WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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[WLCALUM83]

Heard Carthage gets WLC's women at home tonight. Should be another Carthage win, given your overall height advantage. 

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 70
Augustana 50

NPU (3-0, 1-0) romped to an easy victory in the crackerbox over an outmatched Augustana (0-5, 0-1) that's still enduring growing pains in spite of the fact that new coach Bobbi Endress has four starters returning from last season's team.

The host Vikings used a late 10-0 run to jump out to a 34-17 halftime lead, and in the second half they poured it on from the get-go. Augie never got closer than 15, and NPU led by as many as 25 before Jack Surridge sat his starters with four minutes left in the game.

NPU was led by Laura Mount, who scored 20 points in only 27 minutes of action. She also added four assists and four steals. Evie Peterson notched a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds (and had four steals as well), and Lauren Martin chipped in 12 points off the bench on 4-5 shooting from downtown. No Augustana player broke double figures in scoring, as Maegan Skahill and Becky Rehn led the visitors with eight points apiece.

NPU must've played some pretty good defense, as Augie was held to 34% shooting from the field and only went 1-8 from long range. The big city Vikings shot 46% and went 5-11 from downtown. They're shooting a tidy 38% (18-48) from behind the arc for the season, a dramatic improvement from last year's NPU edition that finished dead last in the CCIW in trey shooting. Credit Lauren Martin's return to active duty for that. However, the lack of size underneath the basket will be a chronic source of concern for the Park, as Augie outrebounded them, 40-28.

NPU hosts the three-day Viking Classic this Friday thru Sunday.

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[Gregory Sager]

Stylianee Damianides looks stronger this year and may be among the league's best mid-size defensive players.

Jack Surridge is certainly not averse to starting a defensive specialist at the wing. Sara Sietsema started a lot of games for NPU earlier in this decade despite the fact that she rarely touched the ball, because she was such a good defender. And Damianides has more offensive potential than did Sietsema.

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[byitisee]

Wheaton defeats #9 Calvin 49-46 in a great matchup in the CCIW/MIAA Classic.

Wheaton is finally clicking upon getting Elizabeth Fox back in the lineup.  Now we just need Pouns back.

[Just Bill]

I didn't see the game and I'm not doubting your opinion, but I generally don't think of a team that goes for 49 points as "clicking"

[Mr. Ypsi]

I didn't see the game and I'm not doubting your opinion, but I generally don't think of a team that goes for 49 points as "clicking"

As long as the opponent has LESS than 49 points, that's clicking!

[Fawkes316]

It wasn't a perfect game for Wheaton, but it was good to see Fox back on the floor and healthy. Cooper was great. Honestly, 49 points is an improvement, since last year Wheaton only scored 45 against Calvin in a losing effort.

Calvin plays great defense. Wheaton scored 0 fast break points, and that's because there were 0 opportunities. As soon as Wheaton touched the ball, there were two defenders waiting for them on the defensive end.

Wheaton had to find points out of its offense, and were able to be more balanced last night by getting some production from behind the three point arc, though they still aren't a great outside shooting team. So far this year they have 16 threes in 7 games. That would give them about 57 threes by the end of the regular season. Sarah Clark made 63 in 2003-04 herself. It makes sense though, seeing that Pouns is injured. In fact, getting Fox to shoot more, might be a good thing. She shot 40% from the arc last year, but only took 47 shots.

It certainly didn't appear that Calvin was worried about Wheaton's outside scoring. They protected the lane most of the night trying to stop Fox and Cooper from driving and keep the ball away from Trenz.

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