WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Just Bill]

Point flattens LC 83-60.

WW beats SUP 72-61.

Platteville beats RF 54-52. (The aforementioned Reimann is held without a field goal.)

OSH and Stout is just underway: http://www.uwstout.edu/athletics/wbb/live/xlive.htm

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If anyone reads this page within the next hour or so, Stout is doing a video webcast of the game vs. UWO.  Go to WIAC page, and the link is under the "Radio Broadcast/Live Stats"

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Stout wins by about a dozen after dominating the 1st half.  Actually, UWO ( basically Becky Knapp) made a run and got within 5pts with about 5min to go.

For the most part, I liked what I saw from UWO.  They seem more "tougher" in the paint than they were last year.  Plus, the players that are taking almost all of the shots are their best players, (Knapp, Tyriver, Sharpee), not the inexperienced ones.

Do any Stout fans know whats up with L. Geissler?  Her freshman year she played well.  Last year she played OK.  This year she is really struggling.  Coming out of high school, I thought she would have a great shot at making multiple all-conference teams.  Did she peak early or is she just in a slump?

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

Returned an hour ago from UWRF. First half was very ugly, UWRF up 18-15.RF all conference player Reimer held to 2 points. Good job by Liz Tesch of UWP on her. Also Lindman, Sr Post held in check with foul Trouble. Weuben of Platteville fouled  badly, no call, knocked out of game . Came back two minutes later and scored last 9 points of game. Number21 for RF had 16 points and kept RF in game. Very small crowd, a lot of fans missed a good game. Pep Band only Rf fans making any noise. Both teams played hard and deserved to win. God Bless!

[EagleAlum]

Disappointed to see my Eagles drop one at Point today but again, the WIAC proves how difficult it is to win on the road. If you take out Superior there have been only 2 road wins this year. Stout at Platteville and Platteville today at River Falls. They always say in the NBA that in the playoffs a series doesn't actually begin until someone wins on the road. Well, right now, virtually the ENTIRE LEAGUE has held serve. Impressive. Good win for Platteville today (obviously); potentially a crippling loss for River down the road when seeding time rolls around; plus they've already had 3 home games.

Not all that surprised by the Point win. You know Shirley had to have them coming in spitting nails after 2 straight tough road losses. Plus La Crosse hasn't won at SP in a long time and Point hasn't lost at home in forever either.

Stout still a little bit of a question mark. In four games, they've arguably played 3 of the weakest teams and EC. And they lost to the best of them.

buf- I was all ready to come and say, "Geissler's pretty solid" ... then I looked at the stats. Ouch, she is struggling. 2-for-27 from the 3? 8-for-20 from the line. She's too good a shooter for numbers like that. I really like the Geissler's and I don't have an answer why she's not shooting well. I know it's not for lack of effort, at least in the past. I've seen her in pre-game with a chair out on the court working on her shot and legs, etc. Unique drills she was doing. Anyway, the only thing I know that's different is that since she got to Stout, she put on a bunch of muscle and I think slowed down a bit, has that affected her shot? Not sure. You're right though, as a freshman she was tough. Still, even last year, I would have wanted her on the court for me down the stretch cause I felt like a clutch shot from her was going in. Having not seen her this year, I guess I don't know.

They will need her though to meet the lofty expectations. But if she feels like she can't shoot right now, it'll be tough to break out. Hope she waits one more conference game to do so.

Stout at La Crosse will open the New Year's Schedule (I think). First place after 5 on the line.

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

Dito, shooters need to shoot out of slumps. Stout has plenty of Depth, they do not reley on one player other than Debois, They win by playing 40 minutes of speed up bump and run, AKA 40 minutes of H, like Nolan Richardson at Arkansas! God Bless!

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As expected, UWEC falls to St. Cloud State 71-55.  I think they were ranked #4 in D2.  Heidi A leads the way with 15pts and Zenner adds 12pts, all in the 2nd half.  SCS's all star center had 28pts and 18rebs.  Against Stout last year I think she had 31pts 22rebs.  I think she belongs at the D1 level 

[EagleAlum]

As expected, UWEC falls to St. Cloud State 71-55.  I think they were ranked #4 in D2.  Heidi A leads the way with 15pts and Zenner adds 12pts, all in the 2nd half.  SCS's all star center had 28pts and 18rebs.  Against Stout last year I think she had 31pts 22rebs.  I think she belongs at the D1 level 

Buf- Was it a close 16 or a blowout 16? Just curious if they were in it the last 10 minutes or trimmed, say a 25-point lead down at the end. St. Cloud's website is awful, they don't even have home results from THURSDAY posted, at least on the schedule.

