WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Thanks, RogK.  That's a big frontline for sure . . . tough to handle.  Perhaps the TITANS will have to counter with Merritt and Brovelli on the floor at the same time.  Our freshmen developing very fast -- the TITANS coming together very well now.  D pressure and speed kills.  I'm hoping 10-2 going into the next phase of league play in January.  A tough test vs. WI-SP on Saturday.  I expect wins in CO. later, vs. Oberlin and Lewis and Clark.

Thanks for your prediction.

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Congrats to Coach Mia Smith on her induction into the Hall of Fame.

Much deserved, a great record after 20+ years at IWU.  We are lucky to have her and her "run and jump" approach to pressure, defensive basketball. 

IWU'70

[GoPerry]

Wheaton over Rochester College(MI)

Devin Kyler      19 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asst      
Maggie Dansdill   15 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asst
Hannah Frazier      11 pts, 8 rebs


Overall a decent performance for Wheaton today after a busy finals week.  Glad to see the Thunder ladies get back on the winning track with a road win.  Devin Kyler had a very game and freshman Hannah Williams had a nice game off the bench.  Rochester had a couple forwards in  Allyssa Copley and Brook Fielder who matched up height-wise so Frazier and Jill Berg weren't able to simply have their way inside. 

A growing concern is the Thunder lackluster outside shooting which gets hidden in the stats.  And it's not just 3 pt shooting where Wheaton is just not good right now.

Rochester was really not that formidable an opponent.  I think the team would've really looked forward to tomorrow's game with #7 Hope who handled 1-9 Finlandia pretty easily tonight. 

But . . .

"Due to a Hope College scheduling issue, Wheaton will take on Finlandia on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (EST) in the final game of the tournament – Saturday's only game."

Not sure what that's all about?  Definitely a drag for Wheaton not getting their chance to play a ranked team since they have yet to do so this season. 

[RogK]

Elmhurst lost a close one at U of Chicago, 74-70.
Mikaela Eppard hauled in 19 rebounds and scored 12 pts.
Jasmin Bailey scored 21 pts on just 15 FG att, a .700 eFG%.

[jspiii]

Wheaton over Rochester College(MI)

Devin Kyler      19 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asst      
Maggie Dansdill   15 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asst
Hannah Frazier      11 pts, 8 rebs


Overall a decent performance for Wheaton today after a busy finals week.  Glad to see the Thunder ladies get back on the winning track with a road win.  Devin Kyler had a very game and freshman Hannah Williams had a nice game off the bench.  Rochester had a couple forwards in  Allyssa Copley and Brook Fielder who matched up height-wise so Frazier and Jill Berg weren't able to simply have their way inside. 

A growing concern is the Thunder lackluster outside shooting which gets hidden in the stats.  And it's not just 3 pt shooting where Wheaton is just not good right now.

Rochester was really not that formidable an opponent.  I think the team would've really looked forward to tomorrow's game with #7 Hope who handled 1-9 Finlandia pretty easily tonight. 

But . . .

"Due to a Hope College scheduling issue, Wheaton will take on Finlandia on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (EST) in the final game of the tournament – Saturday's only game."

Not sure what that's all about?  Definitely a drag for Wheaton not getting their chance to play a ranked team since they have yet to do so this season.

The only thing I could think of with the scheduling conflict. Hope men and women's teams have games in Florida on Tuesday. Someone might have messed up the travelling arrangements.

[GoPerry]

Wheaton over Rochester College(MI)

Devin Kyler      19 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asst      
Maggie Dansdill   15 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asst
Hannah Frazier      11 pts, 8 rebs


Overall a decent performance for Wheaton today after a busy finals week.  Glad to see the Thunder ladies get back on the winning track with a road win.  Devin Kyler had a very game and freshman Hannah Williams had a nice game off the bench.  Rochester had a couple forwards in  Allyssa Copley and Brook Fielder who matched up height-wise so Frazier and Jill Berg weren't able to simply have their way inside. 

A growing concern is the Thunder lackluster outside shooting which gets hidden in the stats.  And it's not just 3 pt shooting where Wheaton is just not good right now.

Rochester was really not that formidable an opponent.  I think the team would've really looked forward to tomorrow's game with #7 Hope who handled 1-9 Finlandia pretty easily tonight. 

But . . .

"Due to a Hope College scheduling issue, Wheaton will take on Finlandia on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (EST) in the final game of the tournament – Saturday's only game."

Not sure what that's all about?  Definitely a drag for Wheaton not getting their chance to play a ranked team since they have yet to do so this season.

The only thing I could think of with the scheduling conflict. Hope men and women's teams have games in Florida on Tuesday. Someone might have messed up the travelling arrangements.

