WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

The WARHAWKS scored first and were tied only once at 12-12 before going on an 18-5 run and leading Edgewood by 22, 47-25 at half.  The final was 83-65.  Mary Donohoo paced the team with 13 points while Lyndsey Buechner had a nice stat line with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks in 17 minutes.   WW dominated the boards with 26 offensive rebounds.  The spread would have been worse but Edgewood was 28/32 from the free throw line.

Edgewood dressed eight players and two only played for 3 minutes apiece.  Megan Scheele played well for them.  She has really good footwork around the basket and ended up with 34 points.   

Halfway through the NBA-like schedule of 6 games in 9 days theWARHAWK women are 2-1. 

[Just Bill]

UW-Stevens Point gets WLC on the road tomorrow night. Sounds like a stiff test for the Warriors. Have to put my heart above my head, and say the Warriors end up losing by at least 15. 

Your heart picked UWSP by 15.  My God, what would your head say, UWSP by 40?

[WLCALUM83]

You WIAC schools have had WLC's number. UW-Eau Claire blew the Warriors out in NCAA in 2003, and UW-Oshkosh did likewise in NCAA in 2000. (And that WLC team had Sara Zondag, who hails from that in-state basketball hotbed known as Randolph, WI on it).

A 40-point differential in your favor wouldn't surprise me, just on Point's all-around size advantage alone. 

[crazy4hoops]

yeah I would expect a very large margin of win for the Pointers.....Although isn't WLC improved from last year?

I could be way off on this one....

[Mr. Downtown]

Nobody is questioning that Oshkosh will be restocking this season.

Remember, Coach Ruder didn't bother even trying to recruit her last year, because many of us believe that she knew she was going, and didn't bother wasting time to recruit when she was going to leave anyway.

So this is really Oshkosh's first recruiting class, seeing Schumacher was hired in August, and lost valuable time.

What will be interesting with the Titans, is to see how they do in the conference tourney. I remember the men's team three years ago was extremely young, and surprised Whitewater in the first round.

[WLCALUM83]

yeah I would expect a very large margin of win for the Pointers.....Although isn't WLC improved from last year?

I could be way off on this one....

Kami Ten Pas is back and at full strength and several sophomores are poised to make more noise, but I'm giving the Pointers their due because given Stevens Points' height advantage all around, unless WLC has an incredibly good night shooting, the Pointers win going away.

[buf]

UWEC wins 63-55 (I think) over St. Norberts.  EC looked really bad in the 1st half with the exception of Burns, however St Norberts also looked pretty bad, committing a whole bunch of turnovers.  The halftime score was 25-20 St. N. 

EC had a lot more energy in the 2nd as both teams played better.  EC had a good 1st 10min when they broke out to a 6 point lead.  St Norberts took the lead back around the 5min mark, but EC played well down the stretch to pull out the victory.

EC still needs to improve quite a bit if they want to improve over last years record.  They really miss Becker's ball handling and penetration.  Also need someone to hit 3-pointers.

[Just Bill]

Tuesday scores:

Eau Claire 63, St. Norbert 55
La Crosse 63, Viterbo 44
Ripon 66, Oshkosh 63 (OUCH!)
Stevens Point 99, Wis. Lutheran 64
Stout 89, Northwestern (Minn.) 45
River Falls 76, Hamline 51
Northland at Superior (No report and it was a 5:00 start?)

[buf]

River Falls wins big over Hamline.


An interesting comparison:

Superior loses by one at Ripon this past weekend.  UWO loses to Ripon by 3 at home tonight.

I think this shows how deep the WIAC will be this year.  From top to bottom this could be one of the best years for the conference.  Surprisingly, the 2 traditional powers, EC and UWO, could both end up in the lower half.

[Just Bill]

While UWO is down their former coach is up...

Pam Ruder's Southwestern (Tex.) squad upsets #7 Hardin-Simmons 66-64 in OT tonight.

[foul_language]

Superior women beat Northland College by ten or thereabouts. Missed most of the game. Stout plays at Northland on Sunday. Could be ugly. Superior men snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

[bulk19]

As buf noted, Blugolds win... Had to grind it out...

Michelle Burns led the way with 21 points, most inside the paint, and nine boards. She had half of the 'Golds' points at halftime (10), as they trailed 25-20. Rachel Mueggenborg had 6 in the first half to help keep the 'Golds in it...

Brittanni Hakanson had some clutch plays, doing a little bit of everything, in the final four minutes, when the game was a one-point difference... She had free throws, boards, an assist, a hoop or two, and took a charge, too.

Heidi Arciszewski had a quiet 13; they seemed to shut her down, frustrating her. But she did have a nice 5-point run when the 'Golds were leading 54-53, to basically put it out of reach at 59-53.
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[WLCALUM83]

Tuesday scores:

Eau Claire 63, St. Norbert 55
La Crosse 63, Viterbo 44
Ripon 66, Oshkosh 63 (OUCH!)
Stevens Point 99, Wis. Lutheran 64
Stout 89, Northwestern (Minn.) 45
River Falls 76, Hamline 51
Northland at Superior (No report and it was a 5:00 start?)

Heard the Pointers shot 61% for the game in their win last night! When it goes good, it really goes good. . . 

[BDB]

Surprisingly, the 2 traditional powers, EC and UWO, could both end up in the lower half.

buf, based on the past few years you might want to make that 3 traditional powers, or 4 actually. Hard to leave out Point.

From what I saw last night, Stout has it's best team ever.

[wiac482002]

Looks like Oshkosh will have a down year now that their studs have left.  Sure maybe Ruder didnt recruit after she left but would you?  She left that summer to go to another program that needed her help, she knew UWO would be solid for a year after she left and Schoonover did most the recruiting anyway.  The real problem Terri has now is that Schoonover has since moved on (Coaching golf at Stout) so she has to learn to actually recruit on her own, not rely so much on Kris.

As for around the league....no surprises with LAX beating up on Viterbo or Stout or Point dominating.  Questions still in the air for EC.  Can someone actually step up and LEAD this team since there are no seniors?  Sure they have the players to win but to get far or win the WIAC thats another question.

We shall see how they do come the 29th when they face Stout and UWO takes on Point

EC comes with the upset (they are at Zorn which helps) and Point crushes Oshkosh on that night!