WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Ypsi, agreed.  I'm surprised you are not frozen solid!   A real missed opportunity for our TITANS tonight.  Very poor 3Q! -- don't understand that let down.

IWU'70

[GoPerry]

Wheaton over IWU  58-52

It would've been bitter making the cold and snowy trip to King only to see a Wheaton loss.  But the Thunder ladies came through with the big W.  Nice game by Hannah Frazier, 18 and 9.  Jordan Myroth was not effective offensively but did everything else well with 13 rebs and 8 asst (6 tos) while tasked with handling the IWU pressure. 9 pts, 10 rebs for Devin Kyler but her greatest value was in helping beat the IWU press with her good ball handling skill.  Jill Berg made great use of her 12 mins of PT with 11 pts, 6 rebs.  I'm also liking Kirsten Madsen in the rotation.  She plays with a lot of poise and looks comfortable out there.

Raven Hughes 12 pts, 5 rebs was the only effective player for the green team.  In fact, I was relieved they didn't go to her every possession because she scored on everyone. 

The Thunder need to keep winning and finish these last few games off. 

[lmitzel]

North Central dropped a tough one last night, 81-67 at Millikin. Lyndsay Brennan and Page Desenberg each scored 17 to pace the Cardinals on a night where they were out both Tyonne Howard and Alanna Newsome (not sure what happened there). Jordan Hildebrand and Aubrey Staton each scored 20, with Yanni Saddler adding 14 and Briana Anthony chipping in 13.

[RogK]

AUG 77 ELM 55
for the Vikings, Scooter Lopez had 17 pts (.772 eFG%), 4 assists, 3 steals, 9 rebs; Alexis Jones had 12 pts, 8 assists, 9 rebs, 3 steals.
Marissa Urso led the Bluejays' scoring with 19 (.679 eFG%).
current CCIW standings :
11-1 WHE
9-2 IWU
8-3 CTG
6-6 AUG
4-7 ELM
4-8 CRL NCC
3-8 MIL
3-9 NPU

[GoPerry]

At Faganel:

Wheaton 83  Elmhurst 61

Hannah Frazier     28 pts, 5 assts, 6 blks, 2 stls
Hannah Williams  18 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asst
Devin Kyler,         8 pts, 13 rebs

Elena Cabrera     13 pts, 3 reb
Kelley Clay         11 pts

Not let down from Thursday but a dominating road performance.  Just keep winning ladies.

[iwu70]

IWU over Carthage at the half 39-32. 

'70

[Gregory Sager]

At Faganel:

Wheaton 83  Elmhurst 61

Hannah Frazier     28 pts, 5 assts, 6 blks, 2 stls
Hannah Williams  18 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asst
Devin Kyler,         8 pts, 13 rebs

Elena Cabrera     13 pts, 3 reb
Kelley Clay         11 pts

Not let down from Thursday but a dominating road performance.  Just keep winning ladies.

Looks like it's close to being a given now that Frazier is going to be the MOP.

[Gregory Sager]

Final from Carver:

North Park 59
Augustana 47

NPU keeps its playoff hopes alive.

[iwu70]

IWU goes to 17-4, 10-2, with a 85-73 win over Carthage at Tarble. 

Titans shoot a more normal percentage tonight -- 45% and 41 from 3.  Carthage never gave up after being down 70-47 at one point, the Titans putting on a 21-4 3rd quarter run to basically put the game away.

For IWU:
Sosa 14
Munroe 14
Merritt 13 and 7
Schneider and Shanks with better games, still missing lots of easy shots.  Long season fatigue?  Strange.

For CC:
Gilbert -- game high 26 and 6
Kaelber 13
Kalis 13

Four games to go, then a new season, at CCIW tournament and likely D3 at-large bid.

Keep it rolling TITANS -- so much basketball still to be played.   Good game tonight against the 3rd place Reds.

