WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS improve to 4-2, 11-4 with a solid 69-50 road win in Platteville.  After shooting only 32% in the first half and holding only a two point lead, 26-24, the HAWKS picked it up to 53% and used two runs, 9-2 early and 11-2 to finish the game, to outscore the Pioneer 43-26 in the second half and win going away.  Platteville had 28 turnovers, 14 of which were steals by WW.  Lyndsey Buechner led the way with a stat line that read 15 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists and a block.  Tiffany Morton added 14 points and also had 9 rebounds.  Trisha Thill finished with 11 points.

Winning on the road anywhere but Superior in conference play has been a problem for the lady WARHAWKS in the past so this was a nice win to get.   The game with Stout Saturday should be interesting as both teams have such similar styles.

[foul_language]

Headline of women's basketball story on UW-Superior website:

Loins Second-Half Offense Too Much

Things were worse than I thought: nothing badder than offensive Loins

[stoutguy]

Headline of women's basketball story on UW-Superior website:

Loins Second-Half Offense Too Much

Things were worse than I thought: nothing badder than offensive Loins

Gosh, this reminds me of the line in the movie "Smokey and the Bandit"  when our hero, talking to his son says, "I can't believe anything as stupid as you could come out of my loins." 

[foul_language]

I watched the Stout women's game last night while at the Superior men's game. It was great except for the three or four times the message scrolled across the bottom, "changing media," just before the screen went blank. And, although I enjoy play-by-play commentary, I don't think the person has to be quite to inclusive as to what's going on on the court, especially if it's video. The poor guy was trying to keep up with each pass, each dribble, each look. I remember the Stout audio guy doing that last year, too, and thinking these guys should listen to WMEQ for a few games. If we know who's on the floor and generally what's going on, we can fill in the individual movements. I can even live with description-by-number rather than names. I do feel sorry for a single person trying to cover a game, though. Must be very lonely.

[foul_language]

I guess posters are too intrigued with football right now to care about WIAC basketball. Pffffft.

Superior women win their first conference game in two years, taking LaCrosse down 63-62. Superior is still without starters Jenny Carlson and Carissa Nord, who would have contributed defensively and offensively, respectively.

Sidebar: Beth Haworth got married last night, played very well today, despite turning an ankle and having to be rewrapped a couple of times (if you turn an ankle twice is it a turn and a return?).

My strategy for the rest of the UW-Superior women's season: marry off a basketball player a week.

[foul_language]

OK. What's wrong with the WMEQ feed?

[buf]

EC defeats Platteville in an UGLY game.  Halftime score was 22-15.  Better play in the 2nd Half by EC.  Witt and Mueggenborg had really good games for EC.  Nobody really stood out for UWP.

[WLCALUM83]

UW-Stevens Point women down MSOE by some 30 points or so--no surprise there.

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

Thank you Buf and FL: I hope the UWSup player can get a honeymoon for a couple of days off to celebrate the victory! As to UWP, what stood out is22 turnovers, shooting that could not hit a barn, and no spark, according to the radio broadcast. I do not feel we will play well until we get back into running our halfcourt offense, by not turning the ball over and getting it up the court a lot faster. The radio said that EC played good perimeter offense by not allowing any open shots and clogging the passing lanes. Blessings!

[bulk19]

Final = UWEC 58 (10-6, 4-3) , UWP 41 (8-8, 2-5)

foul language - no shotgun wedding for any YellowJackets before they come to Zorn on Wednesday!  Congrats to Superior for knocking off UWL. Blugolds can not afford to look past them on Wednesday for Saturday's match against the Eagles...

Buf had asked earlier about the number of minutes for the 'Golds Missy Fremstad. Today, I think Coach Englund was forced into making an adjustment, and go with the hot hand, rather than any scripted substitutions, if there is such a thing; Heather Witt had a super game off the bench, and earned the 28 minutes she got today...

Witt was a spark, and had career highs in steals and assists (five) and rebounds, with 7, and six points. As buf notes, Rachel Mueggenborg had a nice game, too, with 12 points, on two threes and some nice moves to the hoop... Michelle Burns lead with 14, Heidi Arcizsewski adds 10.

Pioneers were led by Liz Tesch, with 14. The Blugolds changed up on her a lot defensively, with players rotating on her as subs came in. They did a nice job, and she was frustrated... Not a lot of firepower today (16-56 for 28.6%) from UWP, who are just about as young, if not younger, than the 'Golds...

Halftime was 22-15 Golds...

And, dare I say it, lest I jinx them, the 'Golds were perfect from the charity stripe, 10-10. Oops, I shouldn't have said that. 

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

Thank you for your good summary! I already gave you Karma on the mens site. only 1 karma per day to keep the Doctor away. Have a nice weekend and God Bless!

[buf]

RF defeats UWO 47-32.  UWO only shoots 21% and has 25 turnovers.  RF not much better at 34%.

[bulk19]

Since I mentioned the pep band for the men's game, I better acknowledge the kids from North Star Middle School, too. They did a fine job tonight, too, performing for the Lady Blugolds' game tonight, and even learned the UWEC fight song. Nice to have some music in the arena during the breaks, I think, rather than dead silence...

[foul_language]

RF defeats UWO 47-32.  UWO only shoots 21% and has 25 turnovers

It's a bad game when your turnovers approach score. What a low-scoring game. Was this a game of tremendous defense on both sides or really crappy play on both sides? Sounds like a high school score.

[foul_language]

P.S. Bride selection begins Tuesday...maybe marry her off to one the basketball players on the men's team. They could use some help, too.