WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Last season's records are a reference, that's all.

[RogK]

Good. I wanted to make sure you weren't misapprehensionizing anything.

[Gregory Sager]

Lawrence 65
North Park 57

Victoria Perry: 17 pts, 6 rebs
Hailey Lyczak: 10 pts

After trailing by double digits for much of the game, the Vikings showed some moxie, especially at the defensive end, in the fourth quarter. They actually grabbed a one-point lead with under three minutes to go, but their sputtering offense finally gave out altogether. NPU only shot 35% from the field and 28% from beyond the arc. That, and a huge foul disparity (LU shot 37 FTs, NPU only four), spelled the difference.

[Gregory Sager]

Millikin 79
Beloit 40

The Knudsen and Coffman Show picked up right where it left off at the end of last season, with a 22 and 7 and a 21 and 7.

Carthage 71
Lakeland 34

So much for my forecast about this being a "decent challenge" in Megan Jones's debut as the Firebirds head coach. Lauren Knight had 20 and 7 and Mariana Morrisey added 12 for Carthage in the rout, as every woman in Kenosha except for Mayor Antaramian's wife got into the game for the Firebirds.

[RogK]

Millikin hit 12 of 14 3FG attempts in that 57 point 1st half. It would be safe (and probably accurate) to say that was among the best halves of three shooting in basketball history.
On the other hand, they committed 28 turnovers (by quarter : 7 5 8 8).

[Gregory Sager]

Wartburg 74
North Park 51

Aliyah Hershberger: 13 pts
Victoria Perry: 11 pts
Brooke Panush: 7 rebs

North Park led for most of the first half and into the second, by as many as seven points at one juncture, and I started wondering if I had tuned into an epic upset in the making. But then in the latter part of the third quarter and into the fourth, NPU went into a deep freeze at the offensive end and the Knights started doing all the things that have made Wartburg a D3 women's basketball powerhouse over the past dozen years ... and suddenly the Knights were on a 16-2 run and could basically dictate whatever final score they pleased.

I like NPU freshman Aliyah Hershberger. Like most freshmen her defense needs work, but she's got a solid offensive game. She'll be a good player in this league.

It's not going to get any easier for the Vikings tomorrow afternoon, as they face yet another long-established D3 power in tournament host Wisconsin Lutheran.

[lmitzel]

Well, it was a pretty good one in the second game up in Milwaukee, as North Central came back from down 7 just over a minute into the final quarter and held on to win their opener 70-67 against the host Warriors.

Grace Keiffer: 29 pts (15 in the 4th)
Megan Duffy: 10 pts, 6 reb
Kaeli Ford: 9 pts, 5 reb
Josylin Simmons-Doxie: 8 pts, 3 stl

Sam Leisemann: 23 pts, 9 reb, 3 stl
Meggie Scott: 14 pts
Haley Ott: 12 pts, 4 reb

The Cardinals will try their hand with Wartburg tomorrow afternoon.

[Gregory Sager]

Well, it was a pretty good one in the second game up in Milwaukee, as North Central came back from down 7 just over a minute into the final quarter and held on to win their opener 70-67 against the host Warriors.

Grace Keiffer: 29 pts (15 in the 4th)
Megan Duffy: 10 pts, 6 reb
Kaeli Ford: 9 pts, 5 reb
Josylin Simmons-Doxie: 8 pts, 3 stl

Sam Leisemann: 23 pts, 9 reb, 3 stl
Meggie Scott: 14 pts
Haley Ott: 12 pts, 4 reb

The Cardinals will try their hand with Wartburg tomorrow afternoon.

Holy cow!

[iwu70]

The IWU women open up the season in Iowa with Cornell on Saturday and Luther on Sunday.

Likely starting line-up will be:  Huber, Powers, Palmer, Knutson and the newbie, sophomore Ava Bardic at PG.  We'll see if Sawyer White is back into the swing of things after her All-CCIW conference year on the soccer pitch.  A strong bench, deep rotation too. 

IWU'70

[RogK]

I attended Wheaton's 77-73 win over Bethany Lutheran.
Wheaton's Annie Tate looks fully recovered from injury (she last played Dec 8 2021) and she was obviously delighted to rejoin her teammates on the court.
In 27 minutes of action, she made 3 of 4 3FGs, 2 of 4 2FGs and 3 of 4 FTs for 16 pts.
Kate Oliver also scored 16 and Caroline Sikkink led the Thunder with 17.
Annika Richardson topped Wheaton with 12 rebounds.
All nine Thunder players who got in contributed positively one way or another.
Gianna Klarenbeek did very well for the visitors, leading all scorers with 22 (.500 eFG% and 6/7 FTs), while Aubrea Kor added 15 pts.

[Gregory Sager]

Wisconsin Lutheran 71
North Park 42

Victoria Perry: 13 pts
Brooke Panush: 11 pts
Caroline Long: 6 rebs

[lmitzel]

Make it a 1-1 weekend for NCC as Wartburg knocked off the Cardinals 89-61.

Megan Duffy: 14 pts
Josylin Simmons-Doxie: 7 pts
Grace Keiffer: 6 pts

Macy Harris: 14 pts, 6 reb
Sara Fabre: 14 pts
Jaedon Murphy: 10 pts, 6 reb

[GoPerry]

UW Oshkosh 58
Thunder 69  to win the Beth Baker Classic

Caroline Sikkink  27 pts, 7rebs, 5 asst
Annie Tate   17 pts, 8 reb

Kennedy Osterman  11 pt

Through two very early games, I am liking what I'm seeing.  The Thunder ladies struggled to score consistently last season averaging a lowly 62 points/game.  So putting up 77 and 69 in the first two games is encouraging. The obvious difference is Tate and her all around game that made her a first team All Conference selection two seasons ago.

If they can match that with stronger defense, this could be a team to challenge the top of the standings.

[iwu70]

IWU over Cornell in Iowa 70-55

Huber 23
Bardic 17
Powers 10

The Titans have found an excellent second scorer in Bardic.

More later.

IWU'70

[RogK]

more CCIW Saturday results :
In Elmhurst's 76-55 win over Benedictine, a couple of newcomers led the way : 5'8" senior Shanyce Makuei poured in 26 pts in under 23 minutes; 5'11" junior Tyreshia Sessions had 8 steals, 4 assists and 0 turnovers.
Carthage topped Lawrence 72-54, thanks in part to Marianna Morrissey (21 pts, 3 stls) and Emma Thistle, who assisted on a third of the team's FGs (8/24).
Augie shot very well in their 75-64 win over Simpson : 40% 3FGs (8/20), .553 2FGs (21/38) and 9/12 FTs.
Olivia Rangel scored 27 in 26 minutes for Carroll in their 79-50 victory over Luther.