And yeah, Quigley is a pre-season All-American and was the Region POTY last year. She's tough. Amazing. In her career she's averaged - 18.1 as a freshman, 22.7 as a sophomore, 22.2 as a junior, and now 22.7 again as a senior. 2,112 in her career so far!

They were actually ranked 23rd in D-2 in this week's poll.

[badgerwarhawk]

The WARHAWKS defeated Superior 72-61 on the road.  Trailing through the first half, by as many as 12 at times, WW rallied to pull even 33-33 on a Lyndsey Buechner jump shot with less than 2 minutes remaining and took their first lead, 36-33, on a three pointer by Rachel Woolever a short time later.  The half ended with WW up four, 39-35.  Superior never led or was tied after that though they did pull to within two points with about four and half minutes remaining.  However a three-pointer by Trisha Thill ended that threat.

Tiffany Morten paced the WARHAWKS with 21 points and 9 rebounds.  She's really been playing well lately and is becoming more and more a force in games.   Buechner also pulled down 9 rebounds and contributed 13 points.  Thill added 10 points and 3 steals.

WARHAWKS go to 2-1 in conference play and 6-3 on the season.

[bulk19]

EagleAlum -

St. Cloud St. Uni. jumped out to an 18-0 run, with the Blugolds scoring their first two points at the 13:30 mark. Ouch. Not the way to start a game; Blugolds have had trouble coming out with intensity this year and last, and have let way too many teams jump way out in front in the first half... They are still a young team, but they are going to have to "learn" to come out for the opening tip...

Halftime score was 35-23. Lead was as big as 25 with 9:56 to go; 16 is as close as the Blugolds got...

Key stats - Golds outrebounded, 52-35; Erika Quigley had a monster game for the Huskies, with 28 points, 18 boards and three blocked shots. Looks like all the 'Golds got a bit of playing time....

[bulk19]

OK, so I praise the Blugolds' Missy Fremstad for her play in a win in the Stout game, and in her next game,  a loss against La Crosse, she misses all of her shots from the field, and hits one of two free throws, for one point. Meanwhile, the Eagles' Ashley Wagner goes off for 17 points...

Then, I praise UW River Falls' Traci Reimann for her 21 points and eight boards in a loss against the Blugolds, and in her next game, a loss to Platteville yesterday, she misses all her shots from the field and scores her only two points on free throws. But she did pull down 14 boards...

So, fellow WIAC followers, I sense a pattern developing here. Anybody have a specific player they want me to talk up, so I jinx her for her next game?   

[EagleAlum]

So, fellow WIAC followers, I sense a pattern developing here. Anybody have a specific player they want me to talk up, so I jinx her for her next game?   

I'll wait until after the New Year but I'm dying to hear what you think of that Duoss girl at Stout?

[bulk19]

OK EagleAlum. Now I'm scaring myself...

This is what I posted before the UWEC 55-44 win over Stout:

Re the Stout/UWEC matchup, my take is, as a Blugold fan:
No question, UWEC can not get burried early in the first half, like they seemed to do quite a bit last year, then had to expend so much energy trying to get back into games... They need to stick around at half, and then anything is possible in the last 20 minutes...

Need to hit some 3s, too, so they can open the inside up. I think the 'Golds are 1-5 during the Duoss's years? The obvious would be to hope the 'Golds can get her into foul trouble by making her work on D. And maybe the new Blugold transfers, who don't know about this rivalry, won't be "intimidated" and don't know any better that Stout should win this game on paper... If one of them can have a good game, or someone off the bench can have a big game....

Duoss had 9 points, four boards, and fouled out that game!!!!

Cue the theme song for the Twilight Zone! 

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Buf- Was it a close 16 or a blowout 16? Just curious if they were in it the last 10 minutes or trimmed, say a 25-point lead down at the end.

SCS went on a run to get the lead in to the low 20s.  Zenner got hot late in the game and EC whittled the lead down to the mid teens.

[EagleAlum]

UW-L struggles to get by Finlandia, 60-56. They're off now for a couple of weeks but they'll need to regroup, playing like this isn't good enough for the big games coming up. They are in the Clarke Tournament after XMas and open with a decent Wartburg team.

They are a veteran team though so hopefully they'll be fine.