WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[GoPerry]

. . . vs what I'm suspecting is an under-rated Augie team. 

I no longer suspect this.

[RogK]

Still 10000 customers (was 19000 earlier) without power in the Kenosha area. Not good in single digit weather. Best wishes to our Carthage friends and their neighbors. Hopefully all are able to be warm somewhere and no one has home troubles, like frozen pipes.

[Gregory Sager]

Overtime final in Waukesha:

North Park 75
Carroll 70

Alicia Arnold: 23 pts
Shaylee Sloan: 10 rebs, 3 blks
Sinead Molloy: 7 rebs, 6:2 a:to
Brie Lippert: 6 rebs, 5 stls

Brittney Wald: 31 pts, 10 rebs
Rachel Van Sluys: 14 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls
Katie Rosetti: 14 rebs
Anna Menges: 6 rebs

The Vikings overcame a big game from Carroll's Brittney Wald and the absence of PG Lauryn Alba Garner to pick up the come-from-behind road win tonight. NPU trailed the entire game until midway through the fourth quarter, and from then on in it was nip-and-tuck. Shaylee Sloan had a chance to win it in regulation for the Vikes, but she missed a pair of FTs with ten seconds left and the game tied. In OT, the Pioneers seemd to run out of gas, going 3-10 from the field and 1-6 from the line, while Alicia Arnold, who scored a career high tonight, and Sinead Molloy sparked the Vikings with eight of the team's twelve overtime points. Looks like Shaylee Sloan and Brie Lippert played solid games inside for the Vikings, as NPU won the rebound battle by eight.

NPU is now 8-4, 3-0 heading into Saturday night's showdown at Wheaton.

[iwu70]

Hope all folks in Kenosha get there power back on soon.  Cold out there is brutal and dangerous.

Imitzel, I think if the Titans get to 12-0, past WC the second time, then we can start talking about 16-0.  Til then, I'm sure happy with the way my Greenies are playing.  A serious beat-down of Augie tonight.  I expected a closer game. Glad the starters could rest, esp. McGraw.

Kendall Sosa is going to be very good.  Titans must be surprised, surely pleased how well the freshmen are playing -- Hughes, Sosa and Brovelli.  A bright future.

IWU'70

[lmitzel]

Imitzel, I think if the Titans get to 12-0, past WC the second time, then we can start talking about 16-0.  Til then, I'm sure happy with the way my Greenies are playing.  A serious beat-down of Augie tonight.  I expected a closer game. Glad the starters could rest, esp. McGraw.

Solely seeing the final score shocked me into thinking that it could happen. I'm not sure whether that was more indicative about the Titans being that good or the Vikings being nowhere near as good as their record indicated. I had Augie at least in contention for a conference tournament berth, and a drubbing by the Greenies isn't a disqualifier from that, but it's still kind of astounding to see.

Hope all folks in Kenosha get there power back on soon.  Cold out there is brutal and dangerous.

Looked like the Thunder and Lady Reds at least got some joint Knockout in, which I thought was pretty cool to see. But I echo the sentiment about the power outages (though from what I can tell from their energy providers, everything's back on at this point).

[GoPerry]

I'm not sure whether that was more indicative about the Titans being that good or the Vikings being nowhere near as good as their record indicated. I had Augie at least in contention for a conference tournament berth, and a drubbing by the Greenies isn't a disqualifier from that, but it's still kind of astounding to see.

It was one of those where you're not sure you learned anything.  Augie was just plain bad and couldn't make a shot.  Sometimes shooters miss their first few, lose some confidence and avoid taking shots after that which leads to over passing and turnovers.  That was the entire Lady Vikes starting 5 it seemed.  Once everyone in Carver knew that it just wasn't happening for the Vikes (by the start of the 2nd quarter), the Titans played super loose and it was the perfect snowball.

IWU is solid, well balanced and deep - all things we already knew.  But they're playing with more confidence lately and that will make them tougher.

[RogK]

Elmhurst got past Millikin 69-64. Mikaela Eppard scored 21 (8/10 2FG, 5/7 FT) and had 6 rebs, while fellow Bluejay Hannah Henderson tallied 15 pts, 6 rebs, 3 stls. Lisa Logan made 4/4 FTs in the final minute.
For the Big Blue, Yanni Saddler led all with 22 pts; Emily Schultz helped via 15 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists; Devin Curry scored 14.
Both sides shot 2FGs very well : ELM 23/37 .621, MIL 23/42 .548.

