WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

iwu70, I don't think McDaniels is in decline. She's had some excellent games very recently.
By the way, remember that the all-CCIW process has been revised. Sixteen players now, with 8 1st team and 8 2nd team. Newcomer still a separate award.
A potentially weird factor is that coaches can now vote for their own players, so we may get players on 1st team who should be 2nd team, and vice versa.
One of us "writers" should find out the nominating/voting specifics. Greg?
Back to iwu70, I'd say it's a lock that Ehresman and McGraw make all-CCIW. A 3rd Titan (Merritt?) is possible, but we'll have to see who excels throughout the league down the stretch. Many many players deserve serious consideration. I agree with Greg that Eppard is in the lead for MOP at the present.
I'm sure the recent incidence of parity have the Top 25 voters a little befuddled. Five CCIW teams could warrant scattered votes at the moment.

[iwu70]

RogK, agree with much of what you've said. New voting scheme will be interesting, with larger 1st and 2nd teams only.  Maybe Maddie Merritt wins the newcomer award?  Not sure the criteria.  Yes, depends now on who plays the best and gets their team to the finish line, to the crown or near the crown.  I could see IWU and WC tying for the regular season championship again.  But, many others still contending.  Given how CCIW teams beat up on each other -- both men and women -- I doubt many will get even scattered votes in the D3 polls, as they have too many losses already. So many ranked teams on the women's side have 0, 1 or 2 losses only.  Maybe easier schedules, easier leagues, but there you go.  I'm just hoping my Titans get close to 20 wins, get to the CCIW tournament and play well for the AQ.  A tough stretch run for all the contending teams. 

Big game up next -- EC vs. WC.  Key game for both. 

IWU gets their chance against both soon too.

'70

[RogK]

Newcomer of the Year would be restricted to those who made their CCIW debut this season, so : freshmen, transfers and the full Carroll roster.

[RogK]

Carthage picked up a gentle 73-38 win over IIT today. Sixteen different Lady Reds got a rebound. Playing time was spread throughout the Carthage roster, although Morgan Harris had the afternoon off.

[iwu70]

IWU over Carroll 69-36 after 3 Quarters of play.  Most of the IWU pine-sitters already in the game.  A easy night for the starters.  Carroll dressing only seven players. 

Pink Zone game, so a very nice look'n crowd, raising money for the Community Cancer Center.  Keep going philanthropic TITANS!

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Final:  Titans over Carroll by 40, 85-45.

McGraw 21
Kelly 12
Merritt 9

Most starters sitting by early in the 3 Q.  Titans shoot 52% from the field

For Carroll:

Lund 14
Koker 11

Titans go to 9-2 in the league, now 14-6. 

IWU70

[iwu70]

Wheaton's balanced attack with five players in double figures overcomes EC and Eppard's big night.  Final WC 78, EC 67. 

WC and IWU now tied for the league lead at 9-2.  EC drops to 8-4.

IWU70

[iwu70]

NPU holds on to beat "the system" and NCC, 86-78. 

IWU70

[lmitzel]

NPU holds on to beat "the system" and NCC, 86-78. 

IWU70

Cardinals shot just 9-45 from three and were pretty much behind the 8 ball from the beginning, though coming back from down 17 at halftime is a decent sign. But they finished just 15-27 at the line. The lesson, as always: make your damn free throws.

[iwu70]

Yup, for the "system" to have a chance to work, gotta make treys, as it's all about trading 2s for 3s, but if you can't make them, you are digging a deeper and deeper hole.  Bad FT shooting never helps. 

IWU playing very well, quickly, in the "Pink Zone" game.  No starter played more than 19 minutes, some less.  All 20 players dressed got into the game, some for lengthy periods in the second half.   Always fun to play well . . .and for a good cause too.

WC and IWU now pulling away at the top of the standings.   

Five games to go.  One W at a time . . . step by step. 

IWU'70

[RogK]

I was advised that Carroll players have to be freshmen or transfers to be Newcomer of the Year.
In the Wheaton win, Maggie Dansdill had another well-rounded game : 11 pts, 5 assists, 4 rebs, 4 steals. We don't mention her much, but she'd be very welcome on any team in the league. Also, Devin Kyler had 14 pts, 13 rebs, 3 assists.
For EC, Mikaela Eppard tallied 21 and Kaela Jones added 16.
Augie improved to 8-4, topping Millikin 83-76, including 28-7 in the 2nd Q. As usual, many Vikings did well. Kaycee Kallenberger had 5 blocks and 14 rebs; Victoria Allen had 15 pts, 10 rebs, 3 stls; Izzy Anderson scored 18; Carly McCameron was quite busy in her 12:00, including 10 rebs and 4 blocks.
Devin Curry's 20 pts and Lauren Moses's 11 rebs led Millikin.

