WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Moser]

New Top 25:

IWU #1, Carthage #19, Elmhurst ORV (1)

[RogK]

Congratulations to Wheaton's versatile forward Elisabeth Potts, new CCIW Player of the Week.

[RogK]

iwu70, as someone who has seen Olivia Lett play 14 minutes, I'll say it's too early to know how she might do next year.
Is it definite that C Solari is not playing next season? I think she has eligibility to do another, because of her freshman year redshirt/injury situation. I don't know if that decision has been made.
Anyway, against Elmhurst, Lett played away from the basket a lot. If they use her near the basket next year, she would have opportunity for more rebounds etc. We'll have to wait and see.

[iwu70]

Thanks, RogerK, for the impressions on Lett.  IWU does have others in line to take up spots on the front court. 

I thought this was the year of extra eligibility for Christina Solari?  Not sure.  Perhaps someone can clarify.  She's listed as a senior on the roster.

Did you see the latest score vs. Wheaton.  IWU won by almost 40!  And, Christina Solari was one rebound short of a rare double-double = rebounds and assists.  She had 9 rebounds and 10 assists . . . but only four points.  The Titans had four others with double firgure scoring. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

Thanks, RogerK, for the impressions on Lett.  IWU does have others in line to take up spots on the front court.  

I thought this was the year of extra eligibility for Christina Solari?  Not sure.  Perhaps someone can clarify.  She's listed as a senior on the roster.

Did you see the latest score vs. Wheaton.  IWU won by almost 40!  And, Christina Solari was one rebound short of a rare double-double = rebounds and assists.  She had 9 rebounds and 10 assists . . . but only four points.  The Titans had four others with double firgure scoring.  

Mark, I'm pretty sure (though by no means positive) that this is her 'regular' senior year, but that she would be eligible for another year.

IF, of course, her parents have an extra $35,000 (or whatever ) sitting around!

[Hoosier Titan]

This is indeed Christina Solari's "first" senior year.  Unfortunately for the Titans, from conversations that I've had, it seems that it will be her only one. I'd love to be wrong on that!

[RogK]

I attended the Wesleyan win in Wheaton last night and was again impressed by how deep the Titan roster is. Fifteen players got in, fourteen scored. A few (not a complete list) examples of making the most of one's playing time :
Sarah Cotner - 5/7 2/2 for 12 pts in 11:00
Amy Burton - 5 pts, 4 rebs in 5:00
Mackenzie Floyd - 3 rebs in 6:00 -- for the season, her rebounds per minute is an excellent .386 (27 in 70:00).
Holly Harvey and Nikki Preston each hit 3 of 5 threes. Hope Schulte had another fine game and is playing at a 1st team all-conference level.
Wheaton played well for long stretches, but had some trouble in the 2nd half. They are having bad luck with injuries lately, too. Breanna Bohlen tried to give it a go briefly, but was in obvious pain and couldn't run at all. She's maybe their best all-around player when healthy. Freshman guard Jennifer Lee was felled by an ankle/foot injury. She and the rest who played contributed nicely in various aspects of the game, but it didn't add up to enough.
The Thunder's top highlight was Shannon McNeil's leaping block of a Titan jumpshot, taking possession of the ball in mid-air.

[RogK]

From the other three Tuesday games:
Millikin vs Augie : tied 36-all at the half, Millikin had a 22-6 burst and led 58-42. Then Augie scored 18 of the next 21 pts to cut the lead to 1, 61-60. The Big Blue hung on, winning 68-63. Julia Robert led all scorers with 21 (on 15 FG att) including 5 threes. She also topped all with 8 rebounds. Augie's Kristen Fox, recovering from injury, played for the first time since December 9 and rang up 14 pts, 5 rebs, 3 steals. Dawn Kernich shot well, making 3/3 FG and 4/4 FT.
North Central kept up with Carthage early, trailing by 5 at halftime, but the Lady Reds pulled away thereafter, winning 72-49. Only 22 total fouls and 21 FTs taken. Carthage's starters all scored in the 9 to 14 range. The team hit 9 of 16 threes. Latrice Newson had a double-double for NC, 14 pts, 11 rebs.
Elmhurst prevailed in a close contest at North Park, 77-73. Lyndsie Long led EC with 25 pts and 9 rebs. Megan Ney added 16 and 6. For NP, Kamauria Acree scored 20, while Bridgette Gray scored 16, missing just 2 FGs and 1 FT. The Vikings made 18/19 FTs.

[Mr. Ypsi]

To probably no one's surprise, IWU having their way with NPU - 51-27 at the half.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Credit where credit is due - with 12+ remaining, NPU cuts the 24-point deficit to 18, and the Titan's starters come back on the court.

[Mr. Ypsi]

With 6:30 to go, lead back to 31.  Livestats seems to have frozen - no update in about ten minutes.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Final:  IWU 87, NPU 53.

[RogK]

Lyndsie Long followed her 25 pt, 9 reb Tuesday game with a 33 pt, 8 reb performance Saturday in Wheaton, leading Elmhurst to an 81-73 win.
She made 7 of 11 2FGs, 3 of 5 threes and 10 of 10 FTs.
Wheaton's Lindsey did well too. Ms Brenneman scored 23 (7/14, 1 three, 8/8FTs).
It was a good effort by both teams, with fine play from starters and subs.

[Hoosier Titan]

Here's the link to the Pantagraph story about the IWU-North Park game.  Mia Smith always finds something that needs to be worked on--these comments are as uniformly positive as I've ever seen from her.

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_36963f58-0975-11df-8376-001cc4c03286.html

The balanced scoring, especially Sarah Cotner coming off the bench to hit double figures, was a big plus.

[RogK]

Cotner definitely deserves mention, HT.
Her combined stats for the two recent games: 29:00, 22 pts (7/11, 8/9) and 9 rebs.
Hope Schulte also excelled last week, scoring 32 pts in 44:00, adding 5 rebs, 5 assists, 6 steals, fine ball-handling plus a pair of blocks.
Lyndsie Long should get the Player of the Week honor, but Schulte wasn't far behind.