WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Roundball999]

Wash U 75, Wheaton 57

The Bears pretty much in control the whole way.   If the Thunder never see Madeline Homoly ( 25 and 8) on the court again, it’ll feel too soon.  Too much of her and honestly a more overall talented, UAA-seasoned, better coached Wash U squad.  If there’s a better 7 loss team in the country than the Bears, I need to see it.  Hope or Cornell will have their hands full tomorrow.

Can’t help but think about the difference of playing a UAA schedule, the teams and the travel.  Wash U just seemed more up to the moment than Wheaton.

Still, the Thunder ladies played hard but ran into a really good team. Congrats to them on a good season and thank you for representing Wheaton well.  It was a fun season to watch.

Good luck to IWU!

Yes fine season for the Thunder even though it's probably hard to think about that just now.  Agree on your comments regarding UWash quality and UAA in general.  They just seemed to be a half step quicker across the board.

Good luck to IWU.

[shepherd]

Wash U 75, Wheaton 57

The Bears pretty much in control the whole way.   If the Thunder never see Madeline Homoly ( 25 and 8) on the court again, it'll feel too soon.  Too much of her and honestly a more overall talented, UAA-seasoned, better coached Wash U squad.  If there's a better 7 loss team in the country than the Bears, I need to see it.  Hope or Cornell will have their hands full tomorrow.

Can't help but think about the difference of playing a UAA schedule, the teams and the travel.  Wash U just seemed more up to the moment than Wheaton.

Still, the Thunder ladies played hard but ran into a really good team. Congrats to them on a good season and thank you for representing Wheaton well.  It was a fun season to watch.

Good luck to IWU!

Yes fine season for the Thunder even though it's probably hard to think about that just now.  Agree on your comments regarding UWash quality and UAA in general.  They just seemed to be a half step quicker across the board.

Good luck to IWU.

Yes they were quicker but that can be coached and Wheaton coaches are not working on getting their players faster with sprint drills and running techniques.
Also the first quarter fouls had Wheaton nearly double of Wash U and it should have been the other way.  That was the first time I saw a Wheatons women players look at the refs for bad calls.

[RogK]

Congrats to the Thunder for a fine season, one which seven other CCIW teams would trade theirs for.
A tip of the hat to the four seniors for persistent dedication and effort throughout their time with the team -- Dansdill, Lawson, Bremhorst and Jenn Berg (she's listed as a JR but was honored on Senior Day, right?).
I think Maggie Dansdill has played her career while having asthma or something similar, so she gets extra admiration from me for working through that and doing so well. If I've guessed wrong on that diagnosis, somebody can advise. I understand it may not be any of our business, so we could leave it at that. Regardless, nice work Maggie.

[iwu70]

Congrats to WC on a good season.  Sorry they couldn't go further, but Wash U always always a tough out.

Trine over DePauw, so if the Titans get through, we'll have a re-match of last year's first round game vs. Trine.  Also a very tough out. 

Doesn't look like a good night for the CCIW generally.  IWU men, likely NCC men lost.  Augie up next.

IWU'70

[iwu70]

What's up, no video from IWU -- only visitors audio?

'70

[iwu70]

now no audio or video --

'70

[RogK]

telepathy, iwu70, telepathy!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Titans up 37-25 at the half.  In even better news, it appears to be Ehresman 1, flu 0 - she has 8 points!

This is the first good news for the CCIW today.  IWU men dropped a nail-biter to Wooster, despite Brady Rose going off for 31.  NCC men got crushed by UWSP.  Wheaton women got crushed by WashU.  And while still too early to panic, Augie men are getting wallopped by Greenvile, 31-15.

[GoPerry]

Survive and advance Titans.  Big game for McGraw. 

Good luck against the other Thunder tomorrow.  (Didn't get to see the earlier game)

[iwu70]

IWU gets to the round of 32, tough slog vs. a very quick, good Marietta team.  Titans could never pull away, after being up pretty big early in the second half.  Marietta coming back to within 4.

Marietta:
Burkhardt 22
Herd 20
Borich 12

For IWU:
McGraw big time 29
Ehresman 16
Anderson 11
Sosa, with the key FTs down the stretch, not playing like a freshman 10

Titans shooting a good percentage, hitting key treys and the key FTs.

Trine now a big obstacle to make Sweet 16.  I think the TITANS can do it.

Tough to see Shanks and Hughes in civies.

Congrats to Coach Smith and the Titans on another D3 tournament win against a very talented opponent.  Great season for Marietta.  Congrats to them, too.

IWU'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

IWU 83, Marietta 77.  Molly McGraw says "stuff it" to anyone who doubted she deserved first-team all-conference, leading all scorers with 29.  Rebekah Ehresman says "stuff it" to the flu, playing 36 minuts and scoring 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, and ONE turnover.

Tomorrow should be a tough one - Trine is REALLY good.  They are 25-3, with losses only to #1 (and defending champion, and 60+ winning streak) Amherst, and twice to #4 Hope (also giving Hope their only loss).  At their best, IWU can definitely win that game, but they will have to be at their very best.

[RogK]

Very nice game for Molly McGraw and teammates to start the postseason. It looked like she was actually going up to dunk one time -- was it approx at 7:00 to go?
Interesting that when Mia Smith showed a lot of confidence in the freshman Sosa late in the game, Sosa lived up to it and beyond, with those FTs and a key defensive play.
A strong performance by Marietta -- congrats to them on a fine season.
IWU was not at its absolute best today. Another slow start tomorrow might hurt more.

[iwu70]

Agreed on the slow start.  Get behind vs. Trine and you'll likely not get back.

Great game by McGraw and all the supportive caste.  Gotta be at their best tomorrow to win over Trine, get to Sweet 16.

'70

[iwu70]

Key for IWU tomorrow is defending Trine's bigs, and having strong games from Merritt, Brovelli and other post area Titan players.  We'll see if the Titans can turn them over, win the TO battle, which they didn't do vs. Marietta.  Rely on your seniors, but the role players have to come through strong as well.  Sosa and Anderson stepping up.  Walsberg playing with lots of confidence. 

Should be a great game -- a re-match of last year's first rounder when Trine won by 7. 

Go TITANS -- let's make the Sweet 16.

'70

[titanalum94]

Key for IWU tomorrow is defending Trine's bigs, and having strong games from Merritt, Brovelli and other post area Titan players.  We'll see if the Titans can turn them over, win the TO battle, which they didn't do vs. Marietta.  Rely on your seniors, but the role players have to come through strong as well.  Sosa and Anderson stepping up.  Walsberg playing with lots of confidence. 

Should be a great game -- a re-match of last year's first rounder when Trine won by 7. 

Go TITANS -- let's make the Sweet 16.

'70

Will be very important for the Titan bigs to not get into foul trouble as they did last night, leading to a 22 point performance from Corrie Burkhardt of Marietta. Schneider fouled out with 5 minutes to play, Merritt and Brovelli operated most of the 4th with four fouls each. Will need to have one of their cleanest defensive performances of the year against 6-2 Hayley Martin who is as good offensively as she is defensively. Martin had 18/10 with 5 blocked shots last night.