WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Just Bill]

Point leads Oshkosh 46-45 with 1:02 to play.

UPDATE:  Kranz misses the front end of the bonus for SP with :25.  SP's Webber steals the ball from Knapp on the other end, which leads to two free throws for Houghton with :09.6.  In the middle of Houghton's first free throw the horn blasts, and she misses the attempt.  The refs let play continue, Oshkosh rebounds, rushes down the floor but Knapp misses with a two seconds left.  Point secures the rebound to win the game.

Point scored their last points of the game at the 6:13 mark!

[badgerwarhawk]

Surprisingly easy win for the WARHAWKS over LaCrosse 75-60.  Behind some solid shooting, including 4 of 6 three-pointers, WW opened up a 16 point lead by half time 38-22.  LaCrosse was cold from the floor and their guards had problems with the pressure WW applied defensively.  WW scored first in the second half and built the lead to as many as 21 points a couple of times.  LaCrosse shot pretty well in the second half and did cut it to 11 once but the WARHAWKS responded with a run to push it back to 17 points and were never threatened after that.   Trisha Thill played very well leading WW with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 5 steals.  Heidi Sontag added 10 points and Lindsey Buechner finished with 9 points and 7 rebounds. 

Abby Johnson, Katy Searing and MacKenzie Hunter had 15, 13 and 10 points respectively to lead LaCrosse.

WW's deeper rotation and pressure defense were factors tonight.   WW goes to 13-5, 6-3 and holds onto second place. 

[bulk19]

Final: Stout 65 (16-3, 9-1) UWEC 52 (12-7, 6-4)

Don't need to look at the stats on this one, since they won't show the Blugolds' D anywhere. I think they left it in EC; haven't seen so many uncontested bunnies allowed. This is not the Blugold D that has been prevalent for the last few games...

On the offensive end, I'm not sure what they were trying to do? They had several chances to push the ball, but pulled up. Then, when they did set things up, they got several shots inside, but didn't drop them. Very very sloppy, too, with 23 turnovers.

Not a heads-up, smartly played game by UWEC. Not going to single anyone out for a noteworthy performance tonight, since they lost this one as a team on the defensive end...

Kelsey Duoss leads Stout with 16 and nine boards. Dani Boese pulls down 8, and Julia Hirrssig scored 13...

Stout goes on an 11-2 run to take a 34-22 lead at the half... Closest the 'Golds got in the second half was six, at 43-37, at the 11:41 mark... Just couldn't get over the hump thereafter...

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-bulk

Amen on the defense.  That was the worst defense I have seen out of a Blugold team in years.  Stout players constantly were driving past their defenders and when that happened there was no help defense.  EC played decent for the first 10min of each half, but Stout destroyed them in the latter 10min.

[The Champ]

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What do you mean no EC defense...



That's an excellent hold Brittani Hakanson has on Dani Boese in this shot.  I'm surprised that Dani still has a jersey on...

That's hardly an uncontested "bunny" being made by Char Edwards there!

The key to the game was when Stout went on an 11-2 run to close out the first half.   Jenny McDermid scored five points in the run and Julia Hirssig  added four points as we took a 12 point lead into the locker room.  That threw the UWEC game plan out the window, and the Blugolds were never able to make a strong enough run to get closer than 6 in the second half.

Great crowd of over 2,000 people last night.  First WIAC team to break the 2,000 mark all season!

[hoops49]

Okay, I wasn't at the game...just watching the live stats and listening.

Here's the thing. I don't know if I would be too hard on EC's defense. Stout and EC always play an aggresive game. Fouls are called left and right. Look at all the fouls our girls had. If we had closed in on them any tighter, we wouldn't have had any girls out there playing. They would all be on the bench with 5 fouls.

The problem was lack of offense. Our shots just didn't go down for some of our other players.  Too bad, but that's basketball. You can't have a perfect game all the time. Just doesn't work that way. S@#t happens.

Just hope Englund sticks by her players...even during the losses!!!!!

[foul_language]

From the Great-Not-Quite-White North:
UW-Superior rolled over and played dead in the first half, seemingly trying to lose by a wider margin than the at-River Falls game. Second half, Superior came out like gangbusters and made a game of it. Of course, by then they were still trying to overcome a near-30-point deficit and simply couldn't do it. Didn't have any defense for Reiman when Lindman(?) was in. Or Lindman when Reiman was in--what I'm saying is, Soup could mount at least a token defense against one, not both.

Breeana Herzog played the best game I've seen from her. She was like the spark of the night for UWS. Once she put some fight into the game, the rest of the team came around. I believe that they came within nine in the final three minutes of the game and then started fouling and forcing passes and shots. That pretty much doomed Superior. For about 17 minutes in the second half, though, it was a great game.

