WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Great to see all the basketball alums back tonight for Senior Night -- lots of love and loyalty for the program. 

The Titan offense in full flower and flow tonight -- 49 in the first half.  It's an up-and-down kind of game, lots of fouls, but high octane basketball on both sides.  Go for 100 TITANS.

'70

[iwu70]

Domination on Senior Night @The Shirk:   IWU over EC 83-62

All the seniors playing well:

Merritt 20
Anderson 14
Schneider 6 and 9

Shanks 19
Hughes 6 and 8
Brovelli 7 and 13

For EC:
Logan 11
Urso 11
Wyhrich 10

Titans keep it rolling, move to 19-4, 12-2.

Offense in the first half, scoring 49, was a thing of beauty with speed and ball movement.  Perhaps the best they've played offensively all year.

IWU'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Titans 83, Blue Jays 62 - final.  Merritt had 20, Shanks 19, Anderson 14.  Mildly disappointed in Coach Smith - the game was never in doubt, yet she couldn't find more than 5 minutes for the 4th senior, Emily Farris on Senior Night?  She obviously doesn't have the talent of the other three seniors, but she probably worked just as hard and cared just as much.

[Gregory Sager]

Carthage 63
North Park 51

Jayla Johnson: 11 pts, 9 rebs
Zakiya Newsome: 11 pts
Sinead Molloy: 10 pts, 3:1 a:to
Josie Summerville: 11 rebs

Bailey Gilbert: 15 pts, 7 rebs
Maggie Berigan: 13 pts, 8 rebs
Autumn Kalis: 12 pts, 3:1 a:to
Haley Ahr: 10 rebs
Sammie Woodward: 3:0 a:to

NPU led most of the way, by as many as 10 in the first half and eight in the second, but the Vikings faltered in the fourth quarter and the Lady Reds found their footing, outsocring NPU 26-7.

[GoPerry]

Thunder squeak by the Lady Cardinals, 68-59 in 2OT in Naperville.

A road win is always well earned especially at a tough place to play like Gregory.  Thunder were a little slow of step it seemed all night and trailed 36-25 at half time but clawed their way back. They almost exclusively went through Hannah Frazier down the stretch in OTs and she delivered some huge baskets finishing with a near triple-double of 23 pts, 12 rebs, 8 asst, 2 blks, 3 stls, 1to.  The development of Jordan Myroth as a leader on this team continued as she was also very active in the OTs with 18 pts, 11 rebs, 6 asst.

Lots of credit to NCC as they gave Wheaton all they could handle with some very scrappy play.  Lyndsay Brennan had an excellent game with 15 pts, 12 rebs, while Natalia Dimitrova scored 10 pts.

[iwu70]

Wow, 2 OTs, WC and NCC, though WC escapes. 

'70

[RogK]

Augie defeated Millikin 62-53.
Alexis Jones scored 22 (7 2FG / 10 FG att, 8/8 FTs) and grabbed 9 rebs. Lauren Hall had 10 rebs and 3 assists. Scooter Lopez scored a dozen.
Jordan Hildebrand dominated the Millikin effort, hitting 12 of 16 2FG att and 4/4 FTs for 28 pts, adding 10 rebs, 7 turnovers (offsetting a fraction of her otherwise excellent work) and 3 steals. Definitely a substantial net positive for her.
The rest of the Big Blue combined for 7/44 FG shooting. Come to think of it, neither team shot very well.

[lmitzel]

Thunder squeak by the Lady Cardinals, 68-59 in 2OT in Naperville.

A road win is always well earned especially at a tough place to play like Gregory.  Thunder were a little slow of step it seemed all night and trailed 36-25 at half time but clawed their way back. They almost exclusively went through Hannah Frazier down the stretch in OTs and she delivered some huge baskets finishing with a near triple-double of 23 pts, 12 rebs, 8 asst, 2 blks, 3 stls, 1to.  The development of Jordan Myroth as a leader on this team continued as she was also very active in the OTs with 18 pts, 11 rebs, 6 asst.

Lots of credit to NCC as they gave Wheaton all they could handle with some very scrappy play.  Lyndsay Brennan had an excellent game with 15 pts, 12 rebs, while Natalia Dimitrova scored 10 pts.

