WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 67, Olivet 58

Soly Román: 19 pts (7-8 FG), 12 rebs
Nicole Kruckman: 16 pts (7-9 FG)
Liz Rehberger: 13 pts

In spite of a couple of lapses that led to Olivet runs at the end of the first quarter and midway thru the third, NPU turned in a dominant performance this afternoon, running up the lead as high as 18 in the last couple of minutes before a flurry of fouls by the Vikings bench brought down the final margin. The Comets simply had no answer for the Park's inside combo of Román and Kruckman. who were merciless in the low post.

NPU concludes its non-con slate at 9-2, with an appointment in the airplane hangar with North Central's flying circus coming up on Saturday afternoon.

I feel very good about this North Park team. I think it has the versatility, the experience, the athleticism, and the depth to make a run at Wheaton and the top of the CCIW standings.

[iwu70]

Titans now 5-6 after losing to #1 Thomas More 92-69 @The Shirk.  IWU stayed with TM in the first half, only down 3 at the break, but had a rough 3Q, again shooting woes, with TM turning it on, outscoring the Titans 27-10 in the 3rd, and putting the game away.

Ehresman 19, McGraw 13 -- but again pretty poor shooting by the Titans.  Not enough support from the others. 

National Player of the Year Sydney Moss 37 points (on 9-15 from three), 11 rebounds and 7 assists.  Not a bad line!  Highest scoring total by an opposing player vs. the Titans in Shirk history.  Likely National Player of the Year again, assuming TM stays #1 and wins another national title.  Could happen. 

Titans need to keep improving, esp. in shooting percentage and consistency.  They can take heart from how they played TM in the first half, for sure, but have trouble finishing off games.  Now here comes CCIW play, opening vs. Elmhurst on the weekend.
It looks to me like the Titans will struggle to get into the top four of the CCIW race this year.  Time will tell.

IWU70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Titans now 5-6 after losing to #1 Thomas More 92-69 @The Shirk.  IWU stayed with TM in the first half, only down 3 at the break, but had a rough 3Q, again shooting woes, with TM turning it on, outscoring the Titans 27-10 in the 3rd, and putting the game away.

Ehresman 19, McGraw 13 -- but again pretty poor shooting by the Titans.  Not enough support from the others. 

National Player of the Year Sydney Moss 37 points (on 9-15 from three), 11 rebounds and 7 assists.  Not a bad line!  Highest scoring total by an opposing player vs. the Titans in Shirk history.  Likely National Player of the Year again, assuming TM stays #1 and wins another national title.  Could happen. 

Titans need to keep improving, esp. in shooting percentage and consistency.  They can take heart from how they played TM in the first half, for sure, but have trouble finishing off games.  Now here comes CCIW play, opening vs. Elmhurst on the weekend.
It looks to me like the Titans will struggle to get into the top four of the CCIW race this year.  Time will tell.

IWU70

Barring another injury sit-out, I'd say she is almost a lock to repeat as POY regardless of how TM finishes.  There is a thread as to whether she has already established herself as the greatest D3 player of all time - a couple of alternatives were suggested, but there wasn't much dissent that she is.

[Gregory Sager]

Barring another injury sit-out, I'd say she is almost a lock to repeat as POY regardless of how TM finishes.  There is a thread as to whether she has already established herself as the greatest D3 player of all time - a couple of alternatives were suggested, but there wasn't much dissent that she is.

Have I thrown a good I-told-you-so in your two guys's directions lately?

She's more than "pretty good," Rog. Sydney Moss is averaging 24.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg while playing a wing position, and she's shooting 52% from the field, 35% from downtown, and 80% from the line while only playing about 30 minutes per game. And she's only a sophomore.

Again, she made the All-SEC Freshman Team last season. She played in all 37 games for the Florida Gators, starting 24 of them and averaging 11.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg. That's no small potatoes.

Of course Chuck is not going to give her credit because of this Olivia Lett thing ... but he bleeds green and you don't, Rog.

[iwu70]

Greg, you are so wise.  We admit it.  Sydney Moss is clearly a woman amongst girls. 

'70

[GoPerry]

Wartburg 75
Wheaton 69

Wheaton takes a road loss to a very good 9-1 Wartburg team hosting their own tournament.  The Thunder did not play poorly at all but they couldn't quite keep up with a hot shooting Knights team(52% from 3pt) that will surely get votes into the the Top 25 after taking down the #5 and #8 team in 2 days. 

Of greater concern is that Ellie Zeller once again did not play and perhaps looks questionable going into CCIW play.  It's a tough time to lose your 2nd leading scorer and a significant team leader.  Wheaton was the clear favorite in the league and they probably still are.  We'll have to see if others step up and fill those shoes adequately if Zeller does not return soon.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Barring another injury sit-out, I'd say she is almost a lock to repeat as POY regardless of how TM finishes.  There is a thread as to whether she has already established herself as the greatest D3 player of all time - a couple of alternatives were suggested, but there wasn't much dissent that she is.

Have I thrown a good I-told-you-so in your two guys's directions lately?

She's more than "pretty good," Rog. Sydney Moss is averaging 24.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg while playing a wing position, and she's shooting 52% from the field, 35% from downtown, and 80% from the line while only playing about 30 minutes per game. And she's only a sophomore.

