WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Gregory Sager · December 31, 2021, 04:52:41 PM

North Park 93
Mount Mary 41

Emily Czuhajewski: 20 pts (6-12 trey)
Jayla Johnson: 15 pts
Esther Miller: 14 pts, 6 rebs, 6 stls
Katie Jasko: 10 pts
Lauren McKnight: 8 rebs, 10:2 a:to, 4 stls

This looks like a useless game on the schedule, but it turned out to be a good opportunity to get the team a much-needed chance to do something other than practice after three Covid-filled weeks without a game, and it also offered Amanda Crockett the chance to give her bench some varsity game action. The only two Vikings who played more than 20 minutes were Lauren McKnight and Nicole Hansen.

GoPerry · December 31, 2021, 05:54:50 PM

Aurora pulled out a nail biter at North Central 63-62. It was a very entertaining back and forth game with each team taking turns leading a close game. A tough one to lose for the Lady Cards.

Allison Pearson led NCC with 15 pts including some really crucial baskets in the closing stretch. Julie Galauner led a very balanced Spartan attack with 20 pts 11 rebs.

Gregory Sager · December 31, 2021, 06:32:53 PM

Quote from: GoPerry on December 31, 2021, 05:54:50 PM
Aurora pulled out a nail biter at North Central 63-62. It was a very entertaining back and forth game with each team taking turns leading a close game. A tough one to lose for the Lady Cards.

Allison Pearson led NCC with 15 pts including some really crucial baskets in the closing stretch. Julie Galauner led a very balanced Spartan attack with 20 pts 11 rebs.

Yeah, I needled Rog in the crackerbox after the NPU game was over that he'd chosen to attend the wrong game.

Given the game that I was calling, I was frequently giving updates from the airplane hangar -- and every time that I checked live stats the AU @ NCC game was either tied or a one-possession lead for either team.

RogK · December 31, 2021, 07:01:26 PM

North Park was nice to Mount Mary; could've run up 130+ points if they wished, dominating as they did with the 17-0 burst to begin the game.
I also suspect NPU Coach Crockett instructed her players not to drive to the hoop as much as usual, in an effort to reduce fouls called on the Mount Mary players. Only three or four of the eight MM players there would be considered decent ball handlers. Had any of them fouled out, it would not have been worth continuing the game.
I do admire the Mount Mary players for being willing to staff the team, helping their school, despite the likelihood of their talent deficit resulting in losses. Hopefully they do get satisfaction for being on a college basketball team and can avoid injury.

RogK · December 31, 2021, 07:06:46 PM

I forgot to ask you, Greg, if you mentioned on your broadcast that you refused to eat a holiday vegetable dish when your cousin said he cooks carrots and peas in the same pan.
(har-har)

Gregory Sager · December 31, 2021, 07:16:50 PM

As the kids say these days, Rog ... r/whoosh.

RogK · December 31, 2021, 08:27:36 PM

Maybe it was lmitzel and cousin.

lmitzel · December 31, 2021, 09:21:25 PM

I feel like I missed something.

Rough end to the one at the hangar tonight for the Cardinals, who got two chances at a go-ahead bucket in the final 16 seconds. Pearson missed a three with about 7 seconds, AU called its final timeout with about five, then went over and back with 0.4. Megan McClure missed a contested three at the buzzer.

This was a fairly short handed game for both teams. IxChel Leeuwenburgh was back home in Colorado (I think Covid), and the Spartans only dressed 13 of the 24 players listed on their roster.

iwu70 · December 31, 2021, 09:59:11 PM

As I expected and feared, IWU lost their second game in Oregon to Pacific, 71-65.

Losing the rebounding and assists count -- rebounding 42-39 and assists 19-9. The defensive pressure did not result in the usual massive TO advantage for the Titans in this one. Though I didn't see this game . . . seems Pacific has some ball handlers and didn't turn it over massively.

Lauren Huber had a superb game, coming back strong in this loss.

For IWU:

Huber 24 and 11
Lansford 15 and 6
Eck 11
Kate Palmer 7 and 7

Mallory Powers, who started the game, only played 4 minutes and did not return. Sickness or injury, I know not?

