WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

A minor correlation so far for Elmhurst in regard to winning and three point accuracy.
In their 7 wins, their 3FG shooting was .291 (41/141); in losses, .261 (48/184).
They've had only 4 good (my definition = .333 or better) 3FG shooting games. The best such game, 9-for-21, was in a loss. So, there you have it! A very helpful post.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 57
Elmhurst 38

Josie Summerville: 12 pts
Jayla Johnson: 10 pts, 10 rebs
Sinead Molloy: 4:1 a:to, 3 stls

Kween Jean: 10 rebs
Courtney O'Donnell: 6 rebs
Becca Gerke: 6 rebs

Vikings win with a minimum of fuss, expanding their CCIW lead to a game and a half.

[Gregory Sager]

Augustana 69
Carroll 56

[RogK]

Augie got a great game by Alexis Jones : 25 pts, 16 rebs, 6 assists. She made 6 2FGs in 11 FG att, adding 13/15 free throws.
teammate Macy Beinborn scored 17 via .708 eFG%.
Among Carroll's contributions were --
Sierra Grubor 15 pts, 6 rebs, 3 blocks;
Theresa Wichser 12 pts (.600 eFG%);
Alyssa Cruz had 5 assists and 3 steals.

[RogK]

Greg, I think the players on both NPU and ELM would disagree with the "minimum of fuss" phrase. North Park definitely earned the win, but things were pretty rough during significant stretches of the game. I'll bet both coaches were relieved that the game ended without a fight breaking out and injuries or suspensions resulting.
It was easily the most negligent officiating I've seen in memory, at least ten years. There were easily 50-55 fouls committed in that game; 25 were called. If we want violent basketball, keep that crew together.
A fabulous (and casual) three to end the first half* by Sinead Molloy. She must've felt like one the Golden State Warriors' splash brothers of a few years ago.
Josie Summerville got several lay-ins by beating her defender down the court. I also thought Lauryn Alba Garner did well, making some difficult shots and she had three steals in 17:00.
Elmhurst made so many mistakes (frequent bad passes), they more or less earned the loss, even though they should've shot many more FTs than the 8 they did.
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* wrong! end of the 3rd Q

[Gregory Sager]

As I told you afterwards, Rog, we disagree about the quality of reffing in that game.

That trey that Sinead Molloy hit at the end of the third quarter (not the half) was the only one that NPU made all night. If you had told me before the game that the Vikings would only make one trey all day, I would've figured that they'd be in a lot of trouble. As it was, their second-half margin was so comfortable that they were able to shrug off the 1-12 shooting from beyond the arc.

It was a thing of beauty to see Josie Summerville running the fast break. Heck, once she even took the ball down the floor herself and got the layup. She's clearly recovered nicely from her ankle injury. I thought that the Vikings got a nice spark off the bench from Angelina Villasin as well.

I expected to see more out of Elmhurst. I understand the principle of inside-out basketball, but the 'jays seemed determined to play inside-and-let-it-stay-there basketball. The ball would get dumped down low to Kween Jean or Becce Gerke or Courtney O'Donnell, and if they didn't have an opening and kicked it back out, the 'jays guards would refuse to shoot. They were very tentative; on one possession I counted three open shots from the perimeter that the 'jays guards refused to take. They just didn't seem to have any confidence at all.

[Gregory Sager]

Wheaton 68
Carthage 57

Millikin 74
North Central 73

[GoPerry]

Wheaton 68
Carthage 57

No Autumn Kaelis for some reason..  Injury I would guess?

[RogK]

Thanks, Greg, for the correction regarding when Sinead made that 3FG.
GoPerry, I saw some of the webcast of Wheaton/Carthage and Kalis was indeed in civilian apparel toward the end of the bench, injured. It sounded unclear how long she'd be sidelined. Carthage didn't need anything else to go wrong, considering their current tailspin.
Sammie Woodward had a nice 28 pt game for them, 7/8 FTs and a .700 eFG%. Kelsey Coshun helped with 14 pts, 6 rebs, 2 stls.
Hannahs scored in double figures for Wheaton :
Frazier 25 pts, 5 rebs, 1 TO, 3 blocks
Williams 13 pts, 5 assists
Swider 10

[Gregory Sager]

Wheaton 68
Carthage 57

No Autumn Kaelis for some reason..  Injury I would guess?

It's been Napoleon's retreat from Moscow for Tim Bernero & Co. this season. First they lose Kaelber for the year. Then they lose Ahr for the year. Berigan gets hurt at the beginning of the month and had both her minutes and her effectiveness reduced ever since. And now Kalis is out for who knows how long.

Good thing Tim's scalp has gone bare; otherwise, he'd be pulling his hair out in clumps this winter.

[RogK]

Jordan Hildebrand did rather well in Millikin's win, with 26 pts (9/12 2FG, 8/13 FT), 2 stls, 6 rebs.
Abby Ratsch (12 pts, 7 rebs) made the game-winning hoop for the Big Blue.
Briana Anthony led all players with 8 rebs.
NCC's Allison Pearson had another sharp game, 21 pts (.533 eFG%) and a trio of assists; she made a last-minute shot to put the Cardinals up by 1.
Haydn Braun had a remarkable 2nd half, scoring 19 without missing a shot (5/5 2FG, 3/3 3FG = 1.188 eFG%). She did not attempt a shot in 3 1st half minutes.

[RogK]

it's probably late enough in the season to drop the road wins / home losses list.
Updated conf standings
8-1 NPU
6-2 IWU
6-3 WHE
5-4 MIL
4-5 AUG NCC
3-6 CTG
2-7 CRL ELM
40 of the 72 reg season conf games are complete

[iwu70]

Greg, I guess we can start to say more conclusively that NPU and MU have risen into the top tier of CCIW women's basketball.  At least it looks reasonably evident from the standings posted by Mssr. RogerK.  Looks to me that NPU stays up there for sure and perhaps MU does too.  We'll see.  At the end of race, I still have the view that it will be WC and IWU still standing for the AQ tournament game.  A great first half for NPU. 

Now comes the home stretch and who can string some wins together, have the best conditioning and the fewest injuries in the slog and grind of the final 6-7 weeks of the season. 

IWU'70

[RogK]

Attended UChicago's afternoon OT victory over Brandeis.
The death of Kobe Bryant (and the other victims) became known among the crowd (mostly via their phones) at the Ratner Center during the first half.
Not sure how many of the players were aware of the news, but I thought the excellent effort by both teams served as a good tribute to a great player of this sport.

[iwu70]

RIP Kobe.  Truly sad. 

'70