WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Hoosier Titan · March 10, 2011, 06:51:49 PM

IWU coach Mia Smith is scheduled to be on Hoopsville tonight (Thursday, 10 March). It's reachable from the d3hoops front page from 7-9 p.m. Eastern time.

iwu70 · March 10, 2011, 10:34:20 PM

Good luck to the Titans this weekend in Wisconsin! All out team effort, bringing it back to the Shirk for the "home Final Four."

Hoosier Titan · March 10, 2011, 10:46:09 PM

Coach Smith sounded confident and happy tonight. She says that Coe has one of the best motion offenses she's seen; she likes the way they play. The Titans feel good about either of the matchups that might come should they beat Coe, although either will be tough. She thinks the Titans are a much better team now than they were early in the season (and fans will concur with that). In addition to the obvious contributions from the starters--Stacey Arlis, Olivia Lett, Hope Schulte, and Nikki Preston--she identified the point guard combination of Brittany Hasselbring/Holly Harvey and the play of Karen Solari and Melissa Gardner as integral to the Titans' success at this point.

Unfortunately I'm off on a research trip until Thursday night. My husband is making the trek north, however, and I'm planning on being back at Shirk next Friday. I'm expecting two tough games, but the Titans are due at their own house. Go Titans!

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 06:38:28 PM

Titans led most of the first half, but Coe got hot and leads 36-32 at the half.

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 06:49:51 PM

Livestats were frozen at 2-0 throughout the first half, but have finally gotten updated.

Stacey Arliss has 11 points, but only 2 rebounds and SIX of the Titan's 9 TOs. Olivia Lett has 8 points and 4 boards. (Karen Solari was injured (knee?) and the announcers doubted she would return.)

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:04:18 PM

Noe THAT is Titan basketball! They caught up in less than 2 minutes, and now lead.

OOPS - Coe back up, or I should say Anciaux back up, who has every point for Coe in the 2nd half.

Now things are back to where they should be - IWU up 48-44, w/ 14 to go.

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:08:21 PM

Stacey Arliss is en fuego! 10 points in the second half already (only 8+ minutes in) - Titans up 54-46.

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:22:07 PM

Coe refuses to go away - in fact they have taken the lead 67-66.

Olivia Lett answers with a 3 - Titans back up.

BTW, the zebras really suck - fortunately both ways.

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:26:26 PM

Titans up 72-68 w/ 1:52 to go.

Arliss and Lett have combined for 49 points.

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:30:11 PM

73-70 w/ :52.4 to go.

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:35:14 PM

75-74, 17 seconds to go. Titan ball, up one.

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:37:24 PM

77-74 w/ 13.4 to go. Real hard to beat team if they make their FTs!

Mr. Ypsi · March 11, 2011, 07:38:43 PM

TITANS WIN, 77-74!!

iwu70 · March 11, 2011, 07:42:48 PM

Love it. Elite Eight for our Titans. Congrats to Coach Smith and all the Team. One more and you are back to The Shirk! Whew, that was a close one. Congrats to Coe on a great game, great season.

For this group, 109-10 over four years. Truly outstanding.

Keep it rolling TITANS!

(Lett with 28, Arlis with 23).

Hoosier Titan · March 11, 2011, 07:58:01 PM

How clutch a player is Olivia Lett? Wow.

Kudos to the Kohawks. They played a good game and never backed down.

I am watching from home as I'm on a plane tomorrow. The video feed was very herky-jerky so it was hard to tell, but there looked to be some very dubious traveling calls. Fortunately, they seemed to go pretty much both ways. (And yes, I know it's a better feed than would be available at IWU! Some of us are trying!). I'm looking forward to UWSP-GF.

Way to go, Titans...win one more and I'll see you at Shirk next week!