University Athletic Association

[Jester1390]

The NYU fans on here do you know what happened to  ASIA MARRERO she was playing for NYU but i dont see her on the roster. I got the pleasure of meeting her and her dad at a Princeton camp that she and my daughter attended when they were juniors. They were extremely nice and warm people I was looking forward to watching her.

[ronk]

The NYU fans on here do you know what happened to  ASIA MARRERO she was playing for NYU but i dont see her on the roster. I got the pleasure of meeting her and her dad at a Princeton camp that she and my daughter attended when they were juniors. They were extremely nice and warm people I was looking forward to watching her.

Neither Deiscanton(Brandeis/UAA/New England) nor I(Scranton/Mid-Atlantic) are NYU fans per se so I don't know about Asia Marrero but I am acquainted with an NYU assistant coach and if I run into her on the evaluation trail, I'll ask.

[deiscanton]

No, I would not know about Asia Marrero, as she did not play against Brandeis back in the 2019-2020 season.  She only got a few minutes of game time for NYU in 2 UAA games (Carnegie Mellon and Wash U), and only played in 5 games total for NYU during the 2019-2020 season and that was it.  I am more familiar with Jenny Walker and Brooklyn Shelton, as they made major contributions to NYU that season.

I did get to read Coach Tiny Green's blog Nothing But Skills, which is a blog that promotes a basketball school/camp in New Jersey by the same name that is run by the writer of the blog.

9:19 AM Eastern-- November 10, 2021 note-- For you real old-timers of NCAA DIII basketball, Coach Green was a player on the 1980 Upsala DIII men's "Final Four" team that lost to North Park.

There are 3 graduates of Coach Green's New Jersey basketball school/camp that are now first year players on UAA teams this season, and that Coach Green wrote blog pieces in 2020 about those players:

(1)  Caitlin Gresko-- Brandeis
(2)  Chloe Teter-- NYU
(3)  Erin Martin-- Emory

BTW, out of the 3 players-- Caitlin Gresko (10 points, 4 rebounds) had a better debut game on Monday than Chloe Teter, who only played 15 minutes off the bench and did not score vs Kean on Saturday.  Maybe that is because of the roles that each coach is asking the player to accomplish. 

Erin Martin is yet to make her debut, but is expected to do so this week.

Coach Green wrote about the skills development of Caitlin Gresko back in September 2020 and how she put her high school (Howell HS) on the New Jersey map.  Gresko ended up being a 1,000 point scorer on her high school career for Howell HS.  Coach Green compared Gresko's development as being similar to the top scorer for Stevens in the 2019-2020 season, Jess Broad, who is a current first team all MAC-Freedom selection.

Chloe Teter also ended up being a 1,000 point scorer for a rival high school team that Howell played against in the Shore Conference in NJ-- Red Bank Regional.  Coach Green ran a huge piece on Chloe Teter in his blog the day she announced on social media that she was going to attend NYU for her college career.

Chloe Teter and Caitlin Gresko also played for rival AAU teams in New Jersey-- Teter played for the NJ Shoreshots, and Gresko played for the NJ Rebels.

Similarly, when Erin Martin announced that she was going to attend Emory for her college career, Coach Green also wrote in his blog about the decision.

Coach Green is one coach who believes that the UAA is the top DIII women's basketball conference in the country.

What sort of intrigued me is that Coach Green did not write a follow up entry on Gresko the day that she decided to go to Brandeis, but was really willing to write about the other two players the day they announced their intention to attend NYU and Emory.  That may fuel Gresko's competitive fire a bit when it comes time for UAA play.

For what is it worth, here is what Coach Tiny Green wrote about each of those players:

Caitllin Gresko: nothingbutskills.com/caitlin-gresko-not-a-surprise-anymore

Chloe Teter: nothingbutskills.com/chloe-teter-and-nyu-perfect-together

Erin Martin:  nothingbutskills.com/erin-martin-rolling-with-the-big-girls-at-emory

[deiscanton]

In other news, I have to acknowledge Brandeis's Camila Casanueva for tying the Brandeis school record of most 3's made by a Brandeis women's basketball player in a single game.

Casaneuva's 7 "3's" made against UMass-Boston is now the school record for most "3's" made by a Brandeis women's basketball player in a non-conference game.

Jessica Chapin (class of 2010)'s 7 made "3's" in a game were accomplished in a UAA game against Carnegie Mellon back during Chapin's senior year.

[deiscanton]

I just looked up Asia Marrero's LinkedIn resume, and it says that she has been working as a logistics coordinator/customer service representative at Talega Logistics in Los Angeles since June.  It also states her current NYU undergrad status as a member of the NYU class of 2023.

[Jester1390]

Thank you she is from LA. She must have decided to come home

[deiscanton]

Thank you she is from LA. She must have decided to come home

If Asia has a relative named Stef, that is a fair enough inference.  It would mean that Talega Logistics has been owned and run by her family since April, 2020.

[deiscanton]

What am I watching tonight?

CWRU bringing the fire in the second quarter to preseason #21 Baldwin-Wallace in CWRU's home opener at Horsburgh Gym.

Rochester easily took care of Buffalo State in the home opener at the Palestra in Rochester, NY.  JC DeLass is back calling the action as the PBP commentator for the Yellowjackets, although he no longer works for WYSL.   There will be a lot of mixed feelings if not outright hostility about neutral DIII fans having to pay $7.95 for a game or $10.95 for monthly access to hear JC DeLass's commentary-- I already got commentary about it for Rochester soccer over the past few weeks as well as for basketball on the UAA men's thread, and I agree with those who think that it is wrong to have to ask normal DIII fans to pay an on-line to watch regular season DIII hoop-- especially since people have to watch on video these days for safety and health reasons.

