WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

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[RogK]

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[Chicago_BBall_97]

Does anyone know why Augie played Colorado College on back to back nights

[RogK]

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[Titan Q]

IWU moved to 7-1 with a 87-55 win over Manchester yesterday...

http://www.iwu.edu/~iwunews/sports/wbb2008/07WG9IWU.HTM

The margins of IWU's wins are:

Wash U - 18 pts
Eureka - 50
MacMurray - 44
Fontbonne - 26
Ill-Springfield - 35
Blackburn - 41
Manchester - 32

I'm a little worried about what appears to be a cupcake schedule since opening weekend, but they sure have taken care of business.

The Titans finish the non-conference...

12/29 vs Milwaukee School of Engineering (@ Cal Lutheran)
12/30 vs Cal Lutheran or UC-Santa Cruz
1/5 vs Robert Morris-Springfield (makeup of postponed game)

[Titan Q]

I wonder if Titan Q can tell us about IWU's Hope Schulte, who so far has stats that indicate a diversely-talented player (steals, blocks, rebounding, shooting range, some assists).

Rog, I just haven't seen her play enough to comment.  I know Mia Smith was thrilled when she landed Schulte as a recruit and feels like her freshman class is loaded.

[WLCALUM83]

This poster's seen a couple of MSOE's games:  One of MSOE's guards (Dana Guthrie) has exceptional foot-speed and can hit the 3. That squad gave fellow NAthCon opponent Lakeland all it could handle until the Muskies pulled away in the last 5 minutes of that contest.

Just my .02.

[RogK]

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[Titan Q]

IWU 114
MSOE 40

From IWU.edu...

The Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team set a school game scoring record in a 114-40 blasting of Milwaukee School of Engineering in the first round of the Cal Lutheran Tournament at Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 29. The old record was 109 points in a win at Rockford in the 1995-96 season. Six Titans scored in double figures, led by freshman Nikki Preston (shown) with 15, senior Kerri Gravlin with 14, freshman Hope Schulte with 13, seniors Crystal Dye and Sarah Bull with 12 each and junior Claire Sheehan with 11. No. 10- ranked IWU, now 8-1 overall, outrebounded MSOE (whose record fell to 0-10) by a 54-25 margin led by 14 from sophomore Christina Solari. The Titans, who also set a school record with 37 assists, were 17 of 42 from 3-point range and will play either UC-Santa Cruz or the host school for the title at 4 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday, Dec. 30.

The boxscore...

http://www.iwu.edu/~iwunews/sports/wbb2008/1229MSIW.HTM

[Titan Q]

IWU 91
UC-Santa Cruz 45

http://www.iwu.edu/~iwunews/sports/wbb2008/1230IWSC.HTM

The Titans (9-1) are averaging 89.7 points...opponents 54.2.  They've played a weak schedule since the opener, but they've pounded the teams they should pound.

[RogK]

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[Jaywatch]

I got a chance to see the Elmhurst victory (78-69) over Benedictine last night.  The Bluejays have an interesting mix of young talent--they start one freshman, and regularly play four or five more freshmen off the bench.  Their leading scorer, Long, is only a sophomore.  Although their record is 4-7, they have been competitive in most of their games against some good teams.  They may be a team to watch over the next couple of years.

[Dave84]

Hey Titan,

I'm a Trinity (TX) supporter and haven't heard much about your IWU lately.  I remember we played your guys a couple of times during my tenure, and just wanted to know how they are looking.  The Freeman brothers are gone now, correct? who is this year's star?