MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[augiefan]

Augie 75 Whitewater 55 Final. Augie was down 29-28 at the half but blew Whitewater out in the second half. 18 each for Ryan and Pils. Hill only had 6.

[izzy stradlin]

Wheaton had a game tonight.  I watched parts of it. 

How many weeks till the 2016 football season?

[kiko]

IWU70, just don't forget:

扣籃只算作兩分

[GoPerry]

Wheaton had a game tonight.  I watched parts of it. 

How many weeks till the 2016 football season?

Ha!  Good one.

Chicago 77, Wheaton 52

Thunder were bad in just about every respect.  Wheaton is a very young team and they looked every bit of it vs the Maroons.  -23 on the boards (54-31), and the 31% shooting from the field is misleading because it was much worse in the first half when they came out shooting 2 of 16.  I actually don't think Chicago played that great a game but they weren't required to. 

[AppletonRocks]

http://www.themorningsun.com/sports/20151203/shooters-gonna-shoot-scots-take-34-threes-blow-out-north-park-in-home-debut

Alma article on victory over NPU. 

[markerickson]

The NPU box score indicates the Vikings had zero fast break points.  NPU will not win with that kind of stat.

[sac]

The NPU box score indicates the Vikings had zero fast break points.  NPU will not win with that kind of stat.

I think that might just be because Alma doesn't keep track of that stat for some reason.  They don't keep track of points in the paint either.

[AndOne]

North Central 82
Platteville      52

The Cardinals played great defense holding UWP to 19 first half points to lead by 20 at the break before outscoring the hosts by another 10 in the second stanza to take a 30 point win in Wisconsin. NCC Coach Todd Raridon emptied the bench with 6:22 to play.
Platteville had no answer for the Cards' Alex Sorenson who tallied 25 points. Jayme Moten had 16, and Aiden Chang 9. Connor Raridon had 9 boards and Kevin Honn 8. Moton, Raridon, and Jagger Anderson all had 4 assists. The Cardinals had only 7 TOs. UWP's starting lineup was held to a total of 23 points.
A very nice road win indeed for the Cardinals.

[markerickson]

The box score provides that NPU and Alma scored 26 and 42 points in the paint, respectively.

[sac]

The box score provides that NPU and Alma scored 26 and 42 points in the paint, respectively.

The official box score from Alma has no such things.  http://www.goalmascots.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20151202_8oi7.xml

nor the one they turned into the MIAA  http://miaa.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20151202_8oi7.xml

So I don't know.

[Titan Q]

Wash U/IWU article...

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/basketball/men/washington-u-to-put-titans-defense-to-the-test/article_2fde1fc7-ec88-52eb-a837-897abbb2e83a.html

[GoPerry]

#5 Hope 88
Wheaton 83  (2OT)

What an absolutely heartbreaking loss for the Thunder tonight in double OT at DeVos.  They played their hearts out and led practically the entirety of regulation.  This despite Michael Berg sitting 9 second half minutes in foul trouble and eventually fouling out in the first OT.  What really hurt was losing Murad Dillard for the 2nd half to injury(ankle or knee?) after he had played a great 1st half posting up smaller defenders and scoring 9.

In the end, Wheaton's lack of experience showed when Hope came with some pressure with about 1:30 left in regulation and the Thunder clutching a 6 pt lead.   Wheaton could not handle the full court press and looked generally shaken with some bad turnovers.  Plus, a more veteran Hope team hit some big shots that weren't falling earlier. 

Hard to believe this was the same Thunder team that played so poorly vs Chicago because as badly as they played Wednesday, they played that well tonight. Their defensive intensity was noticeably better although it began to break down in the OT (Hope scored a lot of their points off layups).  It also helped that WC shot 47% (vs only 31% vs Chicago) and rebounding was fairly even until Berg fouled out and then the board battle went decidedly Hope's way ending up -7 (-9 on the offensive glass).  Hope ended the game with 10 more FG attempts and 12 more foul shots.  Tough to overcome that.

