WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[bulk19]

As noted earlier: UWEC 60 (7-4), Bethel 58 (1-5)

Neither team had a lead bigger than 6; Bethel led at half 31-30. Blugolds had 15 steals...

Annegret Nautsch had 17, while Heather Davies had 11, to lead Bethel. Heidi Arciszewski had 12 for the 'Golds, who had great balance. Five other players had 8 or nine points - Burns, Mueggenborg, Witt, Zenner and Hakanson. Burns also had 9 boards.

This game didn't involve the host school, so attendance was only 100. Blugolds face the winner of Trinity/Manchester. Be interesting to see how many attended that game, and how many show up for tomorrow's game. Blugolds do realize how fortunate they are to draw nice crowds at Zorn...

Kudos to the UWEC SID for having the results/box posted already... Not sure who won the second game, though; neither school had results posted yet. Trinity, which received one vote in the last D3 poll, would be a good test for the Blugolds.

[Ralph Turner]

Foul, one of my favorite family photos is of my maternal grandmother in 1922 when she is teaching school in Mitchell County TX, 70 miles west of Abilene. (2002 Jostens finalist Kendra Anderson (HSU) was from Mitchell County).

The photo shows her at recess coaching girls 3-on-3 half court basketball in the middle of a cotton field in the middle of winter. (The cotton has been harvested and there are no leaves on the mesquite trees, so there is still a chance for a frost.)  The players are wearing hats, dresses, and lace up shoes.

She is running down the court/cotton field with her apron securely tied around her waist and her hair held back by a scarf.

[bulk19]

Ralph -
Hi. Great post about the olden days...

Are the lace-up shoes and scarfs precursors to today's high tops and headbands? 

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

Bulk: I remember the Thomas vs Stone BB games at Zorn. I lived in EC from 92 to 97, and regretted moving to Lancaster. While I always wore Orange and Blue, I always loved watching Coach Stone. UWP was wiped out last night to Bejmeja State 91-51, Only bright spot was Fr. Liz Wisdom with 22points and 12 boards. Great posting. FL: Are you a Stout Alumnus with your great passion for the Devils. Nice win against a great team. God Bless!

[foul_language]

Talk about six degrees of separation: Superfan 77--I graduated from UWEC a loooooonnnnggg time ago. Did a year and a half at P-ville for a BS in secondary ed. More recently, my family lived in Bagley, WI. If your reference was to Lancaster, WI, you might know Bagley. The kids went to River Ridge for a year before we packed up and moved north. Younger daughter went to Stout, where I swallowed my earlier loathing (UWEC days) and embraced both soccer and basketball programs. Unfortunately, she couldn't stir up an interest in hospitality management or fashion design; she toyed with the idea of majoring in golf course management (GOOD IDEA!!!) and packaging (?) before moving on to Greener Bays. The rest is history. Oddly, she now works part time at FedEx, where she sees plenty of packaging.

Re Olden days: I can't go through Bloomer, WI without thinking of women in ballooning pants.

[EagleAlum]

La Crosse with a breakfast time tip-off this morning struggles to beat a B-A-D Clarke team by 12. They did take control midway through the 2nd half and pull away but up to that point it appeared to be a struggle. Hunter and Searing play well again. They aren't getting much else from the perimeter ... which is where they are struggling right now. Palmer goes 0-for-9 from the field today and hasn't shot well in a couple weeks. Not sure if she has what Geissler has or what.

Speaking of which ... you guys mentioned the FT line for Stout yesterday and I just looked ... 14-for-31. OUCH. The Geissler's go 2-for-11. Lindsay may be getting the 3-pt shot back though, 5-for-12 the last two games after a 3-for-31 start.

[badgerwarhawk]

My father was born in Bagley, Wi.   I remember an old school house that had a fire escape that was a big slide down the side of the building. 

The WARHAWK women had little trouble with Judson last night.  Jumping to a 44-20 half time lead they were never threatened after that.  Their full court pressure was more than Judson could handle and created the majority of their 29 turnovers.  Tiffany Morton led the WARHAWKS with 13 points and 8 rebounds.  Dana Thompson added 10 points in 15 minutes.  The final was 72-55 impoving the WARHAWKS record to 9-3 on the season.   

[buf]

I was just on the WIAC site and I see that UWO's games this weekend have been cancelled.  I assume its weather?  I know they were having bad weather in Denver the past few days.  Maybe it stretched up to the Northwest.

[Just Bill]

Or perhaps they had to connect through Denver and there was no way around it.

[foul_language]

Snowing up here--stopped just as I wrote that. I attributed its arrival to, possibly, some bellowing coming out of Southwestern last night as McMurry made repeated surges during the Stout game. I suspect T has the lung-power to alter the jet stream.

I didn't think anyone came from Bagley; but then, I live in Wentworth. Bagley at least has a hotel; Wentworth has a...a...sign.

[Just Bill]

I was just on the WIAC site and I see that UWO's games this weekend have been cancelled.  I assume its weather?  I know they were having bad weather in Denver the past few days.  Maybe it stretched up to the Northwest.

The Oshkosh team's home page has an explanation of the cancellation:

http://www.titans.uwosh.edu/WBasketball/index.html

Too bad!  I know how much planning goes into these trips and how much fun they are for the team.  Not to mention the loss of two games on the schedule.

[foul_language]

In first ten minutes of game, Stout over Southwestern by 17. Is Ruder laying in the weeds?

[Ralph Turner]

Snowing up here--stopped just as I wrote that. I attributed its arrival to, possibly, some bellowing coming out of Southwestern last night as McMurry made repeated surges during the Stout game. I suspect T has the lung-power to alter the jet stream.

I didn't think anyone came from Bagley; but then, I live in Wentworth. Bagley at least has a hotel; Wentworth has a...a...sign.

Man, we tried to come back, but those big Stout players just held us off.   We gave 4-6 inches per player and probably 30 lbs.  The Stout depth neutralized any conditioning advantage that we have had over other teams, e.g., the SCIAC's last December and Oneonta State (SUNYAC) and Guilford (ODAC) last month.

We needed to see that quality of team (Stout), especially in December!

I am glad that Coach Ruder can bring those WIAC teams to Texas.  There are 4 really good women's programs in the ASC West (HSU, HPU, McM and a developing UMHB), plus Trinity TX and the program that Coach Ruder is trying to build.  I would love to see a WIAC team come for her tourney every year.

[foul_language]

I would love to see a WIAC team come for her tourney every year

With normal December weather as it is in WIAC-land, I believe there are many teams who would like to be down there for a tourney every year.

Stout up by 20 at half.

Ralph--doesn't McMurry have three six-footers? Or am I thinking of the Southwestern team?

[foul_language]

Looks like McMurry had a good game against Concordia.

SW in foul trouble.