[RogK]

Carroll's Sara Hartl showed her athletic versatility last night, making a three with her right shoe off.
Check 0:49:10 - 0:49:45 here
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/carroll/portal.htm?eventId=399578&streamType=video
this worked so well, I think others will want to try it!

[RogK]

here's a fun story about one of Swen Nater's shoes :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/11/22/bullets-roll-over-clippers/73bb6a42-40c7-4a3d-956c-36c74fe2f20c/?utm_term=.c799e5f6113e
to top it off, the opposing coach was Shue.

[Gregory Sager]

Carroll's Sara Hartl showed her athletic versatility last night, making a three with her right shoe off.
Check 0:49:10 - 0:49:45 here
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/carroll/portal.htm?eventId=399578&streamType=video
this worked so well, I think others will want to try it!

That's a good cue, Rog, for me to bring up again my pet peeve: Broadcasters and P.A. announcers who don't bother to check visiting-team pronunciations before the game.

Last night Sinead Molloy was "Suh-need Mallory" throughout the entire game until overtime, when she mysteriously became "Suh-need Mally"; she never once had either her first name or her last name pronounced correctly all night. Shaylee Sloan was by turns "Shuh-lee Sloan", "Shy-lee Sloan", and even "Cheyenne Sloan" before she attained her proper pronunciation late in the contest. Sophia Lehocky started out as "the unidentified number 11" before she was miscast as "Dana Jump". Sophia changed uniform numbers from #21 to #11 (it happened back in mid-December), but that's something that anyone could learn by checking beforehand either with the scorer's table or with the opposing coaches -- but neither Dana Jump nor anybody else for NPU has worn #11 this season aside from Sophia.

Folks, it's just not that hard to check pronunciations with the opposing coaching staff or a trainer. Consistently messing up the pronunciation of opposing players' names is unprofessional.

[iwu70]

So agree with Greg on broadcasting etiquette re: names. 

Titans are gaining more confidence and many pine-sitters, given the blowouts, are also gaining valuable experience and varsity playing time.  These freshmen are really going to be good -- Sosa, Hughes, Munroe, Brovelli.  And, Shanks is only a sophomore.  Anderson and Schneider have another year.

Looking forward to seeing IWU vs. EC... and how the Titans try to contain Eppard.  She's playing so well right now.

IWU'70

[GoPerry]

Wheaton 72
Carthage 59

Hannah Frazier         24 pts, 7 rebs, 2 blks
Maggie Dansdill      17 pts, 3 rebs
Devin Kyler         13 pts, 11 rebs, 5 stls
Jordan Myroth         11 pts, 4 rebs, 5 asst
Kelly Lawson         7   pts, 7 rebs, 5 asst   


Madie Kaelber         11 pts, 2 rebs
Morgan Harris         11 pts, 3 rebs   
Sammie Woodward      10 pts, 3 reb
Maggie Berigan         6 pts ,  8 rebs

2 days and 300 miles of bus travel was all made worth it with a very solid win for the Thunder ladies leading the Lady Reds the whole way and by as much as 17 in the 4th.  Frazier had a big game but was the beneficiary of some really good passing by Wheaton leading to some close in baskets.  Terrific to see Dansdill with a great bounce back game after going 0 for 9 against Scranton.  Myroth was more aggressive offensively while Kyler and Lawson really got to the glass as the Thunder won the board battle by +7.  Wheaton leads the country in blocks/game and they'll stay there with 8 tonight.

It's a little concerning that Wheaton got no points from the bench.  But the importance of the game was evident in Kent Madsen playing his starters more minutes.  This was the type of all-around performance that they're capable of and with some consistency and confidence, they'll be tough.

I'm sure Coach Bernero and the Lady Reds feel like they did not play their best game.  They had plenty of open looks that didn't go down.  Wheaton did a good job of not letting them back into the game.  The Thunder now get to play a home game but can't let down against NPU.

[iwu70]

IWU vs. EC at The Shirk.  How to stop Ms. Eppard.  I do expect this one to be a close game, a tougher battle than recent IWU games.

IWU'70

[iwu70]

NPU vs. WC.  A good game, a good test of how good NPU will be this year.  I expect WC to win, but it could be a close game if NPU brings their best effort, their "A" game.

IWU'70

[iwu70]

How wrong I was about IWU-EC being a close game.  At the half, IWU 48 EC 18.  Titans on cruise control again.  Run and Jump doing its dirt.  EC with about 16-18 first half TOs.  Eppard hardly touching the ball.

'70