WBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

It's now 33-16... Franklin is forcing turnovers, bad shots, and pushing the ball up the court every possession. Largest deficit of the season for Transylvania.

Pioneers finally got their act together and finished the half on a 16-2 run. Grizzlies still lead at halftime 35-32.

[Baldini]

Great first half for Franklin, yet only lead by 3. The start of the 2nd half will be very interesting to see if Franklin can take control or will Transylvania pick up where they left off. Should be a good 2nd half.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Franklin held on for a while but eventually Transylvania pulled it out. They didn't get their first lead until 4:39 left in the 3rd. Franklin was still up 4 with 2 minutes left in the 3rd but again Transy finished the quarter strong on a 9-1 run to lead by 4. Transy took the lead for good with 5 minutes left in the game finishing on a 14-3 run to win by 11.

If the quarters were only 7-8 minutes long then the Grizzlies would have crushed the Pioneers. Transy just finished every quarter much better and undid all of Franklin's hard work. Hopefully there's one more meeting this year in the conference title game.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Looks like Rose is getting their first win streak of the year. Only 17 turnovers but just 9 assists on 25 FG.

If scores hold... the conference is tight from 4th to 10
Transy 11-0, Hanover 10-1
Franklin 7-4

Defiance 5-6, Manchester 5-6
MSJ 4-7, Earlham 4-7
Bluffton 3-8, Rose-3-8, Anderson 3-8

[Baldini]

The group that makes up the bottom seven and are scrambling for the last 3 playoff spots will make the last 7 conference games for each very interesting. They all play each other enough times and someone has to win those games that the head-to-head games will be double jeopardy to each of them. Every team still has a real chance to make the playoffs.

[Jester1390]

For the first time this season. The other team had more turnovers then rose.  The retribution tour continues Saturday.   In all seriousness the 2nd half offense was by far the best of the year.  Nola Wilson has really come on the last 2 weeks with her outside shooting and has been a dagger.  Desire Webster I feel has found her mojo again. Her quickness tonight and got them back in game. Her and Nosa need to go to free throw practice together

Rose was usual self and The senior Hannah Woody put the team on her back

For my kid I thought she had a terrible first  half but redeemed herself defensively in the 2nd half and taking care of the ball.   I am very worried about her physically.  After the game I saw her and the hip is getting worse there is just no way to make it better besides rest so it's really how much pain can she play through

Great game by the girls defense wasn't as stellar as usual but if we had to trade just a little defense to get the offense over60 I'll take it

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Baldini 4-1     38-14
Jester 4-1      36-16
FCGG 4-1       35-17
Enginerd 0-0   8-7

Saturday
Mount St. Joseph (4-7) @ Rose-Hulman (3-8) 1:00 PM 
Transylvania (11-0) @ Defiance (5-6) 1:00 PM
Earlham (4-7) @ Anderson (3-8) 1:00 PM
Hanover (10-1) @ Manchester (5-6) 1:00 PM
Franklin (7-4) @ Bluffton (3-8) 2:00 PM

[Baldini]

Mount St. Joseph (4-7) @ Rose-Hulman (3-8) 1:00 PM 
Transylvania (11-0) @ Defiance (5-6) 1:00 PM
Earlham (4-7) @ Anderson (3-8) 1:00 PM
Hanover (10-1) @ Manchester (5-6) 1:00 PM
Franklin (7-4) @ Bluffton (3-8) 2:00 PM

[Jester1390]

Well will be sitting on the couch tomorrow watching. Kid told me her one leg was 2 inches longer then the other because of her hip. Trainer had to tug on her and stuff. Hopefully she can keep playing through it.

Rose
Transy
Anderson
Hanover
Franklin

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Take care of that hip. Don't want to cause more issues that linger into future seasons or beyond.

Rose
Transy
Earlham (someone has to be different)
Hanover
Franklin

[Baldini]

Earlham- Anderson feels like a complete toss-up game to me, a game worth having a differing opinion on. IMHO 

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

We were a Rose win away from a 5 way tie for last place in the conference.

Baldini 3-2     41-16
Jester 3-2      39-18
FCGG 2-3       37-20
Enginerd 0-0   8-7

Wednesday
Transylvania (12-0) @ Earlham (4-8) 5:30 PM
Franklin (7-5) @ Hanover (11-1) 7:00 PM
Manchester (5-7) @ Defiance (5-7)  7:30 PM
Anderson (4-8) @ Rose-Hulman (3-9) 7:30 PM
Mount St. Joseph (5-7) @ Bluffton (4-8) 7:30 PM

[Jester1390]

transy
hanover
manchester
rose
st joe

[Baldini]

Transylvania (12-0) @ Earlham (4-8) 5:30 PM
Franklin (7-5) @ Hanover (11-1) 7:00 PM
Manchester (5-7) @ Defiance (5-7)  7:30 PM
Anderson (4-8) @ Rose-Hulman (3-9) 7:30 PM
Mount St. Joseph (5-7) @ Bluffton (4-8) 7:30 PM

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Transy
Hanover (Franklin needs to get back on track after 2 losses before the pack catches them)
Manchester (two teams on 3 game losing streaks)
Anderson
MSJ