MBB: Northwest Conference

Pio20 · January 26, 2008, 04:26:06 PM

Yeah the lane violation was terrible. Even after letting UPS climb all the way back we still had a chance to win after Rivera hit that big **** with 6 seconds left. But he never had a chance to shoot the free throw (not that he would have made it necessarily) that would have put us up three and forced UPS to shoot a three to try to tie. But basically the game changed when Tillery fouled out. He had three early on in the first half so he was up against it trying to put a stop on Williams. I must say Williams has one of the smoothest shots I have ever seen. But after Tillery was gone we struggled to break the press and turned the ball over a ton and UPS started hitting shots and there went the 20+ point lead.

LCPios07 · January 26, 2008, 07:39:41 PM

Really tough loss for the Pios, UPS first lead came in overtime as LC controlled the game for over 30 minutes. Tillery fouling out with seven minutes left was definitely the turning point. He was breaking the press with ease and shutting down Antwan Williams offense. Once he left Williams got whatever he wanted and the Pios started turning the ball over. That will be a tough one to get over.

nwhoops1903 · January 26, 2008, 10:22:50 PM

No question that the back court battle and lack there of over the last 7 minutes was decisive. Williams is a good player and is streaky. If he feels he can't be stopped, he just goes at it and challenges every possession. Great game and probably a lock for POTW. I just have to point out how HUGE Nakamura played at UPS last Sat. Williams had 9 pts. and a very nice 11 assists but very little penetration.

nwhoops1903 · January 27, 2008, 12:59:48 AM

WW wins 70-58 over Fox.

UPS wins 90-75. Down 9 in first half...then come back to lead by 9 at half.
Streaky good.

LC wins over Linfield 83-77

Pacific with 40 from Garold Howe, win over PLU 94-85
Howe's line 16-19, 4-4 from 3pt, 4-4 FT, 7 reb, 4 assist. Monster.

LogShow · January 27, 2008, 02:17:50 PM

Half way through league play here is what the standings look like:

Puget Sound 7-1
Whitworth 7-1
Linfield 5-3
Lewis & Clark 4-4
Pacific Lutheran 4-4
Pacific (Ore.) 4-4
Willamette 4-4
George Fox 1-7
Whitman 0-8

LogShow · January 27, 2008, 02:20:53 PM

There really is starting to be some separation between the top and middle of the league. 5 teams are lumped to gether and will be fighting it out for that last playoff spot. These last 4 weeks are going to be really interesting

LogShow · January 27, 2008, 02:25:26 PM

I will hand it to the LC for getting a win the next night after their Jean Van de Velde at the 1999 British Open collapse. I thought they would tank it. Should be interesting to see how they do next weekend...amazingly, despite 4 losses in the first round of league play they still aren't out of the running for the last playoff spot

Pio20 · January 27, 2008, 02:29:03 PM

Solid win for the Pios last night...puts us in fourth place with half the season to go. We definitely still have a shot at that third spot. I was very impressed with Cody Tesoro and the southpaw Steve Taylor from Linfield. Ultimately it came down to us getting the ball inside in the second half, as everyone was penetrating. As a result we got a lot of layups and shot 73% from the field and went to the free throw line 16 times. It looked like the the old #16 beating everyone in non-conference Pioneers, as Papenfuss had 18 and we only turned the ball over four times. Big Tuesday game coming up for the Pios, as they take on Pacific. There are four teams at 4-4 right in the middle of the pack.

NWCer · January 27, 2008, 06:05:48 PM

Wow, what a weekend in conference. Made it through the slick streets last night to go out to the grove to watch my Boxers take on the PLU team I've heard so much about. Garold Howe was simply in a zone, scoring every which way, quite a performance, 40 points.

I wasn't overly impressed with PLU, they have some shooters and are explosive offensively but their inability, or maybe even intention or unwillingness, to defend was very apparent.

As posted earlier, looks like UPS/Whitworth will be 1-2, Fox/Whitman will be 8-9, (any order for both), but then you got Linfield at 5-3 and Pacific, PLU, LC, and Willamette all at 4-4, five teams who will battle for the last playoff spot, a lot can happen, you can come in anywhere from 3rd place to 7th place.l

Looking forward to heading to LC on Tuesday to catch my Boxers against the Pios, big game for both teams.

80sshorts · January 27, 2008, 09:20:19 PM

Garold Howe is freaking unstoppable right now. Third seed is up for grabs and I believe L & C is going to turn on their thrusters and finish off the second half strong to take the third seed, and then who knows what happens in the conference tournament

LogShow · January 27, 2008, 10:22:04 PM

Quote from: 80sshorts on January 27, 2008, 09:20:19 PM
Garold Howe is freaking unstoppable right now. Third seed is up for grabs and I believe L & C is going to turn on their thrusters and finish off the second half strong to take the third seed, and then who knows what happens in the conference tournament

Maybe LC still has some tough away games...PLU and UPS

LogShow · January 27, 2008, 10:23:02 PM

So how did he drop 40 points? Was he just in the zone or what?

LogShow · January 27, 2008, 10:45:09 PM

By the way UPS made the front page poll. We didn't get a large % of the vote, even though I thought we should have

NWCer · January 27, 2008, 11:31:34 PM

Logshow, he was doing a lot of work in the post early on, I think that got him going and then made those 3's he knocked down easier. Brandeberry was trying to guard him but couldn't, then they moved McDaniels over to him and that did nothing either. VanDomlen was keeping them honest because he got 21 while shooting 10-13 from the field, so that's 26 for 32 from the field for Howe and VanDomlen, pretty good production.

LogShow · January 28, 2008, 01:59:23 PM

I would agree with the production...tough to stop. Sound like Howe had quite the individual preformance. Encore against LC tomorrow?