WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Champ · February 10, 2011, 06:55:47 AM

Quote from: JMM on February 09, 2011, 09:44:01 PM
EC vs SP.
You-turna-the-balla-over 21 times. You-a-lose.

Not necessarily - how about if you create a similar number for the opposition?

Point leads the WIAC in Turnover Margin - they average taking the ball away from the opponent 20.5 times per game in WIAC play.

Point averages 13.1 TO's per game, but only had 9 last night.

UWEC owned the boards 46 - 38. UWEC had a better shooting percentage from the floor 40.4 - 38.5, from 3 point range 38.5 - 37.5 and from the freethrow line 66.7 - 53.5.

Point took 8 more shots from the floor (9 of them 3 pointers) - that and the fact that Point turned the ball 4 times less than their WIAC average are equally important factors in their win.

The Champ · February 10, 2011, 07:09:13 AM

Meanwhile - from the NW tip of Wisconsin...

Stout backs up their Saturday win with a 78 - 66 victory over Superior.

A very balanced scoring attack by the Blue Devil starters - 16 for Rawdon, 15 for Keehr, 15 for Windt, 13 for Van Vreede and 7 for Shoeder.

Stout only hit 1 three pointer all night long (1 for 13), but still managed to shoot nearly 51% for the game from the field. They controlled the boards 44 - 37 and only had 12 fouls for the game. Superior shot under 34% and committed 26 fouls. The margin of victory was at the FT line - 23 for Stout and only 11 for Superior.

badgerwarhawk · February 10, 2011, 11:39:49 AM

Platteville scored the first basket for their only lead of the game. The WARHAWKS responed with a 8-0 run and with the score 17-7and eleven minutes remaing in the half went on a 10-2 run for their largest lead of the half at 27-9. However the Pioneers outscored the WARHAWKS 18-6 over the last eight minutes of the half to trail 33-27 when it ended. The WARHAWKS started the second half quickly and Platteville struggled. Leading by twelve 41-29 with sixteen and half minutes to play the WARHAWKS went on a29-10 run over the next eleven and half minutes to take their largest lead 70-39. Platteville had two droughts totaling eight and half minutes during that time frame. The game ended with the WARHAWKS on top 72-47.

Mary Merg played her best game of the season finishing with a game high 15 points on 6-10 shooting including 3-3 from behind the arc. Courtney Kumerow also finished in double figures with 10 points. Dana Thompson had a game high 11 rebounds as the WARHAWKS out rebounded Platteville 43-35. Kaitlyn Thill's line read 9 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals with 3 turnovers in twenty one minutes.

Ashley Callahan led the Pioneers with 10 points.

John Gleich · February 11, 2011, 09:02:29 PM

Any Pointer fans planning on heading to the men's game at 3:00... wear your gold... It's a Gold Out!

The Champ · February 13, 2011, 09:51:54 AM

After traveling all the way to the NW tip of Wisconsin on Wednesday, theStout Runnin' Lady Blue Devils reversed direction and traveled to the SW tip of Wisconsin on Saturday.

And brought home a win from both!!!

A 3 game winning streak - more importantly - a 3 game WIAC winning streak!!!

The game didn't start well for the Blue Devils. Down 4 - 0 with just over a minute of play - Coach T pulled all the starters and put in the 2nd line. 4 minutes later, with the score 7 - 0, T put the starters back in. Now some here might say he was "playing mind games" with his players. All I know is that Stout scored the next 6 points - and went on a 37 - 15 run in the last 15 minutes of the first half.

I think his starters (and the rest of the team) got the message...

Trisha VanVrede led all scorers with 22 points. Kayla Windt and Sami Shoeder each contributed 13 points. Leading rebounder for the Blue Devils was "TEAM" with 10....

Whitney Rawdon was 2nd with 7.

The Blue Devils have a bye on Wednesday and then close out the season on Saturday night at Johnson Fieldhouse against the EC.

buf · February 13, 2011, 01:27:14 PM

Quote from: The Champ on February 13, 2011, 09:51:54 AM
The Blue Devils have a bye on Wednesday and then close out the season on Saturday night at Johnson Fieldhouse against the EC.

..........and the halftime entertainment is Champ versus JMM in a no-holds-barred steel cage match.

badgerwarhawk · February 13, 2011, 05:21:40 PM

Eau Claire led 10-6 in the first four minutes of the game. Behind a pair of three point baskets from Kaitlyn Thill and Emily Bestor the WARHAWKS made an 8-0 run to take the lead they would never surrender and finished the half ahead 42-38. Jamie Swanson paced the WARHAWKS in the half making all four of her shot attempts including three three pointers. Mesick was 8-11 from the floor and had 20 of Eau Claire's 38 points. The WARHAWKS started the second half with a 15-5 run in the first four minutes and led by fifteen 59-44. Eau Claire got the lead down to seven points with nine and half minutes to play but that was as close as they would get. The final was 85-75.

