WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Looking forward to tonight's game.  We saw the second half of the Tri-State / Albion game on Saturday, and despite their small size, I was impressed with the way the Lady Thunder battled inside and just never went away.  Albion put on several second half runs, but TSU always responded to keep it a 5-7 point game until very late.  Here's HOPEing nobody is looking ahead - althought this Hope team has shown they're pretty good at being focused.

[hope1]

yes tri state  played pretty good saturday  but still hope schould beat them by maybe 20 or 30  points i think i hope a good crowd tonight

[sac]

A couple interesting games tonight

Albion and Alma are within 2 points 5 min in the 2nd

Adrian is handling Calvin by 13

Hope starting to pull away from TSU


All the miaa games here.......
http://www.olivetcollege.edu/athletics/miaa/wbb/0226.HTM

[sac]

A little background on the Adrian/Calvin game

Adrian 61 Calvin 54 at Adrian
Calvin 65 Adrian 64 at Calvin

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Adrian beats Calvin 59-58. A disappointing season for the Knights ends early on a sour note.

[sac]

Adrian survives 8:13 of scoreless basketball to win by 1 after leading 59-46.  Great comeback by Calvin.

[sac]

Lindsey Lange 2 points, Julie Henderson 0 points, Stacey Warsen doesn't play..........Hope wins by 29

[Civic Minded]

Lindsey Lange 2 points, Julie Henderson 0 points, Stacey Warsen doesn't play..........Hope wins by 29

And the first half was just as ugly as it seemed.  Hope was out rebounded by 3State in the first half, yet easily wins the rebounding battle overall.  Let's hope the  tourney jitters were dispelled with this one.

On a lighter note, the 3 pt. shooting responsibilities were shared nicely throughout the team -- and every one of them was a beauty.  Free throw shooting; not so much. 

[GoVols]

T-State pretty much denied Lange the ball and when she did shoot, she shot badly. Thunder forced Hope to beat 'em with the 3 and they did, tying a tournament record with 12 in, I believe, 23 attempts. Nice percentage, but tournament record is 1.000 — a 1-for-1. There's gotta be a minimum to make that stat legit.
Oh, Warsen out with the flu. Hope it doesn't spread, though Hope played the first half like they were all ill.

[MIdoubleA]

A frightening trend I noticed when Hope plays poorly is that of their field goal percentage on "easy shots" - put backs, layups, etc. For whatever reason, these types of shots tend to fly way over the hoop, clang off the rim, or hit the backboard so hard they bounce past the basket. I've only noticed this in person, as the stats probably mask this type of behavior; poor % = +rebounds.

Hopefully they correct this before they get into games that really truly matter...

[realist]

Adrian beats Calvin 59-58. A disappointing season for the Knights ends early on a sour note.

Unfortunately sad, but true.  Some times you just don't get the ball to bounce right for you. 

[mjfasteenwolf]

Moving on to another position, it is amazing how quickly Boles can rack up the points when she gets hot.

We saw this again last night, I didn't realize she had 14 in the first half until I heard it announced during halftime. The team looked OK, still dominant, but still room for improvement. Would be nice to have Snikkers get her touch back, and to get Warsen healthy.
Tomorrow against St. Mary's should be a good game, hopefully they keep it close for a while, then Hope call blow them out as well. Depends a lot on how well Henderson/Cowen, and whoever else guards Kesslar tomorrow can do on her. With hopes D I am not too worried about her taking over the game. Should be great, HOPE to see the Dutch playing for the tourney title on Saturday.

[sac]

New rankings........

Great Lakes Region
1.  Thomas More  20-0  25-0
2.  DePauw  19-1  22-3
3.  Hope  22-0  24-0 
4.  Baldwin-Wallace  23-2  23-2
5.  Wilmington (Ohio)  17-6  19-6
6.  Ohio Northern  18-6  19-6

This is just an absolute joke

[Flying Dutch Fan]

What an absolute pile of crap!  Wait, that's actually the definition in Websters if you look up NCAA .

[ChicagoHopeNut]

Wow, just amazing. And with our luck someone will think those four teams should be a first weekend pod.