WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[veragrace]

You beat me to it but I was just about to guess Kopke as well.  I was really HOPEing it wasn't her.  She's been a great leader and defensive spark for the second team.

[Erm Schmigget]

Actually this is the 4th time HPU will be playing McMurry.  HPU beat them twice during conference play and the latest time by 22 points in the conference tournament on a neutral floor.

dballa, you are correct.  However, it was kind of an inside joke to those reading this board who also frequent the men's MIAA board, where there was a discussion about 3rd meetings.  So it made a better reference to take some artistic liberty with the number of meetings.  That's all...

(Apologies to Mr. Sager.    )

[dballa]

No problem at all.  I think it's funny we have our Howard Payne fans hoping Hope loses so we could have a better opportunity to host and we have Hope fans wanting HPU to lose to have a better opportunity to host.  Even with that fans want HPU and Hope to play against each other if they make it that far.

[womens fan]

mjfasteenwolf:  When you said it was injury to a non-starting key player I was pretty sure the wrist injury had worsened and now with your mention of this being a thin position I am pretty sure who you are referring to.  We can only hope that there is a chance it does not sideline her for the entire run.

But it sounds like we should expect to see Henderson and probably Green playing some extended minutes.

Considering how hard everyone has worked this is a real disappointment.  I feel so bad for the player.

Good detective skills, you narrowed it down to the right player, just a new more severe injury. You are also definetely right that Henderson, maybe Greene, and maybe Cowen/DeKuiper will be seeing more time. Hopefully they can step it up. I am not worried about Henderson needing to play more minutes, I think she will step it up. She can take charge of the team, and play all game without making many mistakes, i am sure some of you remember the 06 run, if she plays anything like that, Hope will be fine. The only thing that worries me, is although Henderson is a great defensive player, she cannot put the full court on the ball pressure on that Kopke does so well, the Flying  Dutch will miss that, but I think they will rise to the occassion.

It is a shame to hear about Kopke. it will be a loss for the team if she is unable to play.

I think you are correct. Henderson can probably defend any player in almost any situation, but is best in the half court. Let's not forget that Cowen is coming close to being able to play the defense that Henderson does, and has the lateral speed to pressure the ball. I also expect to see some great things form DeKuiper in the future. It may be sooner than she was planning on, but this may be when we start to see what she is capable of.

I am hoping that the adversity that they are facing right now will bring them together and provide a little added motivation.... as if that is needed.

Go Hope.

[monsoon]

Safe travels to everyone heading to Cleveland...they're calling for some nasty weather in Ohio this weekend.

[hope1]

good luck girls tonight here is hoping you win tonight  good luck

[veragrace]

Sentinel calls Kopke "questionable" for Round One.  No specific mention of what the injury is but encouraging to me that they are not saying out for the whole tourney.

[OC_SID]

Sentinel calls Kopke "questionable" for Round One.  No specific mention of what the injury is but encouraging to me that they are not saying out for the whole tourney.

I am listening to the pre-game show (from sunny Florida). I believe Ron is interviewing Dean Morehouse, and Dean just said that Kopke has ACL tear and is out for the tournament.

[NW Hope Fan]

No live stats?

[gohope]

HOPE WINS!!!!   

(A copy of the Hope Sports Report)

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Flying Dutch Begin NCAA Tournament Run With Victory

Hope College coasted to a 76-47 victory over Juniata, Pa. in a first
round game of the NCAA Division III women's basketball championships
on Friday.

The game was played in snowy Ohio on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace
College. An impending blizzard caused B-W officials to close their
campus for the weekend, but the tournament games will go on since the
teams had already arrived.  Approximately 75 fans braved the slippery
roads to cheer the Flying Dutch to their 28th straight victory.

Coach Brian Morehouse's Flying Dutch were playing their 11th straight
NCAA game on the road.  Their 12th straight will come Saturday when
Hope plays the winner of a late Friday game between host
Baldwin-Wallace and D'Youville, N.Y.

The Flying Dutch were in command from the start, jumping out to a 14-0
lead.  Six minutes into the game Hope had a 17-2 lead.  Hope's
halftime  lead was 40-19.  Hope shot 54% (19-for-35) in the first half
led by Philana Green's 5-for-5 shooting performance.  Juniata,
meanwhile, made just five baskets over the first 20 minutes behind 23%
(5-for-26) shooting.

Greene and Jenny Cowen each finished with 12 points while Carrie
Snikkers added 10.

[Erm Schmigget]

veragrace just pointed out to me:  Hope's top scorers...sophmore, sophmore, freshman.  Sweet!

[sac]

An impending blizzard caused B-W officials to close their
campus for the weekend, ..........

Wimps. 

This is coming from someone who just spent approximately 8 hours driving through said blizzard conditions from Columbus to Cleveland (Berea) and back to Michigan.    Tough it up. 

I'm usually happy to make Ann Arbor for other reasons leaving Ohio, tonight it was because it finally quit snowing somewhere around there.  Quite the adventure.

But I got to wish my niece happy birthday in person, spend some QT with the nephew,  get my but kicked in foosball by the little brother, did a little personal observation of Capital...........and I got to see Hope just basically clobber Juniata, I'm really not even sure the final score sums up the mismatch.  Hope played well there's little doubting that, but Juniata was pretty intimidated from the tip.  I thought a big part of Hope's 14-0 lead was just simple intimidation, lots of wild shots by Juniata.

Hope dominated the interior, dominated the boards.......there's a reason Hope shot well over 50%, lot of bunnies tonight, great interior passing.  Green was the early catalist, with a handfull of steals, a couple assists and some early points to get the  Dutch rolling.

Jenny Cowen really stood out tonight, I thought she played a great game, quite a lift for Hope in the absense of Kopke.  DeKuiper also played well, although the boxscore doesn't really show it.  Hope will miss Kopke, there's not quite the same killer energy on defense without her. 

In our haste to outrun and escape the great Ohio Blizzard of 2008, we headed home after the game, but it only took a look at warmups to see BW also had a huge mismatch vs D'Youville, I'm not surprised by that final score at all.  Hope/B-W should be a good one.

[hope1]

good job last night and good luck tonight

[Erm Schmigget]

Just found out we have a (quite thin) connection to Howard-Payne University.  veragrace is a screen printer and occasionally prints vinyl for the pads you see on the basketball posts like the ones at DeVos (yes, she printed those).  Rummaging through some files today, we discovered that she also printed Howard-Payne's pads.  She sometimes jokes that she should print a little "Go Hope" on the back (inside) of the pads before printing the image that's supposed to go on the front.  Did she do it with HPU's pads?    

There is another fieldhouse going up, a little closer to home.  The manufacturer of the hoop supports at Hope is in Grand Rapids.  I wonder if we'll be seeing an order for some maroon pads with gold images on them?  Hmmm...  Might present an opportunity too good to pass up.    

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Just found out we have a (quite thin) connection to Howard-Payne University.  veragrace is a screen printer and occasionally prints vinyl for the pads you see on the basketball posts like the ones at DeVos (yes, she printed those).  Rummaging through some files today, we discovered that she also printed Howard-Payne's pads.  She sometimes jokes that she should print a little "Go Hope" on the back (inside) of the pads before printing the image that's supposed to go on the front.  Did she do it with HPU's pads?    

There is another fieldhouse going up, a little closer to home.  The manufacturer of the hoop supports at Hope is in Grand Rapids.  I wonder if we'll be seeing an order for some maroon pads with gold images on them?  Hmmm...  Might present an opportunity too good to pass up.    

Way too good to pass up - and at the very least, it might cause a good number of maroon and gold supporters to try to unwrap the supports, just to check