MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[bbfan44]

And now for the starting lineups for the Pool C Augustana Vikings vs. St Thomas:

St Thomas

"Horace" Grant Schaeffer G, 6-0, Sr

Ryan "Manute" Bol F, 6-6, Jr

Michael "Conley" Hannon G, 6-2, Jr

John "Wall" Veil G, 6-0, Jr

"Michael" Jordan Burich F, 6-6, Sr

Connor "McGregor" Bair F, 6-5, So

Elija "Wood" Hannah "Montana" F, 6-3, Fr

"Soon it" Will "B" Dunn G, 6-2, Sr

Tommy "Gun" Anderson F, 6-4, Fr


Augustana

Chrishawn Orange "is the new black" G, 6-2 So

Jacob "Magic" Johnston G, 6-5, Sr

"Bob" Dylan Sortillo G, 6-3, Jr

Nolan "Ryan" Ebel G, 6-1, So

"George" Brett Benning "and the jets" G, 6-6, So

AJ "Barbie" Dollmeyer C, 6-8, Jr

Micah "Kenyon"  Martin C, 6-10, Fr

"George" Lucas Simon "Says" G, 6-5, Fr

Nice job USee.  My favorite flavor of the day is "George" Brett Benning "and the jets". 

[Gregory Sager]

Anybody watching the Wash U vs. Ripon game? This Ty Sabin character is sick.

[augiefan]

Supposedly the best scorer in DIII. Certainly seems true in the 1st half.

[Gregory Sager]

Well, according to the guys on Whiparound, Sabin's got a chance to pass Stevie D. on the D3 all-time scoring list tonight.

I can see why he's piled up so many points over the past four years.

North Central's up on Wooster by two at the half.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Supposedly the best scorer in DIII. Certainly seems true in the 1st half.

He IS leading D3 in ppg.

Tonight WashU has 27 at the half; Ty Sabin has 25!  Add in his teammates, and Ripon is up 42-27.  Upset Alert is hereby officially declared!

[AndOne]

FINAL!

NCC 77
Wooster 72

[Gregory Sager]

North Central outlasts Wooster, 77-72. It was nip-and-tuck most of the way, but NCC never trailed. Erwin Henry had a terrific shooting night and led the Cards with 20 and 7, while Jagger Anderson came close to a triple-double with 17-8-10. Alex Sorenson contributed 16 and 8, while Matt Cappelletti added 14.

The Cards won it on the boards, where they dominated, 36-25, including 14-9 on the offensive glass.

[Gregory Sager]

Augustana leads St. Thomas at the half, 36-32.

[iwu70]

Congrats to NCC on getting into the second round.  I hope Augie can join them.

Did you see that Wash U score -- half by half?

Wartburg creaming #10 Benedictine.

Time for breakfast in Hong Kong.

(Sadly, the IWU women went down to Trine 63-56.  A poor shooting and rebounding night did them in, even with winning the TO battle bigly and shooting 19-21 from the charity stripe). 

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

Weird stat of the night: It took both Augie and UST almost 24 minutes before either team hit a three.

[Gregory Sager]

Augie is defending well, but the Doggies are not putting a body on the weak-side Tommie attacking the glass, leading to several UST putbacks to keep this one a seesaw game.

[Gregory Sager]

Chrishawn Orange hit a running trey at the buzzer from the top of the key as Augie dethroned St. Thomas, 77-74. Augie was down by eight with under 40 seconds remaining, and came back to tie it up with ten seconds remaining on a pair of Nolan Ebel FTs. The UST ballhandler was called for a charge with three seconds left, and Orange threaded his way through the defense to hit the 21-foot runner as time expired.

[augie_superfan]

Chrishawn Orange hit a running trey at the buzzer from the top of the key as Augie dethroned St. Thomas, 77-74. Augie was down by eight with under 40 seconds remaining, and came back to tie it up with ten seconds remaining on a pair of Nolan Ebel FTs. The UST ballhandler was called for a charge with three seconds left, and Orange threaded his way through the defense to hit the 21-foot runner as time expired.

That was a crazy last minute, unbelievable!

[Gregory Sager]

Orange led the way for Augie with 20. Micah Martin had a 12 and 10 double-double, with three blocks as well. Ebel chipped in a dozen, and Jacob Johnston added 10.

[4samuy]

Greg,

That was not a runner. He was able to get both feet set and launch.  Great shot and remarkable win.