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

NPU 59, AC 47

Jayla Johnson: 20 pts, 8 rebs
Jacki Rapp: 10 pts, 6 rebs
Zakiya Newsome: 10 pts
Sinead Molloy: 6 rebs, 5:2 a:to
Josie Summerville: 6 rebs

Izzy Anderson: 11 pts
Lauren Hall: 10 pts, 9 rebs
Alexis Jones: 8 rebs
Mia Lambert: 6 rebs

With their backs against the wall this afternoon, the Vikings came out and grabbed a must-win contest on the road with defensive grit, timely shooting, and an unwillingness to cave whenever adversity struck. Similar to the game at Wheaton, NPU came out of the locker room firing on all cylinders and caught Augie unawares, running up a quick 9-0 lead. As was the case at Wheaton, that didn't last; Augie came back with a 13-2 run of its own to take the lead. But this time the Park didn't falter after taking a punch. Behind some really inspired halfcourt defense and a concerted effort to get Jayla Johnson a touch on every possession, the Vikings built the lead back up to 29-19 shortly before halftime, before going into the locker room up by six.

Again Augie made a run, this time a 10-1 skein that put the hosts back in front at 33-32 with 1:52 to go in the third quarter. But, again, their lead was brief. Jacki Rapp had what must be the best fifty seconds of her athletic career, hitting a layup, a trey, a pair of free throws, and a buzzer-beating trey from halfcourt, all in that last :50, to propel NPU back into the lead at 42-35, and the visitors would never trail again. Augie did cut the lead to six at 53-47 on a Lauren Hall three-point play with 4:04 to go, but the NPU defense again stiffened, and Augie did not score another point for the rest of the game.

North Park held Augie to only .274 from the field (17-62) and only .176 from long range (3-17), as the Park did a great job of doubling the post and recovering, ruining shooting angles, and forcing Augie players to take shots in which they weren't confident. It was all the more impressive in that Augie thoroughly dominated the glass, 48-37, including 17-8 on the offensive end. Augie did a lot of work to maintain possessions, and just couldn't come up with results most of the time. The key at the offensive end for Amanda Crockett's team was a patient willingness to work the ball into the low post, where Jayla Johnson went 9-12 from the field. NPU's been great about doing that in first halves, but Jayla's teammates have tended to forget that she was on the floor in the second halves of games. This afternoon, they didn't. Zakiya Newsome did a great job of running the offense and was her usual warrior self, while Sinead Molloy, as is typical, did a little bit of everything for the Vikings. And that electric fifty seconds at the end of the third quarter got Jacki Rapp her first-ever double-digit scoring game as a collegian.

The Vikings now get a bye on Wednesday, and have a week to prepare for the Lady Reds at the crackerbox next Saturday afternoon.

[iwu70]

For IWU:

Also,
Schneider had 11
Lansford 10

IWU bench contributed 45 points.  Amazing.

'70

[RogK]

Millikin 71-59 over Carroll :
M - Jordan Hildebrand 14 pts 11 rebs, Yanni Saddler 21 pts 6 assists, Aubrey Staton 15 pts, Jazmin Brown 4 steals
C - Sierra Grubor 21 pts 7 rebs, Kayla Stefka 18 pts 7 rebs, Celina Schwantes 11 rebs, Katie Rossetti 12 pts, Alyssa Cruz 8 assists

[GoPerry]

It's quite a race for the last 2 CCIW tourney spots.

Elmhurst(4-8) :       vs Carroll, @ IWU, @ North Park, vs North Central
Millikin( 4-8)  :       @IWU, @ Augie, vs Wheaton, vs North Park
North Central(4-8): @Carthage, vs Wheaton, vs IWU, @ Elmhurst
Carroll(4-9 ) :        @ Elmhurst, vs Carthage, vs IWU
North Park (4-9):    vs Carthage, vs Elmhurst, @ Millikin

Schedule-wise, I'd say Millikin and NCC have the toughest road.  Both still have games remaining vs Wheaton and IWU.  North Park I think has the most favorable schedule except they're already 1 down in the loss column.  Carroll is the same but with tougher games remaining.  Elmhurst seems to have the least difficult path.

Tie-breaker scenarios galore but I haven't looked at all those combos.

[iwu70]

Wishing all the CCIW Chatsters a most happy, healthy and prosperous Year of the Pig, flying in tomorrow. 

Kung Hei Fat Choi!  . . . from the Far Side.

IWU'70

[RogK]

thanks iwu70
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for those of you who think you've seen some weird stats, check this :
https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2018-19/boxscores/20190203_kxg9.xml?view=boxscore
The winning team was charged with 0 fouls, which was 2 fewer than the opponent.