University Athletic Association

[jaybird44]

Thank you both for your compliments!  I think that DePauw/Illinois Wesleyan game might turn out to be one of the best in D3 this season.  RHIT is very young with 70% of its roster freshmen (7 out of 10), which beats WashU's 58% freshman percentage (10 out of 17).  Looking at the high school accomplishments of RHIT's freshmen, I gotta believe that they will be competing for a conference crown very soon, perhaps as early as next season.  No belittling needed...and besides, it's generally bad form to do, IMO.

Back in action today and tomorrow with the McWilliams Classic tournament...Hendrix vs. nationally-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 5:00, and Wash-U vs. Greenville at 7:00 today.  Tomorrow, Hendrix vs. Greenville at 5:00, and WashU vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 7:00.

[jaybird44]

WashU finished a very successful McWilliams Classic by toppling Claremont-Mudd-Scripps from the ranks of the unbeaten.  Last night, the Bears prevailed 67-52, to put themselves in a position to return to one or both of the national Top 25 polls.  WashU is now 5-2, while CMS (#21 in the WBCA poll/#25 d3hoops.com) falls to 6-1 (losing for only the second time in its last 28 games)

WashU played its best defense of the season, limiting CMS to 5 of 37 shooting for 13.5% in the first half, and 18-69 for 26% for the game.  The Bears led 17-4 after one quarter and 28-14 at halftime.  Meanwhile, the WashU offense went to work inside the paint, outscoring the Athenas 32-20...and the Bears also outscored CMS 23-9 from the free throw line.

What was perhaps most impressive of all, is that the young Bears didn't commit a string of consecutive turnovers that would've given CMS momentum and a chance for a big comeback.  WashU committed 23 turnovers, but CMS only got 17 points from them.  And, more often than not, when CMS did get a bucket from a turnover, WashU answered with a basket on the other end to keep the comeback lid sealed shut.

Samantha Weaver scored a career-high 18 points and pulled down 9 rebounds, and she won the Jacqueline Bickel Schapp MVP Award as the top player in the tournament.  Freshman Sammi Matoush reached the all-tournament team had her first double-double, with 17 points and 12 rebounds.  Kristina Schmelter added 12 points and Isabelle Hren had 9.  CMS had only one player in double figures, with Kate Parrish tallying 11 points and 10 rebounds.  Parrish and Lindsey Cleary entered the weekend each averaging 13.2 points per game, but they were held to a combined total of 15 last night.

The 10 WashU freshmen are growing up fast, just in time to ring out the old year and bring in the new.  They host Westminster on the 18th, and then play in the Wartburg holiday tournament December 29-30...against #13 UW-LaCrosse in the first round and possibly #8 Wartburg in the final round.  From there, UAA play begins January 11th at home vs. Chicago (#23 WBCA/#24 d3hoops.com).  Could be a remarkable season...it certainly will be a fun one!

[deiscanton]

NYU at Brooklyn on Youtube tonight on the Brooklyn College Bulldogs channel.

Game coverage set to start at 4:30 PM Eastern.

It will be good to see Cuffee and Shelton on the Roku TV tonight.

Update-- Essentially, this YouTube live stream is of the game camera feed of the game with no sound.  Hard to see the jersey numbers.o

At 5:17 PM, the game sound has been turned on.

Looks like the shot clock is still malfunctioning, so the scorers table is counting down the shot clock.

NYU leading 19-15 after 1st quarter.  PA announcer explaining the shot clock problem on the video feed.

Note:  NYU first yr student Brooklyn Shelton is only one of 2 d3 players stil perfect from the charity stripe coming into today.  The other is Cailin Harrington from Tufts. 

NYU up 34-31 at halftime.  Shelton yet to get to the FT line today.

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Shelton 2-2 from the line today so far.  Now 29-29 on the season. Some fan sitting down blocked the view of the first shot falling in on the game video.

Brooklyn leading NYU, 44-43, with 4:49 left in third quarter.

Brooklyn leading 48-47 with 1:49 left in third quarter.  No working shot clock in building, so the table is announcing shot clock time.  NYU being held way below their scoring average.

After 3 quarters, NYU leads 50-48.

Big 4th quarter for NYU.  NYU wins, 73-56.  I wil have to wait for the box score to be posted on line.  After yesterday's Swarthmore men's game, the camera feed of today's Brooklyn/NYU Game left a little to be desired, especially.since their video feed a few weeks earlier of Brooklyn vs Cabrini seemed to have a better camera operator.