The difference in the game was three pointers WW: 9-17 EC: 6-13 and free throws WW: 20-26 EC: 17-22. Swanson led the WARHAWKS with 15 points and had a game high 4 assists. Mary Merg added 14, Dana Thompson 13 and Chantel Burg 10. All ten WARHAWKS seeing floor time scored points with the bench outscoring Eau Claire's 40-10. WHITEWATER won the battle of the boards against the taller BluGolds 36-28 with Thompson pulling down a team high 8.

Mesick finished with 31 points. Sarah Bingea added 17 as well as a game high 9 boards and Laura Olson had 10 points for the BluGolds.

The Champ · February 13, 2011, 07:21:08 PM

Quote from: buf on February 13, 2011, 01:27:14 PM..........and the halftime entertainment is Champ versus JMM in a no-holds-barred steel cage match.

buf - are you "playing mind games"

?

Someone on this board doesn't like that...

PRF2009A · February 14, 2011, 09:48:02 AM

What a perfect way to start of Valentine's day by reading a snarky comment from Champ.

Season is winding down and still a lot to be decided. UWL needs to keep pushing for that #2 seed as the tournament gets a lot more winnable from that position.

Might be too early for at large talk, but 3 more wins and a loss in the championship game woud create a pretty solid resume for UWL. Anything less than that and I think they are on the outside looking in.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 16, 2011, 03:38:02 PM

Week 3 Regional Rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2011/02/16/ncaa-2011-regional-rankings-week-3/

buf · February 16, 2011, 04:10:49 PM

For quicker reference:

Central Region
1. Illinois Wesleyan 15-3 18-4
2. UW-Stevens Point 21-2 21-2
3. UW-Whitewater 15-5 18-5
4. Chicago 19-3 19-3
5. UW-La Crosse 17-5 18-5
6. Wisconsin Lutheran 19-3 20-3

buf · February 16, 2011, 10:35:18 PM

Tonight's scores:

UWL holds off RF, 64-58
Point easily over UWP, 75-54
UWW over UWO, 65-58
EC over Sup, 74-62

buf · February 16, 2011, 10:45:17 PM

Looks like if EC wins on Saturday, they get a 1st round home game in the conference tourney.

PRF2009A · February 17, 2011, 09:05:58 AM

UWL gets a sloppy win on the road at River Falls. They played well in streaks, but will need to put a whole game together Saturday if they are going to challenge Point.

Danielle Frank struggled a bit offensively last night, but ended up with 6 points putting her over 1,000 points for her 2 school career.

Not an official record as it came at 2 schools, she becomes the first woman in WIAC or MIAC history to go for 1,000 pts, 1,000 boards, and 300 blocks in a career. Quite an impressive feat.

Hopefully UWL can keep riding this 6 game win streak for a couple more.

badgerwarhawk · February 17, 2011, 10:01:38 AM

For the first eight minutes the WARHAWKS and Titans played a see saw game with seven lead changes and four ties. At the twelve minute mark Megan Theune hit a three pointer that gave the WARHAWKS a lead, 15-14, that they would not surrender. The basket triggered an 11-0 run which the WARHAWKS were able to built to a thirteen point lead twice in the half including 37-24 halftime score. The WARHAWKS sank five three point baskets and had five turnovers in the half to none and eleven for the Titans. Dana Thompson led the WARHAWKS 10 points and 9 rebounds. After Mary Merg's basket give the WARHAWKS their largest lead of the game, 43-28, the Titans got rolling and over the next nine and half minutes outscored the WARHAWKS 24-11 and reduced their deficit to a single basket 54-52. The WARHAWK lead stayed between 2-6 points after that until a pair of free throws by Merg created the final spread 65-58.

Thompson led all scorers with 25 points (7-12 from the floor and 11-13 from the free throw line) and had a game high 14 rebounds (10 offensive). Kaitlyn Thill and Chantel Burg also scored in double figures with 10 points each. Thill and Merg each had four steals. Merg's stat line read 9 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 0 turnovers in addition to the four steals.

Shelby Churchill and Becca Diedrich paced the Titans with 22 and 10 points respectively. Churchill also had 12 rebounds.

As a team the WARHAWKS had 22 offensive rebounds and had 70 shot attempts to just 51 for the Titans. Fourteen of the WARHAWKS 23 baskets were assisted and 13 of the Titans 19 turnovers were steals. The WARHAWKS outscored the Titans 17-10 off of turnovers, 25-15 on second chance points and off the bench 17-12.