WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[Flying Dutch Fan]

    it sounds like Carrie Snikkers may be out for some time, and we may not get to see the Snikkers/Verkaik matchup until much later in the season.

Carrie is not expected to play before February so it doesn't appear that we'll see the matchup between these two players before the conference tournament.

We can Hope for a chance for her to play in the game at Calvin on Feb 3

[realist]

Thanks OK.  I Googled metatarsel stress fracture, and I see the point you are making.  The key thing seems to be rest, and not using the foot.
I recall other players having this type of stress fracture, and it seemed to be a lingering injury, but perhaps they cam back too soon.

[Dark Knight]

Massey ratings are out for women's DIII basketball. Here' show the MIAA stacks up:

1. Hope (#5)
2. Calvin (#22)
3. St Mary's (#92)
4. Trine (#159)
5. Adrian (#176)
6. Albion (#206)
7. Olivet (#268)
8. Alma (#273)
9. Kalamazoo (#333)

Over all, that puts the MIAA at #12 as a conference, only 11 points behind the WIAC. On the men's side, the conference is at #15, 16 points behind the WIAC.

Carthage is gaining respect pretty slowly in the D3hoops poll, but Massey has them at #3.

[Dark Knight]

Trine packed the paint against the Knights Saturday, triple-teamed Verkaik, and slowed the game down. They managed to hold her to 8 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks on 3/7 from the floor in 20 minutes of PT. The Knights' guards were reasonably successful in taking advantage of the defense, hitting 7 of 19 three-pointer attempts. Freshmen Kelsey Irwin is starting to have an impact in this regard, with a team-leading 17 treys, hitting them at an eye-opening .472 clip, in only 10 minutes per game on average.

No doubt other MIAA teams will try the same thing, and Verkaik's point production may go down. At the same time, the guards will get more open looks from the outside. It'll be interesting to see how well they take advantage of the situation.

The final score was 58-40, but the Knights were up by 26, 56-30, with 7 minutes left. Trine was playing without three normal starters because of injury and illness.

[sac]

Hope and Calvin both win this afternoon to set up the showdown Tuesday evening at DeVos Fieldhouse.


Hope trailed Albion 22-21 at the half and held the Brits scoreless for 8 minutes, and without a FG for the first 13 minutes of the 2nd half.  Albion finished the half with just 12 points and 2 FG's.   

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Hope and Calvin both win this afternoon to set up the showdown Tuesday evening at DeVos Fieldhouse.


Hope trailed Albion 22-21 at the half and held the Brits scoreless for 8 minutes, and without a FG for the first 13 minutes of the 2nd half.  Albion finished the half with just 12 points and 2 FG's.   

And that was after a first half wiht only 7 field goals.  I can't remember seeing a team get less than 10 field goals in a game.  That is some serious defense.   Philana Greene nearly had a rare kind of double double - 11 points and 9 steals

[hope1]

looking towards a good game tuesday  night  hope vs calvin  it could be a sellout

[ziggy]

Hope and Calvin both win this afternoon to set up the showdown Tuesday evening at DeVos Fieldhouse.

Streaming video would be nice...

[sac]

Hope and Calvin both win this afternoon to set up the showdown Tuesday evening at DeVos Fieldhouse.

Streaming video would be nice...

Being there in person would be better.........no video I'm sure.

[oldknight]

Hope and Calvin both win this afternoon to set up the showdown Tuesday evening at DeVos Fieldhouse.

Streaming video would be nice...

They have it. I watched a portion of Calvin's easy win over Albion on Wednesday night and the quality was quite good. Got audio too though the timing seemed to be a bit off because I heard what was happening before I observed it. I assume the service will be available Wednesday as well.

[Calvinhoops]

That was a Calvin broadcast.   This game is at Hope.

[oldknight]

That was a Calvin broadcast.   This game is at Hope.

Good catch. It really is best to test one's assumptions.

[realist]

Hopefully the game tomorrow will live up to our expectations. 

[Dark Knight]

Hopefully the game tomorrow will live up to our expectations. 

What are our expectations? Massey has Hope over Calvin by about 10 at Hope. Can Calvin make it a barn burner?

[oldknight]

Hopefully the game tomorrow will live up to our expectations. 

What are our expectations? Massey has Hope over Calvin by about 10 at Hope. Can Calvin make it a barn burner?

I assume Massey doesn't account for Snikkers' absence and that's a huge factor. Without Carrie playing, I think this game is pretty much a toss-up.