WBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Jester1390]

Rose_Hulman roster for this year  4 returning players and 7 freshman.  The 8th freshman decided Rose was not what she wanted.

2019-20 Rose-Hulman Women's Basketball Roster
No.   Name   Pos.   Cl.   Ht.   Major   Hometown/High School
10   Stacy Fox   G   Jr.   5-6   Mechanical Engineering   Westport, Ind. / South Decatur
12   Desirae Webster   G   Fr.   5-7   Civil Engineering   Power Springs, Ga. / Hillgrove
14   Nola Wilson   G   Fr.   5-6   Biomedical Engineering   Indianapolis, Ind. / Tindley
21   Jordan Barlow   F   Fr.   6-1   Mechanical Engineering   Haven, Kan. / Haven
24   Hannah Woody   G   Sr.   5-7   Electrical Engineering   Cincinnati, Ohio / Milford
25   Morgan Brown   G   Jr.   5-9   Computer Engineering   Rolesville, N.C. / Rolesville
30   Caitlin Young   F   So.   5-9   Chemical Engineering   Flower Mound, Texas / Flower Mound
33   Kahlan Jester   G   Fr.   6-0   Chemical Engineering   New Brighton, Minn. / Irondale
45   Avery Lewman   F   Fr.   5-10   Mechanical Engineering   Muncie, Ind. / Delta
50   Rose Burnham   F   Fr.   5-11   Mechanical Engineering   South Riding, Va. / Freedom
54   Nosa Igiehon   F   Fr.   6-0   Chemical Engineering   Wheeling, Ill. / Wheeling

[Jester1390]

Well the pressure is going to be on the freshman at Rose, A upperclassmen decided to stop playing today.  That leaves them with 3 returning players and 7 freshman and one of the returning players is hurt and will be out for a while.

[Jester1390]

Well engine,


Rose has to be the youngest team in D3 and probably all of basketball except JUCOs.  I have confidence in my daughter and the class looks really talented but oh my they are young.

[Jester1390]

Thanks I will be there we will know a lot more about them by then

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I'm intrigued about the comment "MIAA summer league." I hope the coaches aren't involved in that. I will have to ask around, because those kinds of things aren't sanctioned in DIII. They have to be a completely student-run option. Maybe someone was selling a bill of goods or I am not aware of something else.

I am familiar with summer leagues where DIII players get together and play, but it is usually a bit more informal and not necessarily against one another.

[ronk]

I'm intrigued about the comment "MIAA summer league." I hope the coaches aren't involved in that. I will have to ask around, because those kinds of things aren't sanctioned in DIII. They have to be a completely student-run option. Maybe someone was selling a bill of goods or I am not aware of something else.

I am familiar with summer leagues where DIII players get together and play, but it is usually a bit more informal and not necessarily against one another.

There's been a Philly suburban summer women's college league for years; D2 and D3 players can play with college teammates on the same team; only D1 players are restricted in whom their summer teammates can be.

[Jester1390]

It's the Miac    They have a summer league ran through the YWCA.  All Miac teams play plus I think there is some alumni teams.   There are no coaches involved.   If it not legal the. The whole Miac is in trouble

[Jester1390]

I shouldnt say all Miac teams play but alot do,   I became aware of it as Tanysha Scott runs the YWCA in Minneapolis.  Tanysha is part of the Jada Hill family which is a royal basketball pedigrees through out there whole family. She won a state tiltle last year coaching DeLasalle High school. She coached my daughter in AAU. She offered to have Kahlan join one of the teams but my daughter decided not too. She just felt bad that she had told a lot of local coaches no and didnt want girls being upset for taking any time from local players when she was not going to play in state. I never went to a game but i have girls i coached in youth that play for MIAC teams and i know that its all run by the girls and the girls have to pay.

[Jester1390]

Well the pressure is on. Here is the pre season poll. They got a first place vote which if i take my bias away is remarkable to me. We will start to get a taste of who they are when they scrimmage Greenville University this weekend. Greenville was 23-5 last year
2019-20 HCAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
(#) Denotes First Place Votes

1.   Transylvania University (8)   90
2.   Hanover College (1)   88
3.   Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1)   62
4.   Anderson University   59
5.   Franklin College   54
6.   Bluffton University   52
7.   Defiance College   50
8.   Earlham College   39
9.   Mount St. Jospeh University   38
10.   Manchester University   18

[Jester1390]

on Conference site

2019-20 HCAC Players to Watch:

Anderson
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Payton Moore   SO   Spiceland, Ind.   Forward
Lexi Dellinger   SO   Berne, Ind.   Guard
Hannah Hawkins   JR   Fairmount, Ind.   Center

Bluffton
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
TJ Mills   SR   Dayton, Ohio   Guard
Brianna Gillig   SO   New Riegel, Ohio   Forward
Kylie Brock   JR   Villa Hills, Ky.    Guard

Defiance
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Danielle Carruthers   SR   New London, Ohio   Post
Liz Martin   SR   Bellefontaine, Ohio   Guard
Kalyn Pickens   JR   Fort Wayne, Ind.    Guard
Taylor Day   SO   West Mansfield, Ohio   Guard

Earlham
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Zoe Curtis   SR   New Castle, Ind.   Center
Camryn White   SR   Louisville, Ky.   Guard
Kayla Bowling   JR   Osgood, Ind.    Guard
Acacia Tenette   JR   Sacramento, Calif.   Guard

Franklin
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Bayleigh Walker   JR   Plainfield, Ind.    Forward
Jessica Nix   SO   Martinsville, Ind.   Guard
Britney Ballard   SO   Columbus, Ind.   Guard
Destinee Cross   SO   Lafayette, Ind.   Forward

