WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[GoPerry]

Solid game by IWU.    Rebecca Ehresman showed why she's their best player making some terrific plays down the stretch.

Some bad Wheaton turnovers and sloppy play early in the 4th allowed IWU to extend the lead.  This team seems to have a propensity for loss of focus during parts of the game.  Sometimes they're good enough, or the opponent is not strong enough, that it doesn't hurt the Thunder.  But this is limiting their upside, even as skilled as they are.  They need a win at Elmhurst on Saturday.

[Gregory Sager]

I was really surprised by that final score from the airplane hangar.  I tracked the live stats as I periodically gave out-of-town scores during my call of MU @ NPU last night, and it seemed like the Lady Reds had things well in hand until I checked late and suddenly saw that NCC was winning in overtime. Since Carthage looked like one of the preseason favorites and North Central was winless, this is a pretty considerable upset.

[RogK]

Saw some exciting late-game heroics in Augustana's 66-63 win at Elmhurst.
With Augie ahead 60-58 and under 2:00 left, EC's Jasmin Bailey sank her 6th three of the game. She led everyone with 22 pts, 20 of which came from just 15 FG att.
Following a few misses by both teams, Elmhurst's fine young (freshman) point guard Kelly Weyhrich made 2 free throws, putting her team up by 3.
Up stepped Augie's Izzy Anderson, who buried a 3 to tie it with :31 to go. She then got the d-reb on an Elmhurst miss and ultimately fed the ball to Clare Kramer who made a last-second three to win it for Augie. A quantity of joy erupted among the Augie team and fans.
Mikaela Eppard and Kaela Jones each had double-doubles for Elmhurst, but were not at their best turnover/shooting-wise.
Anderson led four double-digit Augie scorers with 18, while Victoria Allen had 10 pts, 10 rebs, 5 steals.
I was curious to see Augie freshman Justice Edell, who has put up some very good all-around numbers already. Her stats are not lying -- she looks pretty talented, strong and smart.

[RogK]

To supplement lmitzel's report : Carthage's Autumn Kalis scored 22 pts, Rachel Szydlowski 21; Morgan Harris had 14 rebs, 8 assists.
I was not surprised to see that NC's Maya Walls did so well -- she made impressive plays here and there last season and in the one game I've seen NC this year. She is an agile six-footer (with LONG strides) improving skill-wise (including decent 3-point range), who could become one of the league's better players.
Carroll lost a close one (78-73) to UW-Platteville. The Pioneers beat the Pioneers. Who knew that would happen?
Carroll's Katie Rossetti had 11 pts, 11 rebs, 3 steals. Sara Hartl efficiently scored 18 (14 FG att).

[lmitzel]

I was really surprised by that final score from the airplane hangar.  I tracked the live stats as I periodically gave out-of-town scores during my call of MU @ NPU last night, and it seemed like the Lady Reds had things well in hand until I checked late and suddenly saw that NCC was winning in overtime. Since Carthage looked like one of the preseason favorites and North Central was winless, this is a pretty considerable upset.

I'm not going to lie: I didn't have a ton of confidence going into last night. But as the game progressed, I never felt like the Cardinals were out of it. Carthage shot well early to have control, but they never really pulled away despite Rog's mention of Szydlowski and Kalis playing well. Szydlowski was 10-19 from the floor, but she missed a fair number of looks down low and probably should have had more points.

Either way, yeah, I would definitely consider it an upset. The fact that some of the young players really stepped up was a great sign.

[RogK]

A few days late, I decided to look at the stats from the Wheaton at IWU contest.
Our colleague iwu70 wrote a summary of that game, mentioning only one Wheaton player, Maggie Dansdill who had scored 19. I therefore assumed that she was Wheaton's high scorer. Not so. Hannah Frazier (9/12 FG, 7/8 FT) tallied 25. Devin Kyler's 16 rebounds warrant a mention, as well. C'mon, iwu70, we were (almost) relying on you!
By the way, in Wheaton's first five games, their sum of Blocks + Steals has been 23, 23, 19, 23 and 23. Versus IWU it was 10.
Yeah I know that a lot of good defense does not produce individually-quantified stats like blocks and steals. But the drop to 10 does seem noteworthy. IWU's offense had something to do with it, for sure.

[Gregory Sager]

A few days late, I decided to look at the stats from the Wheaton at IWU contest.
Our colleague iwu70 wrote a summary of that game, mentioning only one Wheaton player, Maggie Dansdill who had scored 19. I therefore assumed that she was Wheaton's high scorer. Not so. Hannah Frazier (9/12 FG, 7/8 FT) tallied 25. Devin Kyler's 16 rebounds warrant a mention, as well. C'mon, iwu70, we were (almost) relying on you!

