WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Big slate of games this evening, as eight of the nine CCIW teams will be in action. Only Augustana is idle.

Carthage @ Aurora, 5 pm
North Central @ Benedictine, 5 pm
Wheaton @ Ripon, 5:30 pm
UW-Whitewater @ Illinois Wesleyan, 6 pm
Beloit @ North Park, 6 pm
Elmhurst @ Dominican, 7 pm
Millikin @ UW-Platteville, 7 pm

I love it, because it means that I will have plenty of out-of-town-scoreboard stuff to report during timeouts when I call tonight's BC @ NPU contest in the crackerbox.

[RogK]

That's a grueling trip for North Central, from Naperville all the way to Lisle.
Perhaps they did half of it yesterday and got into a B&B for the night. Adjusting for the time zone, they could then continue with the final push eastward to the Benedictine campus.

[iwu70]

A great game at The Shirk tonight, the Titans coming up one basket short against #9 UW Whitewater.   IWU has given two top 25 teams now a real scare, but there's no virtue in a scare.  Close only in horseshoes right?   In this one, the Titans play extremely well, esp. in the first 3 Q, had a one point lead at half-time and led in this one almost 39 out of 40 minutes.  WW getting their first lead with about 1:20 to go.  Some pressure got to IWU and a few untimely TOs late, and three terrible calls against IWU -- clear clean blocks called as fouls.   Don't normally complain about the crews, but this one . . .  Nada.   

For WW:

Grundahl, a dominant game, 33 and 13, unstoppable in the low post.   
(IWU just overpowered at times down there as usual with WW)
Hildebrandt 12 and 10
Carollo 10 and 9

(You can get the idea, WW with 49 rebounds, IWU with 29).

WW shooting 40%, 19% from three, and 72% FTs.  WW shot 25 FTs, to IWU's 9

For IWU:  (A great effort, a fast start and very good tough defense, a great shooting % from the field.)

Bardic 23
Knutson, a break out game, 21 on 10-14 from the field
Huber, getting bashed in the post all evening, 18 and 8
Powers 12

IWU shooting 56%, 30% from three, and only 44% from the FT line, but only shooting 9 FTs

The final:  WW 82, IWU 80

IWU goes to 3-2, WW ranked #9 goes to 5-0.   Perhaps we'll see them again in March.

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

That's a grueling trip for North Central, from Naperville all the way to Lisle.
Perhaps they did half of it yesterday and got into a B&B for the night. Adjusting for the time zone, they could then continue with the final push eastward to the Benedictine campus.

The nice thing about it is that you don't need Siri to help you find your way. The two campuses are on the same street; the only snag is that the street changes name when it passes from Lisle to Naperville (or vice-versa, depending upon how you look at it).

[lmitzel]

NCC 63
Benedictine 51

Down 3 at halftime, the Cardinals ended up doubling up the Eagles' output in the final 20 minutes and pulled away for a nice win. They ended up doing it without head coach Maggie McCloskey-Bax tonight (apparently tested positive for strep today and had to watch from home).

Biz Daly: 18 pts, 8 reb
Megan McClure: 11 pts, 5 reb
Grace Kieffer: 7 pts, 6 reb

Jordan Carlquist: 13 pts
Ryan Ogarek: 10 pts, 9 reb
Sophia Hardy: 9 pts, 5 reb

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 81
Beloit 63

Victoria Perry: 32 pts (6-7 trey)
Kathryn Keehn: 12 pts, 6 rebs, 6:2 a:to
Hailey Lyczak: 11 pts, 3 stls

The Vikings finally found their shooting mojo for the first time this season, as they used a 30-point third quarter to break away from the Buccaneers and establish a double-digit lead that they would sustain the rest of the way. The big story was Victoria Perry, who had a career-high scoring night tonight; it was an interesting evening for her, as we're used to her getting most of her points via the drive or pullups, but tonight she looked a lot more solid shooting from 24 feet away than she did when she got to the rim. Hailey Lyczak continues to show what great strides she's made in her game since she sat out last season with an injury, and Kathryn Keehn is beginning to find herself as a point guard.

The Park's shooting line tonight was an eye-popping .508/.474/.750. The best that they had done from the field prior to tonight was a .364 FG performance against Wisconsin Lutheran and .280 from distance against Lawrence. Whatever was making all of those shots fall, I wish that the Vikings could bottle it up and put it in storage.

Again, a comfortable win over a not-very-good opponent, but a nice confidence-builder for the Park.

[Gregory Sager]

In a battle of unbeatens at Van Male, Carroll fought Chicago into overtime before succumbing to the Maroons, 74-68. The end of regulation must've been nerve-wracking, as both teams were stuck on 61 points for the final 2:14. The South Siders scored eight of the first nine points in the extra session, and then held off the Pios the rest of the way. Carroll was paced by Olivia Rangel, who had 24 points and five steals. Emilie Wizner was the only other Pioneer in double figures with 16, but CU got nice rebounding games from Allison Thompson (9) and Ryann Wendt (7).

