WBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Jester1390]

Well here is the first game report for RHIT.  They scrimmaged Greenville university today. Greenville was 23-5 last year. RHIT won 74-63.  I cant tell you everything i know because i want to keep some of the things my daughter shares private. i can however say this was the best time she has ever had playing basketball.  My daughter comes from a high school program that had alot of problems.   I dont know totals on the scoring except the posts were monsters like you predicted engin.  Kahlan had 6 pts  and before i tell you what she had for assists i just want you to know my daughter doesn't exaggerate or feel the need to say she did big things if she didnt. With that said she texted me she thinks she had literally over 20 assists.  So i would guess 15 for sure would be a safe number,

Wish i could have seen them and look forward to seeing them in Berea.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

One preseason All-American from the conference, Alexis Nall from Hanover made 2nd team AA

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

The season is officially underway.
Manchester loses at home to Adrian 75-59 in a game that the Spartans had taken the lead in early in the 4th before giving up 16 unanswered.
Earlham opens tomorrow
Bluffton starts on the 11th
Anderson and Transy begin on the 12th
Defiance on the 13th
Hanover on the 15th
MSJ on the 16th
Franklin still 2 weeks away on the 22nd
Rose with the final opener on the 23rd

[Jester1390]

Bluffton beat Alma.  62=49  Alma had the worst 3 pt shooting i have ever witnessed. Just not that they didnt make them but they had all day to shoot them, they were 4-25 and that was with a freshman hitting back to back late in game off the bench.  I think i saw 6 airballs on them so you dont even get a chance to rebound.

[Baldini]

Well it was good that the HCAC got their first win of the season. They are now 1-2 on the season with all 3 games against MIAA schools.

Three games on the schedule for tomorrow night.

Transylvania hosts Spalding (a game I will be attending)
Earlham hosts #10 DePauw
Anderson hosts Ohio Northern

[Jester1390]

Transy  was up 4 over spalding about half way through the 3rd quarter and then put the hammer down to win 79-57

Anderson lost 59-49 was pretty much a 10 point game throughout

[Baldini]

Was at the Transylvania-Spalding game last night and the Pioneers came away with a very yeoman like victory. My first thoughts watching them is that this team misses Celia Kline and is going to be a work in progress as some adjust to life without her. Freshman Kennedi Stacy has taken her spot in the lineup and you can see the talent there especially with the ball in her hands in the open court, but the first game jitters were there also and she is a long ways from giving them what Kline gave them a year ago. Transy's Jr. 6-3 Center Elizabeth Hardiman left the game after only 4 minutes and the medical staff seemed to be working on her knee, she did not return to the game, but did not have it wrapped or iced either and remained on the bench until the end of the game. Hopefully nothing serious there. The Pioneers have a fair amount of low post depth (5 players in the 6-1 to 6-3 range who play in the post), but I don't think anybody move their feet as well as Hardiman does.

Shelby Boyle was very good again last night with 22 points to lead Transy, 16 in the first quarter when the team seemed to really struggling to find a rhythm. Boyle does soo many thing on the court for her team that she is like having a extra coach on the floor. She finished with 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks to go along with her points. Zenoviah Walker and Ashton Woodard both added 14 points for the balanced attack at the end of the night.

I'm also going to give Spalding some credit here. Maleah Hirn has a nice all around game and was a pain for Transy most of the night and ended with 17 points and 6 assists, but she may have exposed a hole in the Transy defense. For now I wonder if Transy might struggle with quick guard play this season. Also for the Golden Eagles, Post player Hunter Wright showed some good movement skills for a 6-0 player and pitched in 8 points and 6 rebounds. Lefty post player Hannah Renfro came off the bench to add 8 points with a few nice spin moves in the low post. Megan Goeing had a very nice defensive game all night on Transylvania's Ashton Woodard who ended the night shooting only 4-16 from the floor and Megan was a big part of that. And lastly Sr. Allison Just (coaches daughter?) is a nice all around piece in the Spalding lineup added 13 points (3-5 on 3 point attempts) and 6 rebounds.

Transy can play better as a team and I'm sure they will, maybe the lose of Hardiman early in the game messed up their flow from the start. Their size is going to give most teams a problem, but quicker teams may give them some problems also. Will be fun to watch playout.

[Jester1390]

the conference is 6-8 heading in to tonight's action.  Cant wait for saturday.

[Baldini]

the conference is 6-8 heading in to tonight's action.  Cant wait for saturday.

And they might not improve on that tonight. There 3 games scheduled tonight and none Wednesday or Thursday. The 3 tonight are Alma @ Earlham, Mount St. Joseph @ Heidelberg and Transylvania @ Berea. Earlham is probably in deep water and Mount St. Joseph has a chance, but it is on the road. The Transylvania-Berea could be a very good game, Berea won 22 games a year ago and returns most. Still debating whether to make the trip down I-75 and take this one in, might be worth the one hour drive.

Just 4 more days and RHIT will get to test themselves against Berea also Jester. You will get a little side by side comparison of RHIT and Transylvania.   

[Jester1390]

i will be there saturday

[Jester1390]

Watched the trany vs berea game.. Trany won due to dominating the boards. 22 and 3 kept berea in the game.  Give me hope for Saturday. Rhit is bigger then Trany at the guard and foward spots with girl with reall good wingspans so hopefully the hieght on the perimeter will make it harder for 22 to shot 3 s over them. It will be interesting to see if the speed of rhits pg guard can shut down 3 who likes she can only go left.

i have no ideal what will happen. with so many freshman im sure there will be alot of a nerves but at the same time hopefully they say what the hell and play loose and well

[Baldini]

Watched the trany vs berea game.. Trany won due to dominating the boards. 22 and 3 kept berea in the game.  Give me hope for Saturday. Rhit is bigger then Trany at the guard and foward spots with girl with reall good wingspans so hopefully the hieght on the perimeter will make it harder for 22 to shot 3 s over them. It will be interesting to see if the speed of rhits pg guard can shut down 3 who likes she can only go left.

i have no ideal what will happen. with so many freshman im sure there will be alot of a nerves but at the same time hopefully they say what the hell and play loose and well

Well the bar was set for you this evening and Saturday will give a small comparison between where RHIT and Transylvania stand early on. I did not think Transy played very well at times tonight yet they still overcame a very poor shooting night for them and still got the win against a good opponent on their floor. These are character building type of wins that help a team grow.

Good luck to RHIT on Saturday, it will be interesting to watch as they also grow and develop together.

[Baldini]

If you are buying drinks at the bar do let me know, I'm all in on that!

It is good to hear that your daughter and others are overcoming those huddles you mentioned, it should serve them well in their adult lives.

[Jester1390]

Well crying in my pillow.  It will get better learn to hand press hopefully no lid on the basket and the bunnies go in

[Baldini]

Transylvania remains unbeaten with another good, hard fought win on the road today against another good opponent. Down 10 to start the 4th quarter and really battled to get the 59-56 win at Wittenberg. This on the heels of the win at Berea and handing them their only lose on the season as Berea is now 5-1. The 2 SR's Boyle and Woodard are both gritty, never say die type of players and that type of leadership is rubbing off on the rest of their team. Another character building win.