WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Richardson has played brilliantly . . . really taking up any slack due to Tate's injury and absence. 

I expect the game on Februrary 12th -- WC @IWU -- to be much closer than the first encounter at WC.

'70

[Jester1390]

Perry also  a lesson to coach. hey maybe this woman should have been playing more minutes

[RogK]

This page (best seen on a large screen) shows how Richardson has progressed during the season :
http://stats.ncaa.org/player/index?game_sport_year_ctl_id=15866&org_id=778&stats_player_seq=2631885
Incidentally, I think the 33 pts in blue indicates she was the highest scorer that day, January 5, in all of D3 WBB.
Wheaton has Elmhurst tomorrow; in their earlier matchup, Wheaton tallied 75, their 2nd highest output so far (had 84 vs Dominican).

[iwu70]

IWU @Carroll . . . 2 p.m.  Keep it up Titans.  No let down.

Some long bus rides, more road trips, road games.  Back to NPU on Monday evening, 7 p.m., another key game in the CCIW race.

IWU'70

[RogK]

Chrissi Ekhomu coaching North Central today at Carthage. That game started a bit late.

[iwu70]

Carroll over IWU easily, really ugly for the Titans today.  They got some of their own medicine on pressure and TOs, totally outrebounded, exposing the Titans when they are out-sized in the paint.  And, playing terribly -- with forced and unforced errors all day long, almost like the ball was slippery at points, and a poor shooting percentage after the 1Q . . . 

Get this one out of your system as soon as you can, move on, and prepare for NPU.   All credit to the PIOs for shooting the three ball well, and pressuring and outrebounding the Titans.  This one is a gut check for IWU.  Likely their worst performance of the year.

'70

[iwu70]

IWU loses the TO line, shoots less than 30% . . . and that's about all you need to know about this one.  Ugly.

Final:  Carroll 70  IWU 48


'70

[RogK]

Elizabeth Behrndt had 3 blocks, 7 rebs and led Carroll scorers with 13. Six teammates scored in the 6-to-10 range.
Chloe Halverson grabbed 8 rebs to go with her 7 pts.
Theresa Wichser returned to form, hitting 3 of 5 three attempts.
Kate Christian is a nice stabilizing ingredient for the Pios; she does a lot of good that's not registered in the individual stats.
Carroll made 23/45 2FGs while IWU managed 11/32 2FGs.
Kate Palmer did well for the Titans, leading everyone with 14 pts.
Catie Eck had 5 assists and 7 rebs.

[lmitzel]

NCC gets a sweep of Carthage for the first time in I'm not sure how long with a 61-52 victory up in Kenosha. The Cardinals never trailed in this one.

Elle Sutter: 13 pts, 5 reb
Stephanie Kowalczyk: 13 pts
IxChel Leeuwenburgh: 9 pts, 10 reb

Ayanna Ester: 18 pts
Margueret Spear: 7 pts, 6 reb
Bridget Barrett: 10 reb

[Gregory Sager]

The Big Blue shook off their funk and dispatched Augustana, 78-69, at Carver. Bailey Coffman and Aubrey Staton each scored 18 for Millikin -- Staton was 4-7 from downtown -- while Elyce Knudsen and Jordan Hildebrand each added 13. Knudsen was not impressive as a shooter today, but she did contribute a 6:2 a:to ratio and five steals; Miranda Fox had six steals as well, as MU used a 13-28 turnover disparity to overcome the fact that Augie outrebounded the visitors by 11. Augie was led by Macy Beinborn's 24 and 6, Gabriela Loiz's 13 and 6:3 a:to, Kylie Jozwik's 12 (4-5 trey), and Lauren Hall's 10 and 14 double-double.

Wheaton had a difficult time of it with last-place Elmhurst, but nevertheless managed to send the visitors packing with a 59-53 win at King. Hannah Swider had a breakout game for the winners with 23 and 8 as well as four steals, while Annika Richardson had 13 and 6 (despite an uncharacteristically poor 5-19 shooting performance). Caroline Sikkink had a 10 and 10 double-double along with four steals, and Ellie Cassel grabbed ten boards as well. The 'jays were led by a dozen points each from Marissa Urso, Kate Matthews, and Ella Riley, with Matthews leading the way on the boards with nine. Chloe Conley (4:0) had a nice floor game in the losing cause.

[RogK]

Alright Greg, are we looking at Esther Miller for CCIW Player of the Week?
I was thinking Lauren Knight was on the path for it with her 27 pt performance, but she had a crummy shooting game yesterday.
Your thoughts.

[Gregory Sager]

I've noticed that it's difficult for a player to get POW when it's that player's bye week. Multiple games' worth of performances to evaluate tend to override a solo outing in the eyes of Brainard Avenue. Therefore, given that North Park only played once, I'm not sanguine about Esther's chances (or about Jayla's, since she had a 24 and 10 double-double in that win in the hangar), although I'd certainly love to see it happen.

[iwu70]

How about Kate Palmer?

'70

[RogK]

She's a possibility.
I thought you were going to point out that Kaia Bowen's Dec 13 Player of the Week award was based on a single game's output.
Thus, Esther Miller should be in the running this time.

[RogK]

Greg got it right : Jayla Johnson is the new CCIW Player of the Week.
Congrats to her!