WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[thunder38]

Speaking of Olson, she has averaged 22 points in Wheaton's three victories over Illinois Wesleyan this season.

[thunder38]

Carthage broadcast needs to quit changing cameras. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. There's no advantage to the switch in most instances and they're just missing action.

[iwu70]

Congrats to the Titans on a great season.  Just came up a bit short, didn't quite have the rebounding and firepower this year to compete against excellent WC and CC teams.  Hope WC gets in the tourney.  IWU will not be in.

Congrats to Melissa Gardner and Katy Seibring on 1st team All-CCIW and to Colleen McMahon on 2nd team.  Great to have Katy and Colleen coming back next season.  Great career for Ms. Gardner!  2nd all time in treys, 1st all-time in IWU games played in a career.  Pretty amazing. 

IWU70

[Backseat Driver]

Wheaton needs to figure out a way to score against Carthage tomorrow night. In the previous 2 meetings, the Thunder has managed just 36 and 44 points, respectively. Their defense should be good enough to keep them in the game, but they've got to score some points to win on the road.

[Backseat Driver]

I guess this hasn't been reported here yet...

Carthage 91
North Central 81

Box: http://athletics.carthage.edu/boxscore.aspx?id=2165&path=wbball

A close game throughout, Carthage pulled away in the last 5 minutes.

[Backseat Driver]

Carthage 61
Wheaton 52

http://athletics.wheaton.edu/boxscore.aspx?id=3331&path=wbball

[thunder38]

Happy Selection Monday! D3Hoops projections has Wheaton in the tournament. I'm surprised to see that but picking up three wins vs. RRO with Illinois Wesleyan moving into the RR last week must have made a huge difference. Hoping they're right.

[RogK]

Congratulations to Carthage! Haley Stercic hit 4/7 threes and all six of her FTs to lead with 18 pts. Kristi Schmidt was next with 14. It was a good example of the value of Carthage's diversified offense, that in a very important game in which Wheaton was able to restrict the Lady Reds' top two scorers, others came through as needed.
Good luck to Wheaton and IWU to join Carthage in the national tournament.

[Backseat Driver]

Congratulations to Carthage! Haley Stercic hit 4/7 threes and all six of her FTs to lead with 18 pts. Kristi Schmidt was next with 14. It was a good example of the value Carthage's diversified offense, that in a very important game in which Wheaton was able to restrict the Lady Reds' top two scorers, others came through as needed.

Stercic has been the difference-maker for Carthage against Wheaton this year, in my opinion (at least in the two games that were competitive). Her perimeter shooting makes Carthage a very difficult team to defend, because you have to focus so much attention on stopping Kuzmanic's wizardry and keeping the posts away from the basket. She hit some absolute dagger treys against the Thunder, just when it looked like Wheaton had taken all of the scoring options away.

[Backseat Driver]

Wheaton's in!!! The Thunder plays Hope on Friday in Holland, MI.

[Backseat Driver]

Tough draws for both CCIW squads:

Wheaton @ #2 Hope
Carthage vs. #7 Thomas More @ UW-Whitewater

[RogK]

I Hope that Wheaton and Carthage score More than the opponents.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Yes, two VERY tough first round games!

Wheaton, make our 'sacrifice' worthwhile - you never would have gotten the C if we hadn't lost to you 3 times!

[Backseat Driver]

Yes, two VERY tough first round games!

Wheaton, make our 'sacrifice' worthwhile - you never would have gotten the C if we hadn't lost to you 3 times!

Hope and Thomas More have at least two things in common: 1) both play CCIW teams in the 1st round, and 2) both suffered their only loss of the season against Calvin.

I thought it was strange that IWU appeared in the Week 3 Regional Rankings, but that ultimately did play a significant part in Wheaton receiving a Pool C.

[iwu70]

Congrats to Wheaton and Carthage for making the draw!  Now, make some noise, make the CCIW proud!  Everyone is 0-0 now, so go out there and take down some big teams!  A new season . . . all one needs to do is win 6 games, go 6-0 in the next few weeks.  One game at a time . . .

Congrats to all the All-CCIW players and coaches.  Special congrats to Ms. Gardner, Ms. Seibring and Ms. McMahon of our Titans for making the All-CCIW teams and honors list.  Great job, great season.

There's always next year. 

IWU70