WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[lmitzel]

Well, at about 5:45 this evening I was upset having watched probably the worst half of basketball I've ever seen (my dad said the same, for what it's worth) as Millikin led 37-20, but had been up by as many as 22. Then the second half started, North's Central came out swinging, and I got to yell things. The Cardinals managed to get within one but no further as the Big Blue topped NCC 73-69.

Alanna Newsome led all scorers with 24 (on 9-22 shooting), Lyndsay Brennan added 13, and Tyonne Howard continues to wreak havoc: 12 points, 6 assists, and 6 steals (albeit with 8 turnovers). Aubrey Staton paced Millikin with 17, Jordan Hildebrand added 15 before fouling out, and Yanni Sadler had maybe the craziest stat line I've ever seen: 12 points (6-18 shooting, with a couple clutch baskets late to seal the deal), 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals... and 14 turnovers.

[RogK]

Saw Wheaton trounce North Park 81-32.
The Thunder's height advantage at all positions had maximum effect.
Hannah Frazier excelled, making 3/5 3FGs, 10/14 2FGs and 2/2 FTs for 31 pts. She also had 11 rebs, 3 assists and 0 turnovers.
Another tall Wheaton person, Devin Kyler, had 11 rebs, 3 blocks, a steal and scored 8 pts from 4 shots.
Jill Berg made good use of her 14:00 : 8 pts, 6 rebs, 4 blocks, a steal.
Many other Thunder players (Hannah Williams, Kristi Demski et al) made substantial contributions as well.
Jayla Johnson led NP in scoring but had only 7, far less than what we are now accustomed to see. She had 3 of NP's 12 steals.
Wheaton blocked 13 shots and induced North Park into flinging up errant shots in the lane that appeared done to avoid getting blocked. Someone who hadn't seen the game might wonder if Wheaton blocked a bunch of NP's free throws too.
The Vikings should put up a better effort in the rematch at Wheaton, but probably can't beat this year's Thunder squad.

[RogK]

AUG 69, Carroll 56
for the Vikings, Alexis Jones scored 18, grabbed 11 rebs, had 3 assists, 0 TOs, while Izzy Anderson helped with 13 pts, 9 rebs. Sadie Roberts had 7 rebs in 13:00.
for the Pioneers, Sierra Grubor tallied 16 pts and 4 steals; Alyssa Cruz had 6 steals and 15 pts.

[RogK]

UChi 73, Elmhurst 54
the Maroons made 27/34 FTs.
Marissa Urso scored 18 in 22:00 for the Bluejays.
Aftershocks from the Alaska earthquake jostled the baskets numerous times when either team shot a three. (Chicago missed 15 of 17 and Elmhurst missed 23 of 26)

[iwu70]

RogK, some earthquake on those threes.   

Mia Smith has all kinds of options given the depth of this year's TITAN squad, just depending on who's playing well, what the match-ups are.  To get such production off the bench from Sosa and Brovelli is a real plus. 

Seems to me that some new starting line-ups may be considered, given outputs and performances to date.   She could try Brovelli and Merritt on the floor together, Sosa and Schneider on the wings, Shanks at PG.  Would be good against bigger line-ups like, say, Wheaton.

It's going to be an interesting CCIW run . . . glad to get the win over CC to start out.

IWU'70

[RogK]

Congrats to Izzy Anderson, new CCIW Player of the Week!

[iwu70]

At the half in Wisconsin, IWU 39 Point 31.

Congrats to Izzy Anderson on her Player of the Week Award.

'70

[iwu70]

IWU up to #13 in the second week D3 poll.  Wheaton in the ORVs category. 

'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

IWU up to #13 in the second week D3 poll.  Wheaton in the ORVs category. 

'70

Happy to see it - I thought they'd only rise to 15 or 14.

Disappointed that Wheaton LOST another 5 points.  Losing by only three AT UChi (who received 2 first place votes), then annihilating NPU by almost 50, should have been a plus, not a negative, for an ORV team.

[iwu70]

In a very hard-fought game, IWU over Point, 77-72.