I have to tip my cap. Wheaton played like crap in the first half and the Cardinals shot well in the first half, but went ice cold in the second. Scoring only four points in the third quarter isn't going to get it done.

That said... and I hate to be that guy... but North Central was whistled for 21 fouls tonight. Wheaton? Seven. In 50 minutes of basketball. I'll let you make whatever inferences you want to on that one.

[thunder38]

Thunder squeak by the Lady Cardinals, 68-59 in 2OT in Naperville.

A road win is always well earned especially at a tough place to play like Gregory.  Thunder were a little slow of step it seemed all night and trailed 36-25 at half time but clawed their way back. They almost exclusively went through Hannah Frazier down the stretch in OTs and she delivered some huge baskets finishing with a near triple-double of 23 pts, 12 rebs, 8 asst, 2 blks, 3 stls, 1to.  The development of Jordan Myroth as a leader on this team continued as she was also very active in the OTs with 18 pts, 11 rebs, 6 asst.

Lots of credit to NCC as they gave Wheaton all they could handle with some very scrappy play.  Lyndsay Brennan had an excellent game with 15 pts, 12 rebs, while Natalia Dimitrova scored 10 pts.

I have to tip my cap. Wheaton played like crap in the first half and the Cardinals shot well in the first half, but went ice cold in the second. Scoring only four points in the third quarter isn't going to get it done.

That said... and I hate to be that guy... but North Central was whistled for 21 fouls tonight. Wheaton? Seven. In 50 minutes of basketball. I'll let you make whatever inferences you want to on that one.

I'll certainly agree with the foul discrepancy but style of play also plays a role in this. Wheaton pounded the ball into the post the entire second half and overtime and were aggressive with the dribble drive. North Central seemed to shy away from the post game and relied on the three and midrange jumper game. North Central was white hot in the first half with the help of some defensive indifference from the Thunder. I haven't seen Wheaton struggle to find their match-ups as many times as they did in the first half.

Wheaton was as bad as we've seen all year in the first half and a 16-0 Cardinal run in the second quarter drove that point home. But despite the struggles, Wheaton continuously played through Frazier in the second half and paid dividends. Jordan Myroth was terrific despite the three wide open lay-ups she missed in the second half.

I don't know what Kent Madsen told his team at halftime but they played with a renewed defensive purpose in the second half and did a great job not folding to the pressure down the stretch. Congrats to Coach Madsen and his staff on clinching his fourth CCIW title. They've done a heck of a coaching job this year dealing with some offensive inefficiencies and then the loss of Jennifer Berg in the middle of the year.

[GoPerry]

Jordan Myroth was terrific despite the three wide open lay-ups she missed in the second half.

I've already mentioned how Myroth has really developed as an all around player this year.  She's upped her game in leadership, scoring, rebounding and all around play making.  Her size and ball handling allows her to get to the front of the rim pretty easily.  However, I wish she were a better finisher as she sometimes tends to miss some close in layups or rush her shot.  I doubt she'll have time to work on that in the off-season, but any improvement in that area can make her into an even greater threat next season.  She deserves 1st team All CCIW.

[duckfan41]

Hannah Frazier earns Player of the Week honors after another dominant week!

https://cciw.org/news/2019/2/11/wheatons-frazier-wins-second-straight-cciw-womens-basketball-player-of-the-week-honor.aspx

[Gregory Sager]

It's pretty obvious that she's a mortal lock for MOP.

[duckfan41]

It's pretty obvious that she's a mortal lock for MOP.

Which brings up something I’ve been wondering... when was the last time (if ever) a school swept the Women’s and Men’s MOP awards? You would know much better than I would.

[Gregory Sager]

1988 -- Mike Barach and Janice Swanson, North Park
1990 -- Robert Brown and Sandy Eberhardt, North Central
1993 -- Kirk Anderson and Keesha Brooks, Augustana
1999 -- Rob Hamann and Kerry Cole, Wheaton

[duckfan41]

1988 -- Mike Barach and Janice Swanson, North Park
1990 -- Robert Brown and Sandy Eberhardt, North Central
1993 -- Kirk Anderson and Keesha Brooks, Augustana
1999 -- Rob Hamann and Kerry Cole, Wheaton

Thanks! My brother texted me with the years after he saw my post 😂