Final score from Rochester:  Rochester won over Buffalo State, 91-55.

Halftime from Cleveland:  CWRU 36, preseason #21 Baldwin-Wallace 32  Baldwin-Wallace ended UAA women's basketball champion Chicago's season in the second round in the last NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament back in March, 2020.

[deiscanton]

I am also watching some of Chicago's opener at Carthage, where the Maroons are leading 14-12 over the Firebirds at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, WI.

Carthage does know how to make a cheaper "WNBA style" version of announcing the starting lineup for their women's team, with the darkness, the spotlight, and the cheerleaders.  Having the pep band in the arena is also a nice touch for the presentation on video.

Chicago returning 2 starters in Grace Hynes and Klare Steffens, with one other returning player Elizabeth Shaw in the starting lineup.

CWRU up 50-48 over Baldwin-Wallace entering the 4th quarter in Cleveland.

8:25 PM Eastern update-- Baldwin-Wallace starting the 4th quarter on a 7-0 run to take a 55-50 lead on the Spartans, continuing a current run of now 15-0 that started late in the third quarter.   It is now 57-50, Baldwin-Wallace, and it looks like Baldwin-Wallace is about to put this game away.

[deiscanton]

Final from Cleveland:  Baldwin-Wallace 72, CWRU 59.  The Spartans held their own for most of 3 quarters before the preseason #21 Yellow Jackets from the OAC took over the game late in the third quarter to win.

Halftime from Kenosha:  Chicago 40, Carthage 22. Chicago outscored the Firebirds, 26-10, over the second quarter.

9:11 PM Eastern:  Chicago 56, Carthage 36 after 3 quarters.  It looks like Chicago head coach Maria (Noucas) Williamson is about to get her first career win with 10 minutes of game time to go.

[ronk]

 Watched some of 1st quarter of Baldwin-Wallace-CWRU game since B-W is a Scranton opponent next month. Impressed with preseason AA Lilly Edwards, especially her 8 offensive rebounds. Hope's HC Brian Morehouse expressed regrets on Hoopsville Sunday at not winning the recruiting battle for her, since he'll be facing her 11/20.

[deiscanton]

No more UAA opponents on the schedule for B-W this regular season.   That's fine by me.   I'd rather have the UAA AQ take on B-W in the NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament at the end of the season if necessary.

[deiscanton]

Final:  Chicago 76, Carthage 52

Chicago made 15 of 25 from 3 pt range as a team. 

Chicago's #10, Peyton Van Soest, who is a returning player (she came off the bench in the 2019-2020 season-- only averaging 1.5 pts and 1.2 rebounds per game that year-- played 22 games and averaged 9.9 minutes per game as a first year player, and only scored 32 points for the Maroons in her first season) made 6-11 from 3 pt range today.

[deiscanton]

Final from LaGrange, GA-- LaGrange 66, Emory 57

First victory for the USA South's LaGrange Panthers over the Emory women's basketball team since November 23, 2010.  Before today, the two teams last played each other in 2016.

It seemed like LaGrange played more like the team deserving of the RV in the Top 25 today than Emory.  I watched the second half of tonight's game, and Emory was struggling against a LaGrange Panthers team that clearly played last season and that played a few games under their belt already.

Emory committed too many turnovers (the Panthers stole the ball 13 times vs Emory), only outrebounded LaGrange by 2 on the offensive glass, only made 3 treys, and only shot 50% from the charity stripe while being outscored by LaGrange, 22-10.

Emory only shot 38.6% for the game. 

Morgan Laudick (played high school ball in Illinois) was the best of the Emory rookie class today with a 12 point performance. 

Out of the 3 players who went to Coach Ellonya "Tiny" Green's Nothing But Skills basketball school in New Jersey who are first year players in the UAA, Caitlin Gresko of Brandeis had the best first college game performance.  However, it is a long season.

Erin Martin of Emory-- the third player of Coach Tiny Green's recent graduates, had a reserve role today, 0-2 from the charity stripe, and just 1 rebound vs LaGrange.

[deiscanton]

Q:  What happens when you play a young Wheaton (MA) team with a head coach being a Bowdoin grad with Ivy League assistant coaching experience (Brown), and with an assistant coach who graduated from Emory?

A:  A defensive slugfest, and one of the more competitive first round games that Brandeis had to play in its own "tip-off" invitational.  I am just glad that Brandeis came out on top today, 52-48, even though Brandeis lost the rebounding battle by 13, and lost the battle of the offensive glass by 9.

If Brandeis first year player Mollie Obar had not grabbed 10 rebounds, the loss on the rebounding front would have been much worse. 

Fun trivia fact that I would not have guessed:  Coach Carol Simon was a teammate of Mollie Obar's mother when they both attended Colby in the 1980s and they played 3 sports together at Colby.

Yes, Brandeis did outscore Wheaton (MA), 9-4, at the charity stripe.  However, Brandeis only made 9 of 21 from the FT line, and that needs to improve.

On to tomorrow-- either Husson or Connecticut College, safe with the knowledge that Brandeis will go into the game at Emerson with a record of 2-0 vs teams in Region II.  (The next opponent is a Region I opponent.)