University Athletic Association

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Some notes:

(1) Congrats to Abbey Lawrence of CWRU for scoring a program record 45 points in an individual game last night in the win over Waynesburg.  The 45 points is a tie for the most points scored by a women's basketball player in an NCAA game in any division for this season so far


(2) Brockport defeated Rochester this week at the Louis Alexander Palestra, 69-65.

This is only the 9th win for Brockport in their 35 game series vs Rochester-- According to JC DeLass, this is the first win for Brockport women's basketball over Rochester since February 12, 1983.  Rochester had won the previous 18 meetings.   Moreover, this is the first time that Brockport has beaten Rochester in women's basketball at the Louis Alexander Palestra since late January, 1975.  Rochester had won the previous 11 meetings vs Brockport that were played at the Palestra.

(Needless to say, this is the first time that a Jim Scheible-coached Rochester team lost in women's basketball to SUNY-Brockport.)

Seems fitting that a native from my hometown is the current Brockport women's basketball coach-- Corinne Jones (nee Pellegrini).  She grew up in my old neighborhood-- played high school basketball for the Canton MA HS Bulldogs, went to Bowdoin at the turn of the century where she played under Coach Stefanie Pemper, (with a Sharon, MA college teammate Courtney Trotta (married name now Ruggles) whose dad is still the Canton MA public works superintendent) and then became a Jim Scheible assistant before assuming the Brockport coaching position.   

Rochester coach Jim Scheible is still 2 wins away from getting career win 400-- that feat may be accomplished this weekend if the Yellowjackets go 2-0 at the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout.

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Some notes:

(1) Congrats to Abbey Lawrence of CWRU for scoring a program record 45 points in an individual game last night in the win over Waynesburg.  The 45 points is a tie for the most points scored by a women's basketball player in an NCAA game in any division for this season so far


(2) Brockport defeated Rochester this week at the Louis Alexander Palestra, 69-65.

This is only the 9th win for Brockport in their 35 game series vs Rochester-- According to JC DeLass, this is the first win for Brockport women's basketball over Rochester since February 12, 1983.  Rochester had won the previous 18 meetings.   Moreover, this is the first time that Brockport has beaten Rochester in women's basketball at the Louis Alexander Palestra since late January, 1975.  Rochester had won the previous 11 meetings vs Brockport that were played at the Palestra.

(Needless to say, this is the first time that a Jim Scheible-coached Rochester team lost in women's basketball to SUNY-Brockport.)

Seems fitting that a native from my hometown is the current Brockport women's basketball coach-- Corrinne Jones (nee Pellegrini).  She grew up in my old neighborhood-- played high school basketball for the Canton MA HS Bulldogs, went to Bowdoin at the turn of the century where she played under Coach Stefanie Pemper, (with a Sharon, MA college teammate Courtney Trotta (married name now Ruggles) whose dad is still the Canton MA public works superintendent) and then became a Jim Scheible assistant before assuming the Brockport coaching position.   

Rochester coach Jim Scheible is still 2 wins away from getting career win 400-- that feat may be accomplished this weekend if the Yellowjackets go 2-0 at the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout.

I usually run in to Corinne at a major AAU tourney each summer; I might give her the name of an upstate NY prospect that I've evaluated that could help her program. Became acquainted with Corinne when 1 of my prospects transferred to Brockport after playing 1 year in D2; mentioned that to Corinne but player ultimately chose not to play college ball any more. Happy that Brockport is having early success this season.
Talked with Coach Scheible at the 2019 final 4: mentioned that there was an NCAA regional/sectional? a few years before @ Rochester in which the coaches(Scheible, Scranton's Mike Strong, Williams' Pat Manning, and Emmanuel's Andy Yosinoff) collectively had about 2150 victories at that time.

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Some notes:

(1) Congrats to Abbey Lawrence of CWRU for scoring a program record 45 points in an individual game last night in the win over Waynesburg.  The 45 points is a tie for the most points scored by a women's basketball player in an NCAA game in any division for this season so far


(2) Brockport defeated Rochester this week at the Louis Alexander Palestra, 69-65.

This is only the 9th win for Brockport in their 35 game series vs Rochester-- According to JC DeLass, this is the first win for Brockport women's basketball over Rochester since February 12, 1983.  Rochester had won the previous 18 meetings.   Moreover, this is the first time that Brockport has beaten Rochester in women's basketball at the Louis Alexander Palestra since late January, 1975.  Rochester had won the previous 11 meetings vs Brockport that were played at the Palestra.

(Needless to say, this is the first time that a Jim Scheible-coached Rochester team lost in women's basketball to SUNY-Brockport.)

Seems fitting that a native from my hometown is the current Brockport women's basketball coach-- Corrinne Jones (nee Pellegrini).  She grew up in my old neighborhood-- played high school basketball for the Canton MA HS Bulldogs, went to Bowdoin at the turn of the century where she played under Coach Stefanie Pemper, (with a Sharon, MA college teammate Courtney Trotta (married name now Ruggles) whose dad is still the Canton MA public works superintendent) and then became a Jim Scheible assistant before assuming the Brockport coaching position.   

