in ways I have not seen before, limiting her to 1-4 from the floor, while still covering the other Lady Knight players too. After the break CV showed the kind of player she is by scoring 17. WL simply wasn't going to be able to score enough to beat Calvin, even with repeated second and third chances. Calvin's poor rebounding was terribly disappointing and, if that continues, it won't permit them to move much further down the tournament road. The Lady Knights won't be able to harrass every team they see as much as they did Wisconsin Lutheran.

Other than Verkaik, only Calvin's fine point guard, Kayla Engelhard played well on offense. She scored 14 and took care of the ball extremely well committing only one turnover. She is a superb floor general and very composed.

An excellent turnout by the WL fans, especially their student section which came in large numbers and quite energized. They added a lot of much needed excitement to the arena and came in larger numbers than the Calvin students, a fact I thought was somewhat embarrassing. They also jammed well with the pep band at half. Well done by the WL students.

[wiz]

I agree with oldknight's assessment.  I would add that it appeared to me coach Ross was trying to draw out the WL bigs by having Verkaik play up high and find the open Wolfis underneath.  At halftime, he made the adjustment to go the tried and true way and turn Carissa loose underneath, where she performed very well in drawing fouls and scoring.

[wiz]

Good game for Calvin tonight.  Carissa did her usual, Kayla is money and Courtney makes a lot happen with her athleticism and smarts.  But, tonight, it was Julia Hilbrands who played her heart out and made the difference.  Without her, Calvin would have lost.

[calvinite]

Agreed, Julia was fantastic on offense, defense, AND at the free throw line.

[oldknight]

Good game for Calvin tonight.  Carissa did her usual, Kayla is money and Courtney makes a lot happen with her athleticism and smarts.  But, tonight, it was Julia Hilbrands who played her heart out and made the difference.  Without her, Calvin would have lost.

You're quite right, Julia had a career night when she had to have one for Calvin to win. Of course, she was recipient of many good entry passes from Kurncz who also had nine big second half points when the game was on the line. But Julia finished well around the basket and hit her free throws. Carissa was her usual outstanding self going for a quiet 29 points, 11 boards, and 6 blocks. She's so consistently good you come to expect it and she made many big shots down the stretch--none bigger than the two triples she made when Calvin was trailing in the final ten minutes.

For WSP, Barber was a revelation, a terrific athlete and very smart on both sides of the ball. She's a real gamer any coach would want on their team. She single-handedly nearly willed her team to victory. The Pointers were a very worthy opponent.