[ronk]

 And Katie Foos is a good #-pt shooter.

[deiscanton]

And Katie Foos is a good 3 pt shooter.

Edited for clarity-- Katie Foos is also a nursing major at NYU Meyers College of Nursing.

Lauren Koyama and Janean Cuffee are also excellent 3 pt shooters, BTW.

Annie Barrett leads NYU with the assists, but the entire team can work the ball.

[deiscanton]

Watching NYU vs RPI right now.

NYU's Brooklyn Shelton went 4-4 from the FT line in the first half, and is now 33-33 on the season from the charity stripe.  In the second half, Shelton did not go to the line, so she will enter UAA play still perfect from the charity stripe on the season.

Cailin Harrington of Tufts did not go to the FT line yesterday, so she is still 27-27 from the charity stripe through 11 games, still barely on the list as she average 2.5 ppg from the line when rounded up.

Final-- NYU 77, RPI 56.  NYU finishes non-conference play at 10-1.

One more non conference game for Rochester on Tuesday vs RIT.

Monday morning update--  In the game vs RPI, NYU got a technical foul in the 1st quarter after a 30 second timeout with 4:42 remaining in the quarter for having too many players on the court coming out of the timeout. 

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Matchday 1 about to get underway.  I am watching Brandeis at NYU on NYU's s Sidearm Stats video stream.  This should be a great contest.

Brandeis with their usual starting five, while NYU makes 1 change, as Jenny Walker gets the start, with Brooklyn Shelton expected to come off the bench.

[deiscanton]

NYU leading 38-26 at halftime.

Defenses of both teams came out strong, with NYU starting to pick up the pace about 5 minutes into the game.  Brandeis led 15-14 after 1 quarter, but NYU had a strong 24-11 second quarter to take a comfortable halftime lead.

Brooklyn Shelton 2-2 from the charity stripe in the first half-- now 35-35 on the season from the FT line.

Cuffee and Shelton combined for 23 of NYU's 38 points.

[deiscanton]

NYU gets the first win of the UAA season 76-65 over Brandeis.  The Judges were able to cut the deficit to 2, but could get no closer.

Brandeis won the 3rd quarter 20-11, but NYU responded with a 27-19 advantage in the final period.

Brooklyn Shelton's perfect FT streak ended at 37 with 42 seconds remaining in the game.  This is a new NYU program record as Jessica McEntee started her season a decade ago with 27 FT made without a miss.  Shelton is now 38-39 from the line on the season.

[deiscanton]

Other final scores from today--

Chicago 78, Wash U 64
Emory 86, Rochester 65
Case 78, Carnegie Mellon 51

All double digit wins on women's side.

[deiscanton]

Key departures from Wash U women's basketball team--

It was announced on the Wash U Sports Network in the women's pregame yesterday that the following players left the team for personal reasons and are no longer on the active roster:

1.). Isabelle Hren-- Started all 11 non conference games
2.)  Mary Bryggman

A side note: I think that this will be the year that Wash U fails to make the NCAAs.  This is the youngest side that I have ever seen in Wash U.  The last time that Chicago beat Wash U, the Bears finished 9-5 in the UAA.  A repeat of that would put the Bears at 16-9, not good enough for a Pool C bid. I honestly do not see the Bears going 11-2 down the stretch, the minimum needed to be a UAA Co-Champion with a shot at the AQ.

[deiscanton]

WBCA Coaches poll -- January 14, 2020

#17 Chicago-- 68 pts

#22 NYU-- 22 pts (tied with Gettysburg)

RV-- Emory-- 3 pts

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I will be at Brandeis today to watch the game vs Emory.

Congrats to CWRU on Friday on getting their second ever lifetime win against Wash U.

Rochester's leading scorer and rebounder this season, Julianna Okoniewski, was injured early on in Friday's game while trying to defend against Brandeis's first made basket of the contest.  She went to the trainer's table with an apparent ankle sprain and did not return.  Friday's contest became a battle of the benches, with a strong FT performance by Brandeis in the fourth quarter !heading to the Brandeis victory.  Brandeis snapped an 8 game UAA losing streak dating back to last season on Friday.  The win was also Brandeis's first win at Auerbach Arena vs Rochester since 2014, as the Yellowjackets had taken the previous 5 Waltham contests.

[deiscanton]

Emory breaks into D3hoops.com Top 25 women's poll--

UAA teams ranked this week...

#16 Chicago-- 209 points
#25 Emory-- 50 points
RV-- Brandeis-- 4 points
RV-- NYU-- 3 points