Rochester coach Jim Scheible is still 2 wins away from getting career win 400-- that feat may be accomplished this weekend if the Yellowjackets go 2-0 at the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout.

I usually run in to Corinne at a major AAU tourney each summer; I might give her the name of an upstate NY prospect that I've evaluated that could help her program. Became acquainted with Corinne when 1 of my prospects transferred to Brockport after playing 1 year in D2; mentioned that to Corinne but player ultimately chose not to play college ball any more. Happy that Brockport is having early success this season.
Talked with Coach Scheible at the 2019 final 4: mentioned that there was an NCAA regional/sectional? a few years before @ Rochester in which the coaches(Scheible, Scranton's Mike Strong, Williams' Pat Manning, and Emmanuel's Andy Yosinoff) collectively had about 2150 victories at that time.

Rochester hosted first and second round games in the 2012-2013 NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament in which Emmanuel, Scranton, and Williams also were in that pod.  Rochester defeated Emmanuel in the first round that year, 70-66.  Emmanuel only committed 9 turnovers in the loss that game.

(Williams defeated Rochester in the second round and then went on to defeat Ithaca and Whitman before losing to DePauw in the national semifinals, but defeating Amherst in the third place game.)

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I am now watching NYU take on Wesleyan on the NYU live stream-- Game is at Brooklyn Athletic Facility.

The audio feed is now cut while the playing of the NYU alma mater (first verse of "the Palisades") and the playing of the Star Spangled Banner (national anthem) is happening. 

Audio feed has now resumed.

2:19 PM Eastern-- NYU up 21-9 over Wesleyan after 1 quarter.  NYU on a 16-3 run to end the quarter.

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Halftime--

NYU 45, Wesleyan 22.   

NYU shooting 17 of 34 from the field (50%), 7-9 from 3 pt range, 4-4 from the charity stripe.

Wesleyan shooting 8 of 39 from the field (20.5%), 2 of 13 from 3 pt range, 4 of 5 from the charity stripe.

Rebounds even at 24 a piece-- Wesleyan leading 10-3 on offensive rebounds.

NYU has 14 assists to Wesleyan's 3.

NYU committed 10 turnovers to Wesleyan's 12.

Bench points in favor of NYU, 25-9.

Points off turnovers-- NYU has 7 to Wesleyan's 6.

Points in the paint-- NYU has 18 to Wesleyan's 12.

Leading scorers

NYU--  Jordan Janowski and Erica Miller tied with 9 points a piece

           Brooklyn Shelton with 8 points.

Wesleyan-- Madi Gomez with 6 points, and Caleigh Ryan with 5 points.

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NYU leading by 40 points over Wesleyan, 73-33, after 3 quarters.

This NYU women's basketball team playing in Brooklyn is reminding me of the 2000-01 Final Four Emmanuel team when they played home games in the old Marian Hall Gym in Boston.    The Saints back in 2000-01 just crushed opponent after opponent on that floor.

Coach Meg Barber must have some long memories of getting beaten by that Emmanuel team, and seems to have adopted some of Andy Yosinoff's tactics this year in leading this young NYU team.  Just like the 2000-01 Emmanuel team, this NYU team is capable of putting up 100 points a game with their leading scorer only needing to average 12, and can play suffocating defense on the opponent.  This NYU team is also capable of going after the #1 in DIII ranking on the rebound margin.

NYU looks to have laid down the gauntlet this year in saying "We are going to win the UAA this year.  Try and stop us."

NYU has built their lead over Wesleyan to 50 points at 86-36.

Final score:  NYU 91, Wesleyan 46.  NYU improves to 7-0, and the Violets look to be favored to go into the UAA with an 11-0 record in January the way that the Violets have been dominating opponents this season.

3:35 PM Eastern update-- BTW, NYU outrebounded Wesleyan by 18 rebounds today, 54-36, and led on the offensive glass, 15-12.

How is any UAA team going to beat NYU this year if the other UAA team is going to be crushed on the boards like this?  I am just looking for an answer.  Brandeis certainly is not going to be able to beat NYU while losing on the boards by 15 or 20.

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FYI--

Here are the NCAA D-III rankings of the OWPs of the 8 UAA teams through games of Thursday, December 9, 2021.  The cumulative OWPs are also listed.

Notes:

1.)  OWP is 2/3 of SOS.

2.)  OWP is the winning percentage of the past opposition of each UAA team.  Cumulative OWP is the winning pct of both past and future opposition this season of each UAA team.

3.)  Ranking is of 429 D-III women's basketball teams.


Here we go:

1.)  Chicago-- OWP is .700 (ranked #10)-- Cumulative OWP is .648

2.)  Wash U-- OWP is .639 (ranked #39)-- Cumulative OWP is .635

3.)  Brandeis-- OWP is .630 (ranked #44)-- Cumulative OWP is .616

4.)  Rochester-- OWP is .627 (ranked #48)-- Cumulative OWP is .615

5.)  Emory-- OWP is .554 (ranked #128)-- Cumulative OWP is .577

6.)  CWRU-- OWP is .518 (ranked tied for #181)-- Cumulative OWP is .572

7.)  NYU-- OWP is .444 (ranked tied for #286)-- Cumulative OWP is .535

8.)  Carnegie Mellon-- OWP is .389 (ranked #356)-- Cumulative OWP is .564

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NYU has released the results of the UAA Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches poll on their Instagram page.

