WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

Greg, if you don't mind my prying, will you be attending the double header at Elmhurst tomorrow? I don't know about the men's game, but the women's one promises to be a good contest. I forgot if you told us how long Dana might be out. As you've said, NP surely needs a healthy Sarah Peterson too.
At 2-1, each team should be eager to solidify its position in the upper half of the standings.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Greg, if you don't mind my prying, will you be attending the double header at Elmhurst tomorrow? I don't know about the men's game, but the women's one promises to be a good contest. I forgot if you told us how long Dana might be out. As you've said, NP surely needs a healthy Sarah Peterson too.
At 2-1, each team should be eager to solidify its position in the upper half of the standings.

Judging from the CCIW Pickems selections, the men's game should also be the most competitive one of the night.

[Gregory Sager]

Greg, if you don't mind my prying, will you be attending the double header at Elmhurst tomorrow? I don't know about the men's game, but the women's one promises to be a good contest. I forgot if you told us how long Dana might be out. As you've said, NP surely needs a healthy Sarah Peterson too.
At 2-1, each team should be eager to solidify its position in the upper half of the standings.

Yep, I'll be at Faganel for both NPU @ EC games.

Dana Christensen is hoping to be back on the floor for tomorrow afternoon's game. She wanted to play in Wednesday's contest against Wesleyan, but she was forced to sit that one out. She's anxious to get back out there and contribute. Getting the green light to play again is not up to her, though; it's up to the NPU training staff.

I don't have an update on Sarah Peterson's condition. I just know that I have my fingers crossed that she'll be suited up tomorrow for the Park.

[iwu70]

Ypsi, like your request to Greg.   Hope you are not in the lake.

Now that Shelby Jackson has left the IWU program, I think we have to admit that the Titans will have a much much tougher time defending their CCIW crown, let alone the national championship.  I'm still hopeful, though the lack of true, strong post players will continue to be a significant problem for IWU.  I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Mia experiment with Seibring more and more in the post area, with some of the other frontcourt newbies getting more time, for rebounding and defense in the half-court.  Should the Titans be able to keep the games uptempo, have good results from run and jump, with the pressure, and hit a good percentage, esp. from threeball land, then the Titans can still contend.   Baltes needs to contribute more to the offense.  The game hosting CC this weekend will be a very good indicator of how far the Titans can go without Shelby Jackson.  My view is that she will be sorely missed.   McMahon is really coming into her own as a scorer.  If/when IWU's top four score in double figures (Gardner, McMahon, Seibring, and Baltes), then the Titans win.  Sure would be nice to have a bit more scoring out of the bench/rotation members -- Scurlock and Mullarkey. 

IWU70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Ypsi, like your request to Greg.   Hope you are not in the lake.

Now that Shelby Jackson has left the IWU program, I think we have to admit that the Titans will have a much much tougher time defending their CCIW crown, let alone the national championship.  I'm still hopeful, though the lack of true, strong post players will continue to be a significant problem for IWU.  I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Mia experiment with Seibring more and more in the post area, with some of the other frontcourt newbies getting more time, for rebounding and defense in the half-court.  Should the Titans be able to keep the games uptempo, have good results from run and jump, with the pressure, and hit a good percentage, esp. from threeball land, then the Titans can still contend.   Baltes needs to contribute more to the offense.  The game hosting CC this weekend will be a very good indicator of how far the Titans can go without Shelby Jackson.  My view is that she will be sorely missed.   McMahon is really coming into her own as a scorer.  If/when IWU's top four score in double figures (Gardner, McMahon, Seibring, and Baltes), then the Titans win.  Sure would be nice to have a bit more scoring out of the bench/rotation members -- Scurlock and Mullarkey. 

IWU70

Lakes around here are too damn cold.

If Greg ponies up for Hawaii or Aruba, I will happily go jump in the lake!

I know Shelby Jackson has been dropped from the roster, but has she actually left the program or just out for the season?

[Backseat Driver]

From the Pantagraph today:

Starter Shelby Jackson, a 6-foot junior who has missed the past six games with a wisdom tooth problem, has left the Titans, but will remain an IWU student.

“It is not health related,” Smith said. “We want to wish Shelby the best and we hope stepping away from basketball is the right decision for her.”

It's good to know she wasn't forced to stop playing for health reasons.

[Backseat Driver]

Today's Games:

2:00 pm - North Park (11-3, 2-1) @ Elmhurst (8-6, 2-1)
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/elmhurst/wbball/scoreboard.aspx
Video: http://new.livestream.com/elmhurstcollege/events/1716652

5:00 pm - Carthage (11-3, 3-0) @ Illinois Wesleyan (9-5, 2-1)
Live Stats/Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/iwu.portal#

5:00 pm - Augustana (5-8, 1-2) @ North Central (7-7, 0-3)
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/ncc/wbball/scoreboard.aspx
Audio: http://wonc.org/
Video: http://nctv17.com/

5:00 pm - Millikin (5-8, 0-3) @ Wheaton (11-2, 2-1)
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/wheaton/wbball/scoreboard.aspx
Audio: http://www2.wheaton.edu/learnres/mediares/WETN/wetn_livewindow/WETN-Radio.html
Video: http://www2.wheaton.edu/learnres/mediares/WETN/wetn_livewindow/WETN-TV.html

[Backseat Driver]

North Park over Elmhurst 65-64. From the Live Stats, looks like Dominikque Williams was fouled with 1 second or less to play and sank 1 of 2 free throws for the NPU victory.

North Park moves to 12-3, 3-1; Elmhurst drops to 8-7, 2-2.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Carthage stormed out to a 13-3 lead, but the Titans have mostly come back - they trail 23-21 w/ under 5 in the first half.  Twin stories: Carthage 15 TOs; Titans shooting 7-22.

[Backseat Driver]

9-0 run for Wheaton to close the first half and lead 26-24 at intermission. Millikin led for the majority of the first half.

[Mr. Ypsi]

At the half, Carthage 31, IWU 27.  The Lady Reds would be way up if they could hang on to the ball - 16 TOs so far.  On the other hand, the Titans would be way up if they could remember how to shoot - 8-31 from the field, including 0-8 from beyond the arc!

With no time on the clock, a Lady Red (forget who) was called for a foul and lost her composure and was also T'd up.  Alas, despite being previously near perfect, the Titans only converted 2 of the 4 FTs.

[Backseat Driver]

NCC leads Augie 55-46 at the half.

[Backseat Driver]

Wheaton has extended it's run to 18-0 and leads 35-24 early in the 2nd half.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Carthage up by as much as 14 in the second half; Titans clawed their way back to -6, but trail 58-48 w/ under 3 to go.

Titans currently at 17-60 (2-20 from 3); much of it is Lady Red defense, but they are missing WAY to many wide-open looks.

[Titan Q]

Carthage 62
IWU 48


The Titans play very hard...they just don't quite have enough talent on the floor this season.  Just not enough firepower on offense.

This ends a 5-game winning streak by the Titans over the Lady Reds.