Point came back in the second half to lead by 6, then the TITANS mounted a comeback in the last 3 minutes or so.  Nina Anderson making the big play with a traditional three point play with about 30 seconds to go.  No live Stats, so don't know the details.  I think Shanks had a big game. 

More later. 

Titans now 6-2, 1-0.

A really good win over a very good Point team, really two very evenly matched teams, Point fighting all the way to the end.

A long, but happy ride home for the TITANS. 

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Box score up now:

IWU 77, UW Stevens Point 72

Shanks 22  1 TO
Merritt 19 and 9
Hughes 10 and 8
A bit loose and ragged at points, esp. early minutes of the second half when Point came back from 8 down, to lead by 6.
Titans continue to shoot the trey poorly, 3-16 18%, but 22-26 FTs.

For Point:

Bailee Collins, leading all scorers, 26
Brooke Geier 14
Carly Cerrate 10

A good win, very close, hard-fought game. 

Happy ride home.  More CCIW games up this week, then the West Coast trip, after exams and Christmas, to Whittier College here in LA.  IWU Men out this way too, to play at Pacific Lutheran College -- Point and Whitman, I believe.  Very tough games.

Farewell for now -- I'm out over the Pacific in a few hours.  Back to my beloved Hong Kong.

Happy holidays all.

IWU'70

[gordonmann]

Here's my ballot for this week

1 St. Thomas (Minn.)
2 Thomas More   
3 Bowdoin   
4 Hope
5 Chicago
6 George Fox   
7 Amherst
8 Scranton
9 Tufts   
10 Ill. Wesleyan   
11 Wis.-Whitewater
12 Messiah
13 DePauw
14 Trine   
15 Mary Hardin-Baylor   
16 East Tex. Baptist   
17 Rochester Inst.   
18 Wheaton (Ill.)   
19 Saint Joseph's (Me.)
20 Chris. Newport   
21 Geneseo
22 Baldwin Wallace   
23 Austin   
24 Texas-Dallas   
25 Mass.-Dartmouth

Illinois Wesleyan didn't move, nor did the rest of my Top 10. That'll change next week since Thomas More rolled over Chicago. The Maroons outscored the Saints 27-9 from three at home and still lost by double digits. Thomas More looks like the best team in the country right now and Temple the best player.

I'm not too different from the Top 25 overall. I have Rochester Tech, Austin and Mass-Dartmouth instead of Wartburg, Gettysburg and Wartburg. The two 'burgs are just outside my Top 25. I usually have a list of 5 teams that I review each week to see if they have a better resume than the others.

It's a little weird that Austin dropped out of the poll and didn't take Texas-Dallas with them. Other teams (Randolph-Macon and Marymount) seem to be appropriately linked.

Mass-Dartmouth doesn't really have much of a resume, but I'm just playing a hunch here that they'll give Bowdoin a good game. That conference looks pretty good this year, including East Conn which beat Amherst.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Thanks for posting this, Gordon.

Wow - so now you are fully one half of Wheaton's points!  I can't believe they were penalized for losing AT Chicago by 3 (UC got 2 #1 votes), then beating NPU by 49.  I think some of your fellow voters get pretty damn lazy near the bottom of the ballot and look ONLY at W-L, not context.

[AndOne]

IWU over Wartburg at the half 32-22.  Titans have gotten Wartburg into their pace, putting on the speed and pressure, after a very slow start.

Riley Brovelli having a great game so far.  Titans going with Merritt and Brovelli on the floor at the same time.

Raven Hughes got the start tonight, with Sydney Shanks at the PG.

More to come.

IWU'70

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." 

[Mr. Ypsi]

IWU over Wartburg at the half 32-22.  Titans have gotten Wartburg into their pace, putting on the speed and pressure, after a very slow start.

Riley Brovelli having a great game so far.  Titans going with Merritt and Brovelli on the floor at the same time.

Raven Hughes got the start tonight, with Sydney Shanks at the PG.

More to come.

IWU'70

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." 

 

Mark did follow up with two additional posts about that game.  Raven Hughes is certainly not about to say 'nevermore'.  I have NO clue about the point of dredging up a quote from more than two weeks ago.  Just in a silly mood?