Here is the predicted order of finish according to the poll:

1.)  NYU is the favorite to win the UAA women's basketball AQ this year, according to the UAA coaches poll.

2.)  Wash U
3.)  Rochester
4.)  Chicago
5.)  Emory
T-6.)  Brandeis
T-6.)  Case Western Reserve
8.)  Carnegie Mellon

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This is not good news.

Due to a COVID-19 surge at NYU, the NYU campus is shutting down and all finals are going to remote.

In addition, as of today, December 15, 2021, NYU has closed down all athletic facilities and has suspended all athletic activity until further notice.

This may have a major impact on UAA competition this season-- especially on the NYU women's basketball team, which has been dominating all of their non-conference opponents this season.  As of now, all athletic seasons involving NYU teams have been suspended until further notice due to a COVID-19 surge at NYU.

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Watching CWRU vs Kenyon women's basketball on livestream from Horsburgh Gym in Cleveland right now.

Ron Jantz on PxP-- only commentator today.

Just like the CWRU men, the women have only restarted practice on Wednesday-- they had 3 days to prepare for Kenyon.

CWRU up 25-2 with 1:27 left in first quarter.  CWRU's defense has only conceded 1 Kenyon FG so far.

Kenyon finally scores their second basket with 1:12 left in first quarter-- CWRU had a 23-0 run between Kenyon baskets.

Kenyon got their third basket on a layup with 36 seconds left in first quarter.

End of quarter-- CWRU 28, Kenyon 6.  CWRU defense held Kenyon to 3 of 13 shooting from the field in the quarter, 0 of 5 from 3 pt range, no FT attempts.

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Halftime score--

CWRU 56, Kenyon Ladies 24

For CWRU--

Abbey Lawrence-- 15 points, 3 rebounds

Kayla Characklis-- 10 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists

McKenna Gross-- 8 points

11 CWRU players played in the half-- 9 scored.

For Kenyon--

Katie Orefice-- 8 points

Grace Connery and Claudia Cooke with 6 points a piece

Kenyon played 7 players in the half, only 4 scored.

CWRU's defense held Kenyon to 11 of 29 from the field in the half (37.9%), 2 of 10 from 3 pt range, and 0 of 1 from the FT line.

CWRU shot 22 of 33 from the field in the half (66.7%), 5 of 9 from 3 pt range (55.6%), and 7 of 10 from the charity stripe.

Kenyon committed 16 turnovers, which CWRU converted to 17 points.

CWRU committed 9 turnovers, which Kenyon converted to 6 points.

CWRU outrebounded Kenyon 20-11, but only 6 to 5 on the offensive glass.

CWRU had 17 assists on their 22 made baskets-- Isabella Mills led the Spartans with 3 assists.  Kenyon only had 6 assists on their made baskets-- Katie Orefice led the Ladies with 3 assists.

CWRU's bench outscored Kenyon's bench, 21-0.

CWRU outscored Kenyon 11-3 on second chance points.

CWRU made 9 steals to Kenyon's 5.

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Ron Jantz has just announced on the livestream the death a week ago of Tom Callahan, the father of CWRU public address announcer Mike Callahan.

My condolences also go out to the CWRU family on the loss.

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Ron Jantz just made a comment on CWRU's OWP for the teams that the Spartans lost to.

According to the NCAA stats, CWRU's OWP through games of December 14, 2021 is .576 (ranked 93rd among DIII women's teams), and the Spartans have a cumulative OWP (past and future opposition (Kenyon was a future opponent at the time) of .595.

"That UAA is not for the faint of heart."-- Ron Jantz on the non-conference standings of UAA women's basketball teams today.

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Final score--

CWRU 94, Kenyon 40   The 54 point win is the largest single game margin of victory in program history for the Spartans.

The old record was a 52 point win over Notre Dame of Ohio set in the early 1980's.

(From the CWRU game recap-- the old record was set in the 1982-83 season when CWRU defeated Notre Dame of Ohio. 83-31.)

Also from the CWRU game recap-- the Spartans shot 60.7% from the field, which is a new single game FG% record-- the old record was a 56.4% from the floor, set against NYU on February 4, 2018.

CWRU outrebounded Kenyon, 45-23.

Next game:  CWRU women will join the men at Hilbert on Monday, January 3, 2022-- The women will play at 1 PM Eastern in the first game of a doubleheader at Hilbert, followed by the men.

Game recap:  https://www.uaasports.info/links/3d8zj9

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Next game up at 3 PM Eastern is the Chicago women playing at the Shirk Center vs Illinois Wesleyan

Live streaming on the Titans Streaming Network with the WESN 88.1 FM radio team's PxP and commentary on the video stream.

The Hope vs Trine women's game will also be playing at the same time, so I will probably not be doing live posting on the Chicago/IWU game.