WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

iwu70 · February 24, 2020, 09:53:51 PM

Congrats to Sydney Shanks on her POW honour. A great way to go out as a senior. Wonderful career at IWU for Syd.

I hope she gets first-team All-CCIW, too.

Can't argue much with previous posts on the proposed All-CCIW slates. Some great performances all year.

Glad to see the three Hannah rule broken up soon . . .

'70

Mr. Ypsi · February 24, 2020, 10:32:01 PM

Quote from: RogK on February 24, 2020, 09:27:48 PM
A reasonable person could certainly reach that conclusion, but you're forgetting the Three Hannah rule, which favors Wheaton.

You're coming awfully close to calling me a reasonable person.

iwu70 · February 24, 2020, 11:23:41 PM

Ypsi, a first?

Enjoy it while you can . . .

Let's hope our TITANS play well this weekend and finally get over the hump with WC, grabbing the AQ. Good to have the #2 seed, to get the rest.

IWU'70

GoPerry · February 25, 2020, 09:15:38 AM

Congratulations to Wheaton's Hannah Frazier for her selection to the D3 Hoops Team of the Week, her 2nd such honor this season.

lmitzel · February 25, 2020, 02:12:35 PM

Awards are out.

Congratulations to Hannah Frazier for winning her second consecutive Lori Kerans Award, Kent Madsen for winning the Beth Baker Award, and Millikin's Abby Ratsch for winning the Newcomer of the Year Award.

Six of the eight First Team All-CCIW folks were unanimous (Wheaton's Frazier, Augie's Alexis Jones, Carthage's Autumn Kalis, IWU's Kendall Sosa, Millikin's Jordan Hildebrand, and North Park's Jayla Johnson). Sammie Woodward of Carthage and Sydney Shanks of IWU were the other First Team honorees.

Augie's Lauren Hall, Elmhurst's Kelly Weyhrich, IWU's Riley Brovelli, Millikin's Ratsch, NCC's Allison Pearson, North Park's Zakiya Newsome, and Whetaon's Kirsten Madsen and Hannah Williams made the Second Team.

RogK · February 25, 2020, 02:48:13 PM

Congrats to all!
As we note each time, a number of very good players just missed. Their efforts are definitely appreciated here and by their team and coaches.

GoPerry · February 25, 2020, 04:09:25 PM

Quote from: RogK on February 25, 2020, 02:48:13 PM
Congrats to all!
As we note each time, a number of very good players just missed. Their efforts are definitely appreciated here and by their team and coaches.

Rog . . . you pretty much nailed it! 16 for 16 plus COY, MOP, NOY

RogK · February 25, 2020, 05:55:24 PM

Thanks GoPerry, although my list was more opinion than prediction.
For tonight's matchups, the previous results :
MIL defeated AUG 75-71 and 66-60.
NPU and NCC split, 68-58 and 63-59.

iwu70 · February 25, 2020, 07:39:40 PM

Congrats to all the All-CCIW honourees -- great job. Special congrats to the three TITANS. Way to go. Let's have the AQ this weekend!

IWU'70

iwu70 · February 25, 2020, 09:49:35 PM

Augie over MU

NCC over NPU

Looks like both NPU and MU don't finish in the top tier, at least in terms of the CCIW tournament goes.

AC vs. IWU
NCC vs. WC

Right? This weekend at WC. A tougher game for IWU, I would think.

Let's hope for third times a charm . . . WC vs. IWU for the AQ.

'70

RogK · February 25, 2020, 10:09:21 PM

Alexis Jones poured in 26 pts to lead Augie over Millikin 76-69.
As if that wasn't enough, she added 9 rebs, 3 blocks, a steal and 3 assists.
Augie got help from others, too, including Mia Lambert (14 pts), Macy Beinborn (13 pts), Lauren Hall (9 rebs), Justice Edell returning from December injury (6 assists).
Millikin got 25 pts (.667 eFG%) and 6 rebs by Bailey Coffman. Aubrey Staton and Miranda Fox had 3 steals apiece.
This one will likely leave a very sour taste in the Millikin mouth.

lmitzel · February 25, 2020, 10:12:51 PM

Quote from: iwu70 on February 25, 2020, 09:49:35 PM
Augie over MU

NCC over NPU

Looks like both NPU and MU don't finish in the top tier, at least in terms of the CCIW tournament goes.