If that's the reason, that strikes me as rather weak.  It's Rochester that's really getting the shaft.  Also, I guess there's no guidance as to whether a team must forfeit a game due to conflict as opposed to being allowed to cancel a game?  It's their tournament so I guess they can do what they want. Maybe Rochester's NAIA status has something to do with it?

If somehow Hope had lost tonight, then WC would've played Finlandia tomorrow anyhow.  Or if it were an event where the games are set no matter who wins. So in that sense, the Thunder have less to complain about. 

[Roundball999]

According to Hope's local newspaper:

""We had too many games scheduled for this season. It goes back to between June 15 and July 5, we had five teams drop us on our schedule that we had contracted with," Morehouse said. "We have to stay within the NCAA rules, we're only allowed to play 25 and through the chaos that was scheduling and scrambling, somehow a mistake was made. I own that and I apologize to all of our fans that are affected and players and their parents who came down to the game and unfortunate mistake impacted the other teams as well.""

Morehouse was on the D3Hoops radio show the other night and talked of same issue, five teams backing out of contracted agreements to play, which of course creates real scheduling chaos. 

Regardless, a real shame for Wheaton and the other participants.

[GoPerry]

According to Hope's local newspaper:

""We had too many games scheduled for this season. It goes back to between June 15 and July 5, we had five teams drop us on our schedule that we had contracted with," Morehouse said. "We have to stay within the NCAA rules, we're only allowed to play 25 and through the chaos that was scheduling and scrambling, somehow a mistake was made. I own that and I apologize to all of our fans that are affected and players and their parents who came down to the game and unfortunate mistake impacted the other teams as well.""

Morehouse was on the D3Hoops radio show the other night and talked of same issue, five teams backing out of contracted agreements to play, which of course creates real scheduling chaos. 

Regardless, a real shame for Wheaton and the other participants.

Thanks for the info Roundball.  Didn't realize this goes on much; teams backing out of scheduled games perhaps with little regard for the ripple effects.

[GoPerry]

Wheaton over Finlandia 85-50.

Coach Madsen able to play all 14 players.  Nice long 2 week break for the Thunder.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Good one in B'town.  At the half: IWU 38, UWSP 35.

[Gregory Sager]

Overtime final from NPU:

Carleton 65
North Park 57

Shaylee Sloan: 16 pts, 13 rebs
Sinead Molloy: 10 pts, 3 stls

This contest was a textbook example of why free throws are such an important part of the game of basketball. NPU shot an abysmal 9-20 (45%) from the line today, while by contrast Carleton was a sparkling 16-19 (84%) -- and in regulation the FT stats were similar, with NPU going 9-18 (50%) and Carleton 8-10 (80%). That's the game right there.

The Vikings, who dropped to 5-3, got terrific games out of Shaylee Sloan and Sinead Molloy, but they need to get more a more dependable scoring presence from their veterans at the offensive end of the floor.

[Mr. Ypsi]

The Titans totally dominated in the second half, winning 92-69.  McGraw led all scorers with 19; Nina Anderson scored 16 in only 15 minutes off the bench.

I'll be totally shocked if they don't break into the top 25 this week.

[iwu70]

IWU over WI-SP 92-69.

Well, we can say that the TITANS can really score the basketball -- and are playing both great pressure D with "run and jump" but also very good half-court D as well, getting into passing lanes and turning over the other team.  Very active tonight.  Should cut down on the fouls a bit. 

McGraw 19  11-11 FTs
Anderson, a great game, 16
Merritt 15 5-5 FTs
Sosa, a new threat from 3, 10
Schneider 8
Ehresman 5 and 8 assists
Many others contributing -- Hughes and Brovelli

For Point:
Lexi Roland 13
Mickey Rolad 12
Kellam Schmidt 10

SP shooting 18% from three

Titans 48% FG, 37% from the arc, and 95% FTs, 19-20

A good win vs. a tough team from WAIC.  Titans now 8-2, 3-0, with a good break now before the games in CO. at the end of the month, vs. Oberlin and Lewis and Clark -- some opposition from different regions and conferences.  Should be good, expecting two more Ws.

Keep it rolling TITANS -- this team is good, has lots of weapons.  Nice ball movement tonight.   As usual, very well coached.

IWU'70

[iwu70]

I'm with you, Ypsi, top 25 team for sure.  10-2 going into the rest of the conference schedule would be nice.

'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

I'm with you, Ypsi, top 25 team for sure.  10-2 going into the rest of the conference schedule would be nice.

'70

And IF the men beat #11 WashU at the Shirk tomorrow (I think they will), BOTH sets of Titans should crack the top 25!