WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

Congrats to the new CCIW Player of the Week, Hannah Frazier!

[iwu70]

Congrats to Ms. Frazier.  She's playing exceptionally well.

'70

[RogK]

Elmhurst won at Coe today, 73-66. The Blue Jays' 28 pt 4th quarter was pivotal.
Elmhurst had 15 steals, including 4 by Lauren Goff and 6 by Kellee Clay (who also scored 12 pts).
They got 14 pts from Courtney O'Donnell and 13 from Kelly Weyhrich. Lisa Logan grabbed 8 rebs.

[iwu70]

Titans still at #14 in the latest week 4 D3hoops poll.

'70

[lmitzel]

North Central got back in the win column tonight, picking up a 72-57 victory at Dubuque. Looked a little sloppy, with the teams combining for 33 turnovers, but the Cardinals outrebounded the Spartans and won most of the hustle scoring stats (fast break, 2nd chance, things like that). Lyndsay Brennan led the way with 17 points and 11 boards, Natali Dimitrova added 9 and 13, Alanna Newsome scored 10, and Tyonne Howard had a pretty good floor game with 5 points, 7 assists, 2 steals, and just 3 turnovers. Tamya Vaultonburg and Kia Dwight paced the Spartans with 9 points apiece.

[RogK]

Millikin 88-79 over Eureka. All ten starters scored in double figures.
For Millikin : 10 pts and 8 assists by Aubrey Magro, 11 pts and 5 rebs by Jordan Hildebrand, 12 pts 5 steals and 6 rebs by Briana Anthony, 21 pts 7 rebs and 3 steals by Aubrey Staton.
Then we come to Yanni Saddler; all she did was pour in 29 pts, adding 5 rebs, 3 assists, 4 steals and a lone turnover. Not bad, eh? Eh.

[Gregory Sager]

NPU fell to St. Mary's (IN) over in Notre Dame, IN by a score of 57-53. Jayla Johnson led the way for the Vikings with 20 points, while Sinead Molloy contributed 13. Lauryn Alba Garner led NPU with eight rebounds, while Molloy and Angelina Villasin had three steals apiece.

The Vikings were the beneficiaries of 29 turnovers by the Belles while only turning the ball over 17 times themselves, and they were at least competitive on the boards (SMC had a 38-32 advantage, but the Park got the upper hand on the offensive glass to the tune of 13-10). It was poor shooting that once again did in NPU, as the Vikes shot a .371/.222/..556 line. The Vikings had a chance to tie the game while down two with eight seconds left, but Johnson missed both FTs.

NPU is now 5-6, and will travel to Georgia the weekend after next to take on Agnes Scott and Oglethorpe on back-to-back afternoons in Atlanta.

[RogK]

Millikin 78, MSOE 61 --
the Big Blue had a team eFG% of .578, rather good.
Yanni Saddler scored 23; Aubrey Staton had 19 pts and 7 rebs; Faith Smith also had 7 rebs; Jordan Hildebrand did a lot : 18 pts, 3 steals, 6 rebs, 5 assists.

[RogK]

Halftime adjustments seem to have impacted the St Norbert - Carroll game. After 20 minutes of play, St Norbert was up 33-16. The remainder of the game was vastly different, a 50-26 domination by Carroll, yielding a 66-59 win for the Pioneers.
Carroll shot threes very well (11/28) but had difficulty with twos (10/30).
Theresa Wichser made 6 of 16 3FGs for a .563 eFG%.
Kayla Stefka helped with 10 pts, 7 rebs. Alyssa Cruz had 10 assists. Celina Schwantes had 9 rebs. Sierra Grubor had 4 steals and a block.

[RogK]

Carthage had a 58 pt 2nd half and won 87-76 at Wisconsin - Stevens Point.
Five Lady Reds tallied ten or more : Autumn Kalis 20, Sammie Woodward 18, Bailey Gilbert 17, Maggie Berigan 12, Rachel Szydlowski 10.
Madie Kaelber had 4 steals and a block.
Carthage shot very well from all 3 distances -- 21/30 2FG, 9/25 3FG, 18/20 FT.

[GoPerry]

Thomas More looks like the best team in the country right now and Temple the best player.

Prescient.  I can't imagine many collect this accolade 2 weeks in a row. Very impressive.  We're not quite halfway throught the season, but I wonder who are the other early form candidates for POY?

http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2019/div3players181218.html


And I'm not posting this because of the men's winner . . .

[RogK]

I'm much too lazy to research dozens of leagues or hundreds of teams to see which other players are doing extremely well this season. Likely there are quite a few. I did see Temple in the Wheaton game and was impressed. For a 6-footer, she dribbles very well and must devote a lot of time practicing footwork and dribbling. At some point in her past (high school?), she must have decided not to be typecast based on height and instead develop a complete set of basketball talents. She does have an outstanding shooting touch near the basket, but also is over 40% on threes. A good (excellent?) passer and good rebounder, also grabs over 3 steals per game. Scores 8 pts every 10 minutes. Oh, an 89% foul shooter too!
GoPerry, you did use the term "early" which is appropriate. A lot of opportunity for many many players to earn consideration for POY.

[RogK]

Cardinals 72, Cardinals 57.
North Central had three players score 11 : Allison Pearson, Natali Dimitrova (also had 7 rebs) and Alanna Newsome.
St Mary's of Minnesota won the game.

[RogK]

in Las Vegas : Ohio Northern 66, Carthage 57.
for Carthage, quite a game for Maggie Berigan : 9/11 2FGs, 4/5 FTs for 22 pts, adding 4 rebs, 4 blocks and 2 steals.
Rachel Szydlowski helped out with 10 pts, 5 rebs.
the Lady Reds will do some sightseeing Friday and then face Gettysburg on Saturday afternoon.

[duckfan41]

Wheaton leads Wilmington 34-31 at the half at Bluffton University. Only live stats available for the game which is annoying, but will have to do.

Demski the high scorer right now for Wheaton with 9 points on 3-4 shooting from beyond the arc. Jen Berg and Hannah Frazier next with 8 a piece, Jordan Myroth doing her best to stuff the stat sheet with 4 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.

Keep it up ladies!