For Pacific:

A massive game by Brillie Kovaloff 29 points
Gray and Price, 9 each

Titans now 6-6 . . . and return to CCIW play, the CCIW grind, at Elmhurst next Wednesday, hoping to go 4-0 in conference play and staying on top of the CCIW race.

Safe travels home from the Pacific Northwest . . . get rest, get well all . . . still much basketball to be played, likely getting Kaia Bowen back after missing the two games out West.

IWU'70

Gregory Sager · December 31, 2021, 10:05:39 PM

That leaves us with two non-con games remaining: Carroll (8-3) hosts UW-Whitewater tomorrow in a 1 pm New Year's Day showdown. and Millikin (9-3) is at Eureka on Sunday afternoon at 1 pm. I don't expect the Pioneers to be competitive against UWW, which is 11-0 and ranked fifth in the nation, but the Big Blue should have an easy time of it against the 3-5 Red Devils on Sunday.

Jester1390 · December 31, 2021, 10:14:34 PM

So I was just sent a ton of video from IWU hope championship games Had there ever been more home cooking and a steal of a basketball game. I don't have a dog in the fight but the video don't lie. IWU was done over

Gregory Sager · January 01, 2022, 01:07:47 AM

Jester1390 · January 01, 2022, 02:45:48 AM

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Eagle-Eyes catches this non-existent travel call on IWU

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And a couple possessions later misses THIS.... Watch her feet immediately after she catches it

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Watch the clock This is an NCAA TOURNAMENT game!!

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See if you can count how many seconds the Hope player is in the lane....

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Phantom And-1 that helped Hope claw its way back and get crowd back in game

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Then compare to THIS no-call literally seconds later....

Check out THIS phantom foul - coach working officials about the shot clock - they basically said "here will this foul make you feel better?"
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Roundball999 · January 01, 2022, 06:41:21 AM

Quote from: Jester1390 on January 01, 2022, 02:45:48 AM
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/12/02/73FF9D60-539A-4375-8B41-AA8092A53A68/IMG_5842.mov
Eagle-Eyes catches this non-existent travel call on IWU

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/dc/12/9CE8F29B-7684-4C40-944D-388D2434CDCA/IMG_5843.mov
And a couple possessions later misses THIS.... Watch her feet immediately after she catches it

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/dc/12/BD20DC71-0470-42AF-A3B4-77FA0FD968E0/66269911907__A3445E0C-5290-4C52-829D-C4984B622D64.MOV
Watch the clock This is an NCAA TOURNAMENT game!!

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/d8/08/565F68AD-B315-4EF0-AF6F-D90C805BAADE/66269942923__5283D983-FB5A-49FC-B25F-64A606608C23.MOV
See if you can count how many seconds the Hope player is in the lane....

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/53/03/1DBCBF6A-C0F6-4CD0-BE11-33568E050C63/66269977018__E0A8C607-94E6-4FEC-BA57-C51DD6680C35.MOV
Phantom And-1 that helped Hope claw its way back and get crowd back in game

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/0e/14/542DB76D-3F6D-452C-A822-BE651DA3BD2C/66270001948__46F1F641-9BC0-4154-8799-CD3CFA91B368.MOV
Then compare to THIS no-call literally seconds later....

Check out THIS phantom foul - coach working officials about the shot clock - they basically said "here will this foul make you feel better?"
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/48/08/9F5194B9-95B2-4685-9883-80E35137C614/66270032942__07D75E80-3FC5-4FB1-94B8-E094EB8763E4.mov
file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/38/08/C114AF03-EE36-4040-A1B1-49804C531503/66270046646__A6515C59-04F7-437D-ACE2-C75A15D25EE8.MOV

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You say you have no dog in this fight yet this is the 2nd time recently you're spending a lot of time attacking Hope. It's not a good look IMO.

Gregory Sager · January 01, 2022, 09:24:02 AM

Cut the crap, Jester. There is absolutely no reason to re-examine a game from two years ago that we exhaustively dissected at the time on this board -- and even then we were forced to do so not because of the grievances of Illinois Wesleyan fans but because of Enginerd's hidden anti-Hope agenda that stemmed from a Hope vs. Rose-Hulman game from two years previous to that one.

Nobody's interested in pursuing your topic, whose sell-by date expired two years ago and is motivated by a dispute that doesn't even involve the CCIW or a CCIW team. Don't you have anything better to contribute?