Granted, the Dutchman were only 3/24 from the 3 point line so they've had better shooting nights.  But Coach Schauer should be proud of his team for not folding quickly in the OT periods.  In front of a huge Hope crowd of 2350, Wheaton really kept their composure well for most of the game and made big shots to maintain the lead until the very end.  They should be able to find something positive from tonight and carry it through.

[shepherd]

#5 Hope 88
Wheaton 83  (2OT)

The loss stinks but Wheaton made progress with this very young team.
The outlook looks a little brighter for Wheaton.

[Titan Q]

#14 Washington U. (5-0) at Illinois Wesleyan (3-2), 7:00pm...

Washington U. (5-0)
G - Kevin Kucera, 6-2/185 So.  (11.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 5.4 apg)
G - Luke Silverman-Lloyd, 6-2/185 Sr.  (11.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.2 apg)
F - Clinton Hooks, 6-5/190 Jr. (11.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.4 apg)
F - Andrew Sanders, 6-5/220 So.  (15.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg)
F - Matt Highsmith, 6-7/205 So. (7.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg)

G - Jake Knupp, 6-1/170 So.  (5.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.8 apg)
G - Michael Bregman, 6-4/205 Jr.  (3.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg)
F - Sasha Sobolev, 6-7/200 So.  (2.6 ppg)

Illinois Wesleyan (3-2)
G - Bryce Dolan, 6-1/165 Sr. (17.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.8 apg)
G - Brady Rose, 6-2/190 So.  (9.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 4.0 apg)
F - Andy Stempel, 6-4/192 Jr. (12.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.2 apg)
F - Rob Mahlke, 6-8/220 Sr.  (2.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg)
F - Trevor Seibring, 6-8/235 Jr.  (15.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg)

F - Jaylen Beasley, 6-6/180 So. (10.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg)
G - Joel Pennington, 6-0/180 Sr.  (9.0 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 2.4 rpg)
F - Alec Bausch, 6-6/210 Jr.  (8.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
G - Colin Bonnett, 6-3/195 Fr.  (7.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg)
F - Mike Marietti, 6-8/225 Sr.


Pantagraph - http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/basketball/men/washington-u-to-put-titans-defense-to-the-test/article_2fde1fc7-ec88-52eb-a837-897abbb2e83a.html

Live video/stats - http://portal.stretchinternet.com/iwu/

WJBC Radio - http://portal.stretchinternet.com/wjbc/

[Titan Q]

#5 Hope 88
Wheaton 83  (2OT)

Wheaton played incredibly well last night.  6-3 sophomore guard Ricky Samuelson (23 points, 5-8 3-point) hit some big-time shots in clutch moments, including what looked to be a game winner - a 3 from the right corner to put Wheaton up 74-72 with 0:11 to play in regulation.  He is now 16-34 (.471) from 3-point range on the season and looks to be one of the elite shooters in the CCIW.

6-6/235 senior Joel Smith (14 points, 5 rebounds) was also great for the Thunder.  He took, and made, some huge shots down the stretch.

Wheaton led 69-63 with 1:20 to go...and I thought it was over.  And then 71-66 with 0:41 to play...and I again thought it was over.  Two huge turnovers by the Thunder in that final 1:20 that let the Dutchmen back in the door.  Wheaton had 21 turnovers last night - almost shocking they went to double overtime with the #5 team in the country with that total.  (Hope shot the ball ten more times than Wheaton - 74 FGA vs 64 FGA.)

Hard to process Wheaton's last two games - a 25-point home loss to U. of Chicago (a really good Maroons team), and a 2OT loss to #5 Hope.  That said, the Wheaton team from last night - especially with Murad Dillard and Michael Berg playing normal minutes - is dangerous.  Plenty of talent and shooters there you have to account for.

Also hard to process what I saw from Hope last night.  After watching the Dutchmen play Aquinas and Cornerstone, I felt like Hope was dead even with #1 Augustana.  But Hope just did not look like the same team from the weekend before.  I guess I will just assume it was a horrible shooting game (3-24 3-point) and that Wheaton played great.  And most importantly, Hope found a way to win -- made huge plays down 6 with 1:20 in regulation and then in both overtime periods.  I still think Hope is on the short list of favorites to win the national championship - I'd favor Augustana by 3 points on a neutral court.