Hanover
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Alexis Nall   SR   Mr. Vernon, Ind.   Forward
Katie Hartman   SR   Madison, Ind.   Guard
Brooke Todd   SR   Vevay, Ind.   Guard

Manchester
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Nicole Weaver   SR   Fort Wayne, Ind.   Guard

Mount St. Joseph
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Maddie Haberthy   JR   Cincinnati, Ohio   Guard
Mackenzie Marcum   JR   Cincinnati, Ohio   Guard

Rose-Hulman
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Hannah Woody   SR   Cincinnati, Ohio   Guard
Morgan Brown   JR   Rolesville, N.C.   Guard
Desirae Webster   FR   Powder Springs, Ga.   Guard
Kahlan Jester   FR   New Brighton, Minn.   Guard
Nosa Igiehon   FR   Wheeling, Ill.   Forward
Rose Burnham   FR   South Riding, Va.   Forward

Transylvania
Name   Class   Hometown   Position
Shelby Boyle   SR   Morgantown, W.Va.   Forward
Ashton Woodard   SR   Mt. Sterling, Ky.    Guard
Novi Walker   JR   Danville, Ky.   Point Guard
Elizabeth Hardiman   JR   Wincherster, Ky.   Center

[Jester1390]

It shows you how young Rose is.  They are the only team with a freshman listed for players to watch.

[Baldini]

Thanks Jester1390, I checked the HCAC site last night and the preseason poll was not up yet. So you are on top of it, good job you. I am surprised that Rose-Hulman got a 1st place vote, I would of thought that Transy would of gotten 9 votes and the Transy coach would of case her vote for Hanover. It is not a big deal and meaningless in the big picture of things, but it would be interesting to know who voted for Hanover and Rose-Hulman with their 1st place votes. Is there some old, bad blood somewhere in HCAC country?

I hadn't given Rose-Hulman a lot of thought going into this season, but because of your passion here I have Feb. 8th marked on the calendar for RHIT's visit to Lexington. By that time freshman will no longer be playing like freshman. Should be fun to watch.   

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

The women's and mens polls are remarkable similar including the same teams making up the top 6 (conference tournament teams).
Top 3 are the same (Transy, Hanover, Rose)
4-6 are the same teams but different order (Franklin, Bluffton, Anderson)
7 and 9 are swapped (MSJ and Defiance)
8 and 10 are the same (Earlham and Manchester).

Also, if you take away the local Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois players to watch... you're left with Earlham having one from California, Transy has one from West Virginia, and Rose with 4 from Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Minnesota.

[Enginerd]

Not surprised that RHIT got a vote - From everything I have read (and watched-they all have film available online), RHIT has a very talented Freshmen class. The issues to watch will be:
- #1 - Will they play like Freshmen or will they adjust very quickly to the college game (much like the class that just graduated-which was 23-4 their Freshman year), or will they struggle with the vast differences from the high school game. Looks like there will be many times this season where there will be five first-year players on the floor!
- #2 - Depth. Doesn't look like they have much and will need to avoid foul trouble and injuries all season.

Bottom line is RHIT attracts tough-minded kids whom are not afraid of a challenge - that's one of the reasons they are always an elite program defensively. They were not terribly diverse offensively over the past few seasons because they were not a great outside-shooting team, but from what I can see online, that has been addressed via recruiting.

Again, just spit-balling here based on what I can find online but a comparison to the recently-departed team would be:

PG - Bromenschenkel's length was an absolute killer and she got the ball down the floor and got the offense going and rarely turned the ball over. She scored when the opportunity was there but her strengths were her defensive presence and her steadiness at the PG position. The freshman from Georgia looks to be MUCH quicker North/South and at least as good a shooter. Will be interesting to see if her quickness will compensate for the loss of length at that position.

Wing 2 and 3 - Woody will get a chance to shine a bit and earn more playing time. Huge question mark here. Perhaps Jester could shine some light on what they have at these positions?

Post 4 and 5 - This looks, at least to me, to be the real strengths of this class. Igiehon had multiple Division I offers (per her Twitter page) and looks to be an absolute beast in the paint on her HS film. Barlow looks rangy and very athletic for 6'1. Burnham reminds me a LOT of former Fightin' Engineer Chiarra Franklin, whom was HCAC Tourny MVP and a rebounding and charge-taking machine. Then there is Lewman, who looks like she might have had a knee injury at one point in HS, like a lot of girls, but looks to have a really high IQ for the game and possesses a REALLY nice shooting form.

In addition, Coach Prevo's teams are always very disciplined and extraordinarily gritty and tough defensively - so It WILL be interesting! Hope to make it to at least one home game this year to see it in person.

[Jester1390]

Ok engineered.  Lol well I am little biased but the 3 hopefully will be my daughter Kahlan.   I say this humbly she has been told she is a Swiss Army knife she can do whatever position and skill set required by the team for a particular game. In high school she guarded whoever was the other teams best player she has guarded d1 point guards and post players now playing at Bucknell and Arkansas and Wisconsin.   The most points she allowed a girl she was guarding last year was 6 pts and that was a d1 player.  Now college whole new game so we will see what happens  with her height and her flag rowing up a point guard I hope will give her advantages now that she can concentrate on just being a three.

The posted a game of hers on a previous page in which she scores 28 but it shows here defense going from guarding point guArd to post.  Her ability to pass and block shots and bringing the ball. Up

But of course as I tell her none of it matters. What are you going to do tomorrow is the thing that counts