AC vs. IWU
NCC vs. WC

Right? This weekend at WC. A tougher game for IWU, I would think.

Let's hope for third times a charm . . . WC vs. IWU for the AQ.

'70

But I thought Millikin was a top tier team...

I'll have to go through the NCC-NPU box. I saw bits and pieces of the game and figured the Cardinals had a good chance. Jumping out to that early 9-2 lead was a good omen.

Fun CCIW Tournament fact: 5 and 6 seeds have more wins in two years (3) than 4 seeds have had in 18 (0).

Gregory Sager · February 25, 2020, 10:17:42 PM

North Central 91
North Park 84

Lauryn Alba Garner: 22 pts, 3:0 a:to
Zakiya Newsome: 19 pts, 3 stls
Angelina Villasin: 15 pts
Alisha Panthier: 8 rebs
Jayla Johnson: 6 rebs

Haydn Braun: 20 pts
Allison Pearson: 18 pts, 7 rebs
Natali Dimitrova: 15 pts, 9 rebs, 3:0 a:to
Rebekah Foley: 11 pts, 6 rebs, 7:0 a:to
Stephanie Kowalczyk: 10 pts

NCC just plain out-executed NPU, plain and simple. The Cardinals ran their halfcourt sets better, got to the rim frequently, and -- most importantly of all -- finished when they got there, as they shot 55% for the game. The Vikings, by contrast, left too many points at the rim.

The Vikings didn't go down without a fight. Trailing by 16 at 64-48 at the start of the fourth quarter, the Vikings put on a furious 13-2 comeback run sparked by Kayla Patterson and Angelina Villasin to draw within 66-61. But the Cardinals stayed cool, calm, and collected in a noisy crackerbox, making two baskets in response, and the Vikings just never managed to get past hanging-around range from that point.

It seems weird that NPU scored 84 with their primary offensive weapon playing at well less than 100%, but Lauryn Alba Garner, Zakiya Newsome, and Villasin all hit career highs tonight. They just couldn't get any stops against NCC's well-executed halfcourt sets.

Jayla Johnson's ankle sprain that she suffered at the end of Saturday's game at Augie tightened up to the point where she was in a boot this morning, and the early read from the training staff was that she wouldn't be able to suit up tonight. But suit up she did, and she toughed it out for 26 minutes before fouling out. But she was clearly not herself; she had no lift on her shot (she was 3-10 from the field) and no explosiveness. I tip my cap to her for gutting it out, knowing how much her teammates needed her.

But I'm not blaming the loss on Jayla's injury. The Cards played very well tonight and deserved the win.

Gregory Sager · February 25, 2020, 10:19:20 PM

Quote from: iwu70 on February 25, 2020, 09:49:35 PM
Augie over MU

NCC over NPU

Looks like both NPU and MU don't finish in the top tier, at least in terms of the CCIW tournament goes.

Classy comment, Mark.

Gregory Sager · February 25, 2020, 10:26:46 PM

As I said on the air, this was a bittersweet season for the Vikings. They brought a lot of excitement to campus with that remarkable run that saw them lead the league by two games into the second round-robin. Then things fell apart, of course, and tonight's rather ignominious exit just feels like the continuation of a stretch in which the Vikings learned the hard way that winning is a process that rarely develops overnight. I was talking before the game with NPU basketball alumnus Todd Mitchell, and we were discussing how the 1983-84 team of his freshman season lost eight games by four points or less. The next year the Vikings won the national championship, winning along the way a bushelful of close games -- including the last four games of the D3 tournament -- in a mirror image of what they'd done the year before. "We had to learn how to win," said Todd, "and learning how to win can be painful."

Now, I'm not saying that NPU is going to win the national title next season ... but I think that the lessons of this end-of-season skid will be well learned. The future is bright for the program.

Finally, thanks for four great years from Alisha Panthier -- whose return from serious illness last season is a story in itself -- and two great years from Angelina Villasin. The hard work and sacrifice of both are appreciated by this Vikings fan, and I was happy to see them both go out big tonight.