WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Thanks, RogK.  Sure hope Karen Solari is OK.  I'll watch for further reports.

Yes, Fiona McMahon had a superb game, outstanding off the bench.  One of the few bright spots for EC in their game with IWU.

IWU hosts Millikin on Wednesday night to complete the first run-through of the conference schedule.  Titans still have very tough games @ WC and @ Carthage in the second half. 

IWU70

[Backseat Driver]

Congratulations to Olivia Lett on her second straight CCIW player of the week recognition. We're not even through half of the conference season, and to me she is the only candidate for this year's most outstanding player award.

With the exception of offensive rebounds, she is on every statistical leader list in conference play. 1st in scoring, 4th in rebounding, 9th in field goal percentage, 6th in assists, 1st in free throw percentage, tied for 14th in steals, 13th in 3-pt percentage, 5th in threes made, tied for 11th in blocked shots, 7th in assist-turnover ratio, 3rd in defensive rebounding, and 5th in minutes played. 

http://cciw.org/news/2012/1/23/WBB_0123123645.aspx

[iwu70]

Congrats to Olivia Lett, yet again!  Great job.  Consistently outstanding, a great week.  Keep it rolling Olivia and all the TITANS. 

Great job by Mia Smith and her staff this year.

IWU70

[RogK]

Backseat Driver, I say it's too early to declare that no one other than Lett could be Most Outstanding. She's in the lead right now, but Diana Jacklin is not far behind. And let's see who else could have a great 2nd half.

[Backseat Driver]

Backseat Driver, I say it's too early to declare that no one other than Lett could be Most Outstanding. She's in the lead right now, but Diana Jacklin is not far behind. And let's see who else could have a great 2nd half.

Perhaps my previous post was too strong--there are others who are having great CCIW seasons (i.e. Jacklin, Merklein). My opinion could be better stated by saying that based on what has transpired so far, Olivia Lett is the clear favorite to win MOP.

[iwu70]

Alot of basketball still to be played.  Several others are having outstanding seasons as well, no doubt. (including IWU's Melissa Gardner). 

Even at home, I think the IWU game Wednesday vs. Millikin will be a tough game.  Hope there's no overlooking this game, looking too much forward to the game @Wheaton, another key game in the CCIW race, next Saturday, 28th.  (Wednesday, another big game is EC @Carthage.  I'll be cheering for Carthage to put the second CCIW loss on EC, of course.  I'd pick them to do it).

Keep it rolling TITANS.  No holding back now . . . with only 8 games to go to the end of the regular season.

IWU70 

[RogK]

Millikin has defeated North Park, North Central and Augie, with losses to Elmhurst, Carthage and Wheaton. A win at IWU would be a major boost for the Big Blue, but we'll see what they can do.
If they fall to 3-4, they'll really need a collapse by one of the four teams ahead of them.

[Backseat Driver]

Illinois Wesleyan #22 in the new D3hoops.com Top 25. Carthage in the Others Receiving votes, with 12.

http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/women/2011-12/week8

[iwu70]

Congrats to Coach Smith and the Titans for moving up in the rankings -- from 25th up to 22nd. 

IWU70

[RogK]

If anyone needs to see some lively hoops today and can make it to 103rd Street and 2 blocks east of Pulaski (4000 west) by 5:00 p.m., Saint Xavier hosts Olivet Nazarene. Over the past two seasons, SXU has won 5 of the 6 matchups (conference playoffs included).
The average scoring over those 6 games has been 99 for SXU and 93 for ONU.
It is #13 vs #14, NAIA Div I. SXU is 14-5 and ONU is 17-3 (last loss was to Illinois Wesleyan -- there's the NCAA/CCIW connection, ha!).
Directions : http://www.sxu.edu/maps/chicago-directions.asp
There will be a guys' game afterward, which might interest somebody.

[iwu70]

ONU is indeed fun to watch.  They put up 98 on the Titans and lost!  IWU scored 126 or something.  Sounds like quite a good matchup.  We'll watch for the score. 

IWU70

[RogK]

It was close for about the 1st quarter (22-21), but ONU pulled away to a 59-36 halftime lead and it ended up 119-89. Endless back-and-forth action; the fast pace allowed (forced) players on both teams to use their athleticism and their wide range of basketball skills (that's why it's a pleasure to watch!). The refs and scorer's table were definitely kept busy! Ten different ONU players made a 3; they scored 63 pts from 3FGs, 44 from 2FGs and 12 FTs.
SXU was led by 27 from a sweet-shooting freshman. SXU committed 23 TOs, but that wasn't too bad, considering they scored 89 pts. A 4:1 points/TO ratio is pretty decent. ONU committed only 12 TOs and had an excellent 10:1 pts/TO ratio.

[iwu70]

ONU-SXU.  Wild!  Sounds very much like the Titans game with ONU, that up and down, run and gun, game that led to a 126-98 score.  Incredible fitness and basketball skills at mach speed by both teams.  So different than the IWU-MU men's game last night where MU slowed everything down, would only take a shot in the last 5-7 seconds of every shot clock, trying to stay close.  Got pretty boring, and a bit frustrating for our up-tempo Titans after a time.  Still IWU won 75-53.

IWU-MU women's game should be a good one tonight.  Hope the Titans can keep it going, finish the first half of CCIW play perfect, 7-0.

GO TITANS!!!

IWU70

[RogK]

North Park (1-5) plays at North Central (0-6). Both sides need a win! Good luck to each.
Similarly, Augie (1-5) can't afford many more losses. Wheaton will try to present one to them.
Carthage hosts Elmhurst in a battle between strong halfcourt-oriented teams.

[iwu70]

IWU up 33-13 over Millikin with 8 minutes to go in the first half.  Melissa Gardner having a big night from treyville, will 4 threes already. 

Score from Carthage anyone?

IWU70