MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[libero]

welcome back, bust y'all

Are you going to start talking trash about Metzger?

[Greek Tragedy]

You still amuse me, Bust Y'all.

So, MSOE Raider Red?  Where ever the job takes you, I guess.  What are you doing in downtown Milwaukee now-a-days?

[WLCALUM83]

1/10/08 Men's NAthCon Final:

Concordia-WI 91, Maranatha 69  (Crusaders had an off night shooting, particularly in 2nd half, turnovers also did them in, per Maranatha press release.)

[WLCALUM83]

1/12/08 Men's NAthCon Finals:

Aurora 90, Concordia-WI 66

Edgewood 72, Benedictine 59 (IL Eagles held to 30% shooting from field for entire game and outrebounded, per Edgewood press release)

Lakeland 91, Concordia-Chicago 84 (Muskies' Grube--26 pts. Lakeland shot 55% from floor in 2nd half-per Lakeland press release)

Dominican 66, Marian 61 (Sabers were down 3 with 10 seconds left-but turned the ball over-per Marian press release. Sabers had trailed by as many as 19 points.)

WLC 82, MSOE 78 (Warriors score the last 4 points and force MSOE into turnovers to seal this one after trailing by 9 at one point, per play-by-play account off WLC site--MSOE's Voight had 25 pts, and WLC had 5 players score in double figures, Warriors also hit 13 three-pointers).

Maranatha 88, Rockford 73 (Crusaders' Stevens had a career high 26 points-per Maranatha press release).

[mifflin]

Congrats to former Lakeland player Matt Rogers who scored his 1,000 point in a North Central College win over Wheaton College. Matt's 30 points helped the Cardinals hold off the Thunder 73-72

[from downtown]

Its getting harder and harder for me to justify MSOE. The 0-5 at home in conference is embarrassing. They are 5 games MSOE could have easily won, no doubt but they havnt finished.
Benedictine 57 MSOE 58 2:26 to go
Aurora controlled the last few minutes but MSOE did have the game tied at 54 and was outscored 16-9 down the stretch
Marian 52 MSOE 51 1:44 to go
Edgewood 68 MSOE 66 MSOE ball 1:40 to go.
WLC 78 MSOE 78 1:19 to go.

MSOE needs to take a good hard look at the offense it is running late in the game because right now its just not working. Its becoming pretty predictable and Im pretty sure WLC knew the handoff was coming. They ran the same play twice against Edgewood and once got off a missed 3 pointer and the second time Edgewood denied the play all together.
As of late (I didnt see the Chicago game), teams are collapsing down on defense denying Murphy the inside, making him dribble through double teams to get to the basket, and denying entry feeds (he has been held to 10, 11, and 8 ). Thus, forcing MSOE to shoot from the outside and the looks have been there but they just arnt falling:
3 pt%
vs. Marian 16.7%
vs. Edgewood 21.4%
vs. WLC 27.3%
The emergence of Andy Voigt (led the team in scoring last 4 games) has been nice, but outside of him the team is shooting a combined 3 for 28 from beyond the arch in those last 3 conference home losses. That is 10.7%. And the looks haven't been that bad. At some point someone else has to find some confidence shooting the ball from more than 3 feet away (which havnt been falling at all that high of rate either). Voigt's not going to get enough open looks for the team to entire rely on him. Its a tough stretch in a long season, but this team needs a strong win to regain some confidence. Yeah, I know I am overusing the word confidence but thats what it is at this point. Players are passing up open looks.

[MarsBlackmon]

WLC defeats Maranatha 99-87.  WLC got up by as many as 26, but let that lead slip down a bit.  Props to natha for never giving up even after getting down by double digits early in the game. WLC pulls back to 3-3 in conference and heads to Lakeland on Saturday.  Will the Lakeland curse continue or end on saturday? I'm planning on heading up to that one because I don't want to miss the end of that streak if WLC wins.  This will be a great challenge for the warriors.

[Gregory Sager]

Congrats to Aurora head coach James Lancaster upon notching his 250th career win with the Spartans' 72-61 triumph at Concordia (IL) last Wednesday night!

[Greek Tragedy]

Lakeland goes down in OT.  Wow, they drop to 6-2 in conference.

Concordia (WI) 73, Lakeland 70

Benedictine 86, Concordia (IL) 68

Domincan 90, Rockford 57

MSOE 66, Marian 55

WLC 99, MBBC 87

Today's results are not included.

Aurora 7-0
Lakeland 6-1
Marian 5-2 
Edgewood 4-2 
Benedictine 4-3 
Concordia Wisconsin 3-4
Dominican 3-4 
Wisconsin Lutheran 2-3 
MSOE 2-5 
Maranatha 2-5
Concordia Chicago 2-5
Rockford 0-6

[WLCALUM83]

WLC defeats Maranatha 99-87.  WLC got up by as many as 26, but let that lead slip down a bit.  Props to natha for never giving up even after getting down by double digits early in the game. WLC pulls back to 3-3 in conference and heads to Lakeland on Saturday.  Will the Lakeland curse continue or end on saturday? I'm planning on heading up to that one because I don't want to miss the end of that streak if WLC wins.  This will be a great challenge for the warriors.

Maranatha is no longer a pushover--especiallly if Birch, Knepp and Stevens are on their games (if memory serves me correctly, the first two combined for 59 of the Crusaders' points last night).

[Just Bill]

Wow, Concordia Chicago beating Edgewood by 13 at halftime!  49-36.

Live Stats: http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/livestats/basketball/xlive.htm

Live Audio: http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/info/broadcast/stretch.asp

[Just Bill]

CUC's Justin Gray makes 3 FT's with 6 seconds left to tie the game at 79-79.

EC's Aaron Ritschard goes end to end, nearly loses the ball, picks it up and hits a game-winning three-pointer from the extreme deep corner for an 82-79 win.

[WLCALUM83]

Other 1/17/08 NAthCon Finals:

Aurora 93, Rockford 70

Marian 78, Northland Baptist 53 (Sabers shot 60% from the field, per Marian press release).

[WLCALUM83]

1/19/08 Men's NAthCon Finals:

Aurora 76, Maranatha Baptist 63

MSOE 69, Benedictine 62 (IL Eagles were in a double-digit hole most of the second half, per Ben press release).

Concordia-WI 62, Dominican 50 (Stars got off to a slow start and didn't get over the hump, per Dom play by play account).

Marian 91, Concordia-Chicago 66 (Sabers' Rankin paced 4 players in double-figures with a career high 24 points. Marian was hot from the field in this one, per Saber press release).

Edgewood 82, Rockford 70 (Another cold-shooting first-half-31 % for the Regents did them in, per Edgewood press release. Edgewood had 3 players in double figures in the win.)

WLC 103, Lakeland 94 (Despite Saberlich's career high 39, the Warriors had balanced scoring and outrebounded the Muskies to get the win, per Lakeland press release).

[luv d3hoops]

Congrats to Aurora head coach James Lancaster upon notching his 250th career win with the Spartans' 72-61 triumph at Concordia (IL) last Wednesday night!

let's not forget the same game larry welton scorded his 2000th point congrats to larry aswell.