We were?

I'm surprised that he even deigned to post Dansdill's scoring total.

GoPerry is my go-to source for post-game reports in contests that involve Wheaton. I mean no offense to Mark (iwu70), who is on d3boards.com to shill for his alma mater exclusively. A lot of other posters on d3boards.com besides Mark focus solely upon their respective favorite schools, too; there's absolutely nothing wrong with that at all, so I'm certainly not taking him to task. But, in spite of being a Wheaton fan, GoPerry will give you a balanced and even-handed look at any game that involves Wheaton. Heck, GoPerry's last post mentioned only one player in particular -- and it was a player for Wheaton's opponent.

[GoPerry]

A few days late, I decided to look at the stats from the Wheaton at IWU contest.
Our colleague iwu70 wrote a summary of that game, mentioning only one Wheaton player, Maggie Dansdill who had scored 19. I therefore assumed that she was Wheaton's high scorer. Not so. Hannah Frazier (9/12 FG, 7/8 FT) tallied 25. Devin Kyler's 16 rebounds warrant a mention, as well. C'mon, iwu70, we were (almost) relying on you!
By the way, in Wheaton's first five games, their sum of Blocks + Steals has been 23, 23, 19, 23 and 23. Versus IWU it was 10.
Yeah I know that a lot of good defense does not produce individually-quantified stats like blocks and steals. But the drop to 10 does seem noteworthy. IWU's offense had something to do with it, for sure.

Yes Rog, I definitely noticed only 5 blocks, but only because Wheaton had been averaging an astounding 10 blks/game.  IWU shot 55% from the field and were 66% from 3pt.  I didn't get to watch much of the game(hence the brief game summary) so I can't comment on how exactly Wheaton's defense was lacking.  I do know that any team shooting that well stands a good chance of winning the game and that you don't win many games giving up 89 pts(unless you're a system team).

Now maybe this was a byproduct of their first road game against perhaps their toughest opponent and not quite hitting their stride?  I hope so.  But I fear it goes to something I've noticed ( and mentioned) before – that there seems to be a lower level of intensity, defensive or offensive, with this team that manifests itself in untimely turnovers or getting out-rebounded(which should almost never happen) among other things.  And the one danger of being a good shot-blocking team is the tendency to relax defensively thinking your shot blockers will bail you out.  But it doesn't always happen that way and next thing you know you're giving up layups or if they call the game tightly, sending your opponent to the line.

But, in spite of being a Wheaton fan, GoPerry will give you a balanced and even-handed look at any game that involves Wheaton. Heck, GoPerry's last post mentioned only one player in particular -- and it was a player for Wheaton's opponent.

There is great respect for each other's strong allegiances.  Even so, I learned quite early that anything straying too far from balanced and/or even-handed will be called out on these boards quite swiftly unless you're not taken seriously in the first place.  I wouldn't want it any other way because it makes the board interesting and worth engaging.

[RogK]

For those attending the North Park game at the U of Chicago tomorrow, the starting time is 1pm. I just confirmed this by phone with the host's Athletic Dept. update : all the other schedules have revised it from 2pm to 1pm.

[Gregory Sager]

Thanks for that update, Rog.

[RogK]

You're welcome.

[iwu70]

RogK and Greg, thanks for pointing out my oversight. I surely should have mentioned Frazier's top-flight performance at IWU.  It was my oversight.  My apologies to Ms. Frazier and to you fine gentlemen.  Blame the jet lag and watching CCIW games at 7 a.m., doing summaries in a dazed state.

I'll just keep on shilling . . . as best I can.  IWU has put together a pretty good team this year. 

Looking forward to more TITAN games in coming days.  Sure glad to get a win over Wheaton.  They've been few and far between in recent years, during the Katie McDaniels era.

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

RogK and Greg, thanks for pointing out my oversight. I surely should have mentioned Frazier's top-flight performance at IWU.  It was my oversight.  My apologies to Ms. Frazier and to you fine gentlemen.

I think that I'm more impressed by Kyler's 16 rebounds. A 25-point performance is a terrific game, but you see them a whole lot more often than you see a 16-board performance.

[RogK]

iwu70, if you're going to be throwing around insults like "fine gentlemen," we'll have to call you a viridescent academic. So there! (ha)

[Mr. Ypsi]

iwu70, if you're going to be throwing around insults like "fine gentlemen," we'll have to call you a viridescent academic. So there! (ha)

Rog, you may be slightly off.  Viridescent means slightly green or greenish; iwu70 is as Green as one can get!

Compared to Mark, I am merely viridescent.