[GoPerry]

Wheaton  78
Elmhurst 67

Katie McDaniels 16 pts, 4 rebs , 5 asts
Devin Kyler, 14 pts, 13 rebs, 3 assts
Maggie Dansdill, 11 pts, 4 rebs, 5 assts, 4 steals
Chantal Meacham 13 pts,
Ellie Zeller 12 pts

Mikaela Eppard, 21 pts, 3 rebs, 2 assts
Kaela Jones, 16 pts, 4 rebs, 2 assts

The Thunder led the entire game after getting out to a strong start.  The closest Elmhurst ever got in the 2nd half was 7.  After Weds debacle in Kenosha, they seemed determined to bounce back and they did with a very disciplined and balanced effort where their motion offense and constant cutting led to 46 pts in the paint.  Devin Kyler had a nice double/double of not quite matching Eppards points but dominating her on the glass 13 rebs to 3.   Maggie Dansdill had a very good game also.  This was an important game for Wheaton as they and IWU have put some separation between them and 3rd place teams Augie and EC.

Elmhurst has now lost their road games to contenders Augie and Wheaton with IWU still to come.   

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 86
North Central 78

Liz Rehberger: 17 pts, 11 rebs, 3 stls
Brie Lippert: 16 pts, 6 rebs
Amani Davis: 14 pts, 3 stls
Gabby Sandoval: 12 pts, 10 rebs
Shaylee Sloan: 8 rebs

Jamie Cuny: 17 pts, 9 rebs, 3 blks
Paula Zerante: 16 pts
Anita Sterling: 10 pts, 10 rebs
Shannon Ryan: 3 stls

North Park was never headed in this game, but the Cardinals nevertheless made the Vikings earn it. NPU took advantage of cold NCC shooting early in the game by making lots of alert outlet passes up the floor to turn NCC's offensive-glass pressure into odd-man transition plays the other way, as the Vikes build up a 22-point lead just prior to the half before going into the locker room up 45-28. The second half consisted of North Central whittling down that big lead a point or two per minute, as the Cards got much more aggressive in attacking the basket. NCC actually tied the game at 71-71 on a Jamie Cuny layup with 3:18 to go, but Liz Rehberger responded with a trey -- one of only two field goals she made all afternoon, as almost all of her points came from the FT line -- 19 seconds after the Cuny layup, and the lead was back in North Park's hands for good.

NPU did a great job of not only persevering through NCC"s constant chipping away at the lead but of holding it together physically as well. The Vikings were down a ballhandling guard (Elise Estelle) from their rotation since the first time that these two teams met back just after the calendar turned, and one of my big concerns was that they'd wear down. But the opposite was true; the other field goal that Liz Rehberger made tonight was a coast-to-coast sprint with the ball with 2:08 left, as she blew right past four Cardinals en route to a made layup. Considering that she played 36 minutes tonight against the System as one of North Park's two primary ballhandlers, that was really something. It was one of two things I didn't think I'd ever see someone do to a System team that NPU did tonight, as they also forced a shot-clock violation at one point.

Brie Lippert scored a career high tonight, and Gabby Sandoval picked up her first career double-double. It was a strong effort all around from a Vikings team that, frankly, I had just about given up for dead a week or so ago. They're really showing me something here down the backstretch.

[Gregory Sager]

By the way, remember that the all-CCIW process has been revised. Sixteen players now, with 8 1st team and 8 2nd team. Newcomer still a separate award.
A potentially weird factor is that coaches can now vote for their own players, so we may get players on 1st team who should be 2nd team, and vice versa.
One of us "writers" should find out the nominating/voting specifics. Greg?

You're right on both counts. I don't think that coaches nominate their own players, as they do on the men's side. I think that it's just open voting, first for the first team, then for the second team, although I'm not 100% sure about that.

I believe conference games only are considered for MOP and All-Conference honors.

No, that is not true.

[RogK]

North Park had a strong effort in the game I attended, 86-78 over North Central. The Vikings had a whopping 62 rebounds, including 11 by Liz Rehberger, 10 by Gabby Sandoval and 9 from Shaylee Sloan. Brie Lippert was very productive with 16 pts in 19 min. A major factor in NP's success was very good ball movement and a lot of players participated in that effort, including tall non-guards like Alicia Arnold and Clarissa Ramos.
When NCC made a 2nd half run, NP Coach Crockett used a timeout to fervently implore her team to keep hustling. They did, and prevailed.
NNC got a quick 16 pts from Paula Zerante but she fouled out. Anita Sterling had 10 pts and 10 rebs. Jamie Cuny finished with 17 pts, 9 rebs, 3 blocks, 2 steals. But, as lmitzel wrote, NCC's shooting was mostly not good.
I see Greg has given us his nicely-detailed write-up, so mine can be supplementary.