So, what IS the rule about calling a time-out when the ball is in the hands of the shooter during a free throw? I know players can't move; can an opposing coach call a time out as the shooter is about to shoot?

[Just Bill]

So, what IS the rule about calling a time-out when the ball is in the hands of the shooter during a free throw? I know players can't move; can an opposing coach call a time out as the shooter is about to shoot?

No, a timeout should not be permitted once the referee has delivered the ball to the shooter.  Anytime prior to that is fair game.

[Voice of the Titans]

Point leads Oshkosh 46-45 with 1:02 to play.

UPDATE:  Kranz misses the front end of the bonus for SP with :25.  SP's Webber steals the ball from Knapp on the other end, which leads to two free throws for Houghton with :09.6.  In the middle of Houghton's first free throw the horn blasts, and she misses the attempt.  The refs let play continue, Oshkosh rebounds, rushes down the floor but Knapp misses with a two seconds left.  Point secures the rebound to win the game.

Point scored their last points of the game at the 6:13 mark!

Not the fault of the score table at UWO, the official just gave the ball to the FT shooter before the second horn.

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

Nice summaries of EC and Stout. Great to see ahuge crowd for womens BB! God Bless!

[The Champ]

hoops

You're right about the intensity/aggressiveness of the game - which is usually the case when these two teams meet.

As to the offense - Heather Witt's three pointers were a thing of beauty!  Ashley Anderson's presence under the basket was huge.  And Heidi Arciszewski kept throwing the ball up there - and enough of them went in for her team leading 14 points

Michelle Burns looked tired to me last night.  Midway through the first half she really seemed to be "huffing".

Stout was led by Kelsey Duoss with 16 and Julia Hirssig came off the bench to add 13 points - joining Duoss in double figures.

Neither team shot real well - 34.5% for UWEC and 39.2% for Stout.  Both teams threw up some REAL ugly shots at times - totally missing the basket - and sometimes not even coming close to the backboard or the basket. 

Big difference was at the FT line - with Stout having a 12 point advantage.

[Just Bill]

Point leads Oshkosh 46-45 with 1:02 to play.

UPDATE:  Kranz misses the front end of the bonus for SP with :25.  SP's Webber steals the ball from Knapp on the other end, which leads to two free throws for Houghton with :09.6.  In the middle of Houghton's first free throw the horn blasts, and she misses the attempt.  The refs let play continue, Oshkosh rebounds, rushes down the floor but Knapp misses with a two seconds left.  Point secures the rebound to win the game.

Point scored their last points of the game at the 6:13 mark!

Not the fault of the score table at UWO, the official just gave the ball to the FT shooter before the second horn.

True, that's a referee's error, but a sharp scoreboard operator would omit that last horn if they see that the ball has been put into play (erroneously or not).  I've had to do that myself.

[Mr. Downtown]

CONFERENCE SEEDINGS UPDATE


1    STOUT                 9-1
8    PLATTEVILLE       2-7


4    EAU CLAIRE         6-4
5    LA CROSSE          5-5


3    STEVENS POINT   6-4
6    RIVER FALLS        5-5


2    WHITEWATER      6-3
7    OSHKOSH            4-6

[foul_language]

Sounds like referees all over the conference were not having peak performances last night. Probably not determining outcomes but creating some hostility/confusion on the court, nonetheless.

Our ref-who-blew-the-call is a Minocqua attorney (a unique brand of legal professional). Several years ago, my daughter caught his daughter in the nose with an elbow while rebounding in a practice. Boy, did she bleed! I don't know for sure the nose got broken, but it seems likely. We never really discussed it. I suspect he'd never sue (I'm sure he'd never even have considered it ): it would be one of those blood/turnip situations.

[stoutguy]

Sounds like referees all over the conference were not having peak performances last night. Probably not determining outcomes but creating some hostility/confusion on the court, nonetheless.

Our ref-who-blew-the-call is a Minocqua attorney (a unique brand of legal professional). Several years ago, my daughter caught his daughter in the nose with an elbow while rebounding in a practice. Boy, did she bleed! I don't know for sure the nose got broken, but it seems likely. We never really discussed it. I suspect he'd never sue (I'm sure he'd never even have considered it ): it would be one of those blood/turnip situations.

I'm not so sure I'd count on that "blood/turnip" thing if I were you.  Maybe look into that Statute of Limitations thing.  If he were a judge you could blame the call on "blind justice" but with an attorney, I just don't know.  Careful with that Minocqua bashing, though.  My wife is proud graduate of Lakeland High School. (that just means I got to ride on snowmobiles quite a bit when we visited the folks)