Again, she made the All-SEC Freshman Team last season. She played in all 37 games for the Florida Gators, starting 24 of them and averaging 11.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg. That's no small potatoes.

Of course Chuck is not going to give her credit because of this Olivia Lett thing ... but he bleeds green and you don't, Rog.

Greg, in the very next post, I said something to the effect (I refuse to scroll all the way back again to get it exact ): Sydney Moss may well end up being the best D3 player in history, but let's not get too carried away yet by a sophomore.  AT THAT TIME (despite her Florida resume), I don't think my comments were at all out of line.  NOW I will readily say that she is much better than Olivia Lett, and TM is much better than IWU.  Happy now?

[iwu70]

Olivia Lett was a darn good player and was, after all, the National Player of the Year in her year.  Moss is an unusual and special talent, perhaps the best ever in DIII for women, but I'll take Olivia Lett on my side any day.

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

Barring another injury sit-out, I'd say she is almost a lock to repeat as POY regardless of how TM finishes.  There is a thread as to whether she has already established herself as the greatest D3 player of all time - a couple of alternatives were suggested, but there wasn't much dissent that she is.

Have I thrown a good I-told-you-so in your two guys's directions lately?

She's more than "pretty good," Rog. Sydney Moss is averaging 24.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg while playing a wing position, and she's shooting 52% from the field, 35% from downtown, and 80% from the line while only playing about 30 minutes per game. And she's only a sophomore.

Again, she made the All-SEC Freshman Team last season. She played in all 37 games for the Florida Gators, starting 24 of them and averaging 11.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg. That's no small potatoes.

Of course Chuck is not going to give her credit because of this Olivia Lett thing ... but he bleeds green and you don't, Rog.

Greg, in the very next post, I said something to the effect (I refuse to scroll all the way back again to get it exact ): Sydney Moss may well end up being the best D3 player in history, but let's not get too carried away yet by a sophomore.  AT THAT TIME (despite her Florida resume), I don't think my comments were at all out of line.  NOW I will readily say that she is much better than Olivia Lett, and TM is much better than IWU.  Happy now?

Yep.

[iwumichigander]

Barring another injury sit-out, I'd say she is almost a lock to repeat as POY regardless of how TM finishes.  There is a thread as to whether she has already established herself as the greatest D3 player of all time - a couple of alternatives were suggested, but there wasn't much dissent that she is.

Have I thrown a good I-told-you-so in your two guys's directions lately?

She's more than "pretty good," Rog. Sydney Moss is averaging 24.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg while playing a wing position, and she's shooting 52% from the field, 35% from downtown, and 80% from the line while only playing about 30 minutes per game. And she's only a sophomore.

Again, she made the All-SEC Freshman Team last season. She played in all 37 games for the Florida Gators, starting 24 of them and averaging 11.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg. That's no small potatoes.

Of course Chuck is not going to give her credit because of this Olivia Lett thing ... but he bleeds green and you don't, Rog.

Greg, in the very next post, I said something to the effect (I refuse to scroll all the way back again to get it exact ): Sydney Moss may well end up being the best D3 player in history, but let's not get too carried away yet by a sophomore.  AT THAT TIME (despite her Florida resume), I don't think my comments were at all out of line.  NOW I will readily say that she is much better than Olivia Lett, and TM is much better than IWU.  Happy now?

Yep.

Oh Greg, pleeeez do not let Mr. Ypsi off the hook so easily as he could have used the sites' search feature to find the his old post!  Of course, Mr. Ypsi would have to work for the post

[Gregory Sager]

LOL! Yes, quite true. But it's the holiday season, so I'm being charitable to Chuck this one time.

[badgerwarhawk]

Olivia Lett was a darn good player and was, after all, the National Player of the Year in her year.  Moss is an unusual and special talent, perhaps the best ever in DIII for women, but I'll take Olivia Lett on my side any day.

IWU'70

I was fortunate to see Lett play because she was arguably the best DIII female that I've seen play.  I've never seen Moss play live or otherwise so I can't really offer an opinion.  However what I do know about Moss is that she wasn't only a D1 player who transferred.  She was among the best new players in the SEC which means she wasn't your average D1 transfer.  A practice squad player seeing little floor time.  She's way better than that.  There are a lot of DIII coaches who go their entire careers without landing a player of that caliber. 

But, regardless, even this WIAC dude recognized that Lett was special and despite the fact she kicked our butts I enjoyed watching her play. 

[iwu70]

Lett also transferred from a higher level program -- from SIU, as I recall.  Only played at IWU two years, including her senior National Player of the Year season. 

I have no doubt that Sydney Moss is one of the top players ever to play women's hoops at the DIII level.  Would love to see her play in person.  She surely set a mark at The Shirk the other night that will likely stand a long long time -- 37 points and 9-15 from treyville. Rebounds and assists too.  Amazing numbers all 'round. 

IWU'70

[iwu70]

IWU over EC in their first CCIW contest of the conference season.  Molly McGraw coming alive big time with a career best 28.  Ehresman continues to play well, all 'round.  The Titans will give lots of teams a good battle, esp. with their defensive pressure, but I still think this team will also battle to be in the top four of the CCIW standings come season's end. 

IWU70

[iwu70]

Wheaton goes down to Augie?  Now there's a head-scratcher.  Good win for NPU over the system and NC.  Over 200 points scored.

IWU70