WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Good luck to all the teams in the CCIW tournament this weekend.  Should be a great couple of days of women's hoops up in Kenosha.

For information, IWU recruit Ehresman named to Second Team All-State in 2A.  Molly McGraw from Central Catholic Honorable mention.

Sounds like EC is coming together well at the end of the season.  Hope they give CC a good run for their money, a tough game in the tournament semis.  IWU has a very tough task beating WC for the third time, even without Hovee.  Time for the Titan seniors to step up and enjoy their last few games as collegiate players.  Titans need 1-1 or 2-0 this weekend. 

Go luck to all.  GO TITANS!!!

'70

[iwu70]

Point and Whitewater beaten in their conference tournament.  Pool C candidates?

What's the deal?  No announcement as yet of the All-CCIW teams.

IWU70

[badgerwarhawk]

Point and Whitewater beaten in their conference tournament.  Pool C candidates?

What's the deal?  No announcement as yet of the All-CCIW teams.

IWU70

No way Point gets a Pool C bid.  Their record simply doesn't justify that.  Hopefully the WARHAWKS body of work gets us one. 

[RogK]

Before the season began, some of us were wondering about the possible effects of tighter officiating.
Team scoring averages increased within CCIW play :
- - - 12-13      13-14
A     57.3         67.7
C     71.2         78.0
E     61.5         67.5
IW   76.1         88.1
M     59.9         72.0
NC   86.1         87.4
NP   60.8         67.5
W     70.4        75.1

[Mr. Ypsi]

A rather sloppy but highly competitive first semi-final so far.  At the half Wheaton leads IWU, 34-32. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

The Titans totally dominated the second half, and win 79-66.

[iwu70]

Titans get the job done, beating WC for the third time, 79-66.

Baltes 19
McMahon 16
K. Reaber, likely career high and career game, 18
Jackson 11 and 5
T. Reaber 9

For WC, Considine 24 and McDaniels 15.

Titans played very tough D in the second half, and did what they do with pressure and run and jump.

Should be a great championship game should CC get through as well.

IWU70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Titans get the job done, beating WC for the third time, 79-66.

Baltes 19
McMahon 16
K. Reaber, likely career high and career game, 18
Jackson 11 and 5
T. Reaber 9

For WC, Considine 24 and McDaniels 15.

Titans played very tough D in the second half, and did what they do with pressure and run and jump.

Should be a great championship game should CC get through as well.

IWU70

And for you and me, Mark, probably an even better championship game if Elmhurst pulls the upset!

(And, no, I am not throwing in the towel on beating Carthage in Kenosha.  But that is a pretty tough row to hoe.) 

[iwu70]

Congrats to all the All-Conference honorees.  I have no beef with it at all -- came out pretty much as expected.  Congrats to Colleen McMahon and Lexi Baltes on First Team and Shelby Jackson on Second Team.  Great season, great job -- congrats on a superb season.

IWU70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Congrats to all the All-Conference honorees.  I have no beef with it at all -- came out pretty much as expected.  Congrats to Colleen McMahon and Lexi Baltes on First Team and Shelby Jackson on Second Team.  Great season, great job -- congrats on a superb season.

IWU70

Hey, don't make it sound like the season's over!

[iwu70]

One more game Ypsi, perhaps more beyond.  Let's hope 7 in all to go for our Titans!  ms

[iwu70]

Titans now 19-7, a firm lock above WC in the regional rankings with 3-0 head to head.  Championship game, rubber match now with Carthage, who had to come from behind to beat EC, scoring 13 of the final 15 points, Wenzel having a monster game down low.  Should be a good one for the AQ, home court advantage notwithstanding.  Go Green, get to 20 wins for the year, bring home the AQ.

GO TITANS!

IWU'70

Saw the other day that Thomas More beat a team 130something to 34.  Sydney Moss, the sophomore now, having a truly monster season, averaging 27+ ppg.  Remember her?  ms

[Mr. Ypsi]

Yeah, the Great Lakes region is absolutely loaded: Thomas More (undefeated and beating the crap out of everyone), Hope (undefeated and beating the crap out of most teams), and DePauw (undefeated since some time in 2012 until they had a hiccup).

I hope the committee can find a way to separate them in the tourney.  Those are ALL FF-worthy teams; it would be a crime if they had to meet earlier than that.

[iwu70]

When we think of this current IWU team we usually focus on the veteran, experienced seniors:  Baltes, Jackson, McMahon and Seibring.  But junior Kasey Reaber just had the game of her life against Wheaton:

8-9 shooting, 18 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals.   Nice line for a "role player."

Keep going Kasey, keep going Titans!   Go for 20.

IWU70

[iwu70]

Sydney Moss scored 63 in a game, all-time D3 record.  Even as a sophomore, a woman playing amongst the girls.  Amazing.

IWU70