WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Mr. Ypsi]

Titans got as close as 5, but now trail by 9 with 3.5.

[Mr. Ypsi]

60-54, with 1:57 to go.

[Mr. Ypsi]

60-59, w/ :41 to go!!!!!

[Mr. Ypsi]

TITANS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!  61-60.

We're gonna show up for the Shirk invitational!!!

[mactitan]

WHAT A GAME!!!!!!!!

Down 16-0 to start the game
Down by as many as 23 in the first half.
Down 8 with 3 minutes to go.
Down 1 with 4.1 seconds to go.

Nikki Preston goes to the line with a one and one, and hits them both.  That is the definition of clutch.

My poor dog went crazy as I was jumping up and down in my living room, now watching the Titans cut down the nets.  Two more to go!

[iwumichigander]

Oh YES Oh Man what a come back effort - way to go Titans

[mactitan]

I just realized that over the last minute of the game, it was Nikki Preston 7, George Fox 0.

[BruinFan]

Congratulations to IWU. Enjoy next weekend.  Bruins did a lot of good things, but the Titans would not let George Fox pull off the win.

[iwufans]

WHEW!  Congratulations, IWU.  What a finish!

[iwu70]

Congrats to George Fox on an amazing season.  I truly thought you had us blown away.

And, God Bless Nikki Preston.  An amazing, gutty comeback for the TITANS.

This group over four years, just superb.  Truly deserves a chance to play in the Final Four, and now at HOME.

Great stuff, 23 down, and still fighting, coming all the way back. 

Congrats to Coach Smith and all the TITANs.

Total team effort tonight -- TItan scoring = 10, 10, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, and 3.  Karen Solari is smiling.

[Titan Q]

What an amazing comeback!  Congratulations Titans!

[jshoops]

IWU wins!!!  What a CRAZY game.  Could not believe IWU was down 0-16 when I signed in to webcast.  IWU stayed with it and kept shooting (60).   Dropped a text to J. Solari/Christina about this stuning comeback win.  Doesn't look good for Karen Solari.    Maybe I'll make the trip down Friday.  Hmmm.  

Off topic- I was down at ISU last weekend for Maine South Final Fou run. (Solari gals are Alumni).  Maine South came in third when they BEAT Whitney Young,  the 9th  ranked team in NATION.  Cool!  

Christina Solari (1st yr coach) coached the Maine South Freshmen B team to a 18-2 record, Conference Champs!  (Freshmen A were 18-2 too!)

[iwu70]

Can anyone give a definitive update on Karen Solari's injury and status?  It sounds, from the reference to the injury made by Coach Smith in the Pgraph piece earlier, that the injury was serious and would likely mean Karen is done for the season.   Can anyone informed about this clarify?  Wish her the best . . . and hope she can still play next weekend. 

[Hoosier Titan]

I have no news to add.  I just landed in Manchester, England.  I had to turn my phone off on the plane just at the start of the second half and have been struggling all night not to go into "what ifs". 

I'll be back for the Final Four!  Keep it going, Titans---it's too late to lose now!

[Titan Q]

This video of the final seconds of the IWU/George Fox game was taken by former IWU men's player Sean Dwyer.  Pretty cool...

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=563227361107