[Gregory Sager]

In other games:

* Aurora scored the game's final 11 points over the course of the last 2:10 to win a come-from-behind 83-75 triumph over Carthage in Thornton Gym out in the western 'burbs. Lauren Knight sparked Carthage in the losing cause with a great 24 and 8 performance that also featured a 5:1 floor game; Marianna Morrisey contributed 15 and Addison Ebeling 12 for the Firebirds.

* Wheaton broke up a nip-and-tuck affair at Ripon in which they, too, scored 11 unanswered points at the end of the game to prevail, 66-55, over the Red Hawks. Annika Richardson, Caroline Sikkink, and Annie Tate each scored 17 for Wheaton, while Kate Oliver chipped in a dozen off the bench; Sikkink had a double-double with 11 boards, while Richardson and Oliver each pulled down seven caroms.

* Millikin ousted UW-Platteville on Bo Ryan Court up in Lead City, 73-68. Elyce Knudsen had 23 for the Big Blue, while Bailey Coffman had a 17 and 10 double-double and Sophie Darden put in 13 points before fouling out.

* Elmhurst made it two straight CCIW teams that have curb-stomped Dominican on the Stars' home floor, as EU came away from Igini Sports Forum with a 90-42 laugher. The 'jays shot pretty crappy for a team that scored 90 points (.354/.186/.452), but that doesn't matter much when you double up your opponent in rebounds (72-36) and are the recipients of 33 turnovers by your opponent. Incidentally, the 72 team boards is a program record for Elmhurst, snapping the 40-year-old record of 70 set against the same opponent, back when it was known as Rosary College. Nice nights for EU's Tyreshia Sessions (14, plus six steals), Lindsay Novak (12), Shanyce Makuei (10 and 9), and Payton Schmidt (10), while Dielza Dalipi grabbed 8 rebounds.

[RogK]

Having attended the Elmhurst game, I can add Kristin Bukata to the list of Bluejays who did very well.
Her 8 assists (no turnovers) could have easily been 12 or 13, but some layups were clanked.
Elmhurst did make 26/53 2FGs, an acceptable pct.
Bukata made 4/5 2FGs and added 3 steals and 4 rebs. She's an energetic defender and fine ballhandler.
Another of Elmhurst's newcomers is also very good at simultaneous running and dribbling : 5'2" Rowan Cusack.

[Jester1390]

Rose Hulman  coming to play IWU this weekend after winning at Cal Tech but losing to a very bad Laverne team and st. marys naia team .  There is no doubt how this game will go but it will be fun to watch Baum vs Huber in the game.  Grace roland a 6'2 freshman comes in with 2 double doubles and only 1 rebound from having a double double in all 3 games.    Rose is feeling the lack of bench they have started out well in first half but have fallen apart in 2ndhalf.  Blowing a 16 pt lead against Laverne with 9 minutes to go and being heavily outscored by cal tech but managed to hold on.

[RogK]

Jester1390, check out (on a big screen, not a phone) the hot start for this newcomer to Illinois Wesleyan :
http://stats.ncaa.org/player/index?game_sport_year_ctl_id=16500&org_id=300&stats_player_seq=2772087
RHIT will definitely need to give her significant defensive attention.

[iwu70]

Yes, Ava Bardic is the real deal, with a magnificent start in 5 games.  She handles the PG duties well and is a real scorer, as you can see from the first five game stats.   This gives the Titans even more weapons, added to the awesome Huber and to Mallory Powers also putting up improved numbers.  Caite Knutson had a great game last night too -- vs. very tough competition when the Titans hosted UW Whitewater at the Shirk.  She had 21 on 10-14 shooting.   In that game, for 38+ minutes, the Titans were the better team, only to get hit with a tough run at the end, with untimely TOs and some bad calls.  I felt for them as they really played well, played their hearts out for the upset against #9 WW.  I think the Titans will continue to improve, learn better how to handle pressure and how to finish close games, and get even more talent involved -- esp. Kate Palmer, Laura Mahlum and Sawyer White.   This is a very good team with lots of weapons.  WW just a bit better on the night, winning due to size, a huge margin in rebounding, and shooting many more FTs than the Titans.   WW surely a very high-quality D3 team.


IWU'70

[iwu70]

Happy Thanksgiving to all the CCIW chatsters here . . .

IWU'70

[iwu70]

IWU to the Midwest Challenge in Terre Haute, IN this Saturday/Sunday.  Playing Rose Hulman at 2 p.m. on Saturday, then winner/loser of the DePauw-Wash U game on Sunday.  Always a very strong tournament, in its 30th year this time, maybe a bit weaker this year.   I'm looking for IWU to win it this year.  Go TITANS!

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Glad to see the Board back up . . . 

Two good wins for IWU in Indiana on the weekend, winning the Midwest Challenge tournament at Rose Hulman.

First Game:

IWU 79, RHU 65

For RHU:

Black 16
Baum 14
Gallegos-Rodriguez 14 and 10
Reese 10

For IWU:

Palmer -- a breakout game for her -- 17 and 6 assists
Huber 15 and 11 with 5 assists, 4 steals
White 13
Knutson 10 and 6
Bardic 9

IWU winning the rebounding line 43-38, forcing 29 TOs, with 21 steals

Still poor FT shooting.  Something that really needs to be cleaned-up.

'70