WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

C'mon, Wheaton, throw us a bone here. No live stats, no screen graphic to indicate the score. I had to wait until the wide shot showing the scoreboard at the end of the quarter before I knew what the score was.

I agree 100%.  When Wheaton goes to a tournament we are always treated better with the same announcers the home team gets with stats.  If you cant treat games that Wheaton does not participate the same as they treat you maybe its time to consider cancelling tournaments.  Its your tournament.  When I watch Wheaton games in others tournaments we are nearly always treated the same as the home team.  We Wheaton fans really appreciate it.

Agreed.  That's really poor and not a good look for Wheaton where in general they do a good job of broadcasting both men's and women's on campus sports outside of perhaps tennis and swimming (there might be logistical or technical reasons for those perhaps?).  If you're going to have it live streamed, do it right.  I'm going to send an e-mail to the Sports Information Department.  Seems like a good place to start to at least have the issue addressed.  This might be the only chance Maryville and Otterbein parents/fans have to interact with Wheaton.

I'm sure it wasn't Brett's fault. Something must've gone wrong that was out of his control.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 75
Maryville 66

Jayla Johnson: 30 pts, 11 rebs
Emily Czuhajewski: 17 pts, 8 rebs
Lauren Lee: 13 pts
Chantel Hairston: 3:1 a:to
Lauren McKnight: 3:1 a:to

Didn't see the game, but it appears that, although NPU was never able to pull away from Murvul, they were never headed, either. Good to see Jayla Johnson rounding into mid-season form, and even better to see Emily Czuhajewski finally start knocking down some treys to go with her new-found slashing attack.

[GoPerry]

Wheaton over Otterbein 63-37.

The Thunder won the Beth Baker Classic by holding the Eagles to a mere 12 points total in the first half and cruising for the victory.  Annie Tate had 14 points, 9 rebs while Ellie Cassell contributed 13 pts and 11 rebs. 

Tate was named the tourney MVP.  Also named to the All tournament team was Wheaton's Caroline Sikkink and NPU's Jayla Johnson.

[iwu70]

IWU gets into the win column -- IWU 75 Capital (Ohio) 67

Seems the freshpeople are really going to be a part, crash the IWU party this year.  IWU got 32 points from three freshmen:  Powers, Huber and Palmer.  That's a greatly encouraging sign. 

Lansford 17
Eck 12
Powers 13
Huber 10
Palmer 9

Seems the 5th starter is Kelly Carlson . . .

For Capitol: 
Emma Burns 21
Demi Brewer 11

Good to see the Titans put up 75. 

This team, this rotation, a work in progress.

iwu'70

[matblake]

C'mon, Wheaton, throw us a bone here. No live stats, no screen graphic to indicate the score. I had to wait until the wide shot showing the scoreboard at the end of the quarter before I knew what the score was.

I agree 100%.  When Wheaton goes to a tournament we are always treated better with the same announcers the home team gets with stats.  If you cant treat games that Wheaton does not participate the same as they treat you maybe its time to consider cancelling tournaments.  Its your tournament.  When I watch Wheaton games in others tournaments we are nearly always treated the same as the home team.  We Wheaton fans really appreciate it.

Agreed.  That's really poor and not a good look for Wheaton where in general they do a good job of broadcasting both men's and women's on campus sports outside of perhaps tennis and swimming (there might be logistical or technical reasons for those perhaps?).  If you're going to have it live streamed, do it right.  I'm going to send an e-mail to the Sports Information Department.  Seems like a good place to start to at least have the issue addressed.  This might be the only chance Maryville and Otterbein parents/fans have to interact with Wheaton.

I'm sure it wasn't Brett's fault. Something must've gone wrong that was out of his control.

That is what happened.  They worked on fixing the software issue that caused the issue, but nothing worked.  They did inform NPU and Otterbein's SID's of the issue as well.  I was also impressed that he got back to me on Saturday when he had a football game, the basketball tournament, a NCAA tournament soccer game, cross country regionals, and a swim meet going on that day. 

[Gregory Sager]

I'm impressed, but not surprised. Brett's a pro.

[gordonmann]

Indeed. Brett's great.

If the broadcast didn't work, I'm guessing it was a serious problem because that department is top notch.

[RogK]

Also on Saturday :
Carthage stifled St Mary's (IN) 50-32, including dominance in the middle quarters 34-13.
Carroll improved to 3-0 via a 71-56 win over St Norbert; Katie Rohner tallied 19.
Augie also attained a 3-0 record as they topped Coe 79-60; among those who did well was Gabriela Loiz : 20 pts, 1 TO, 7 rebs, 4 steals and 5 assists.
IxChel Leeuwenburgh had 16 pts and 16 rebs for North Central, who sort of edged Edgewood 69-62.

[RogK]

The pair of contests at Wheaton Saturday afternoon were my first in-person D3 games since the '19-'20 season.
I was again impressed by NPU's Jayla Johnson (30 pts via .568 eFG% and 100% FT, plus 11 rebs), who was plenty good in prior seasons and has improved herself further for '21-'22.
On the Friday webcast, we saw North Park center Josie Summerville sustain some type of leg injury; hopefully not a career-ender for the senior. Without her, the other Viking bigs will need to be a bit more cautious about foul trouble.
Much of the Wheaton team was new for me. It seems that many of their newcomers will be very useful. Lots of size and agility throughout the roster; it wouldn't surprise me if the Thunder become increasingly difficult for opponents to deal with as the season advances.
Annie Tate looks extremely comfortable doing just about everything on the court. It would be fun if every CCIW team had 2 or 3 players of her diversified talent.
Hannah Swider had a sharp game, including 0 turnovers handling the ball frequently in 27:00.

[RogK]

Congrats to Elyce Knudsen for receiving the initial CCIW Player of the Week honor.

[iwu70]

Knudsen is going to win many many more . . . 

iwu'70

[Jester1390]

Rog  Some game notes for you for North Park vs Rose this weekend

https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/documents/2021/11/15/WBB_NPUInvite_Notes_2021_22.pdf

[RogK]

Thanks for the link, Jester1390.
Definitely a height advantage for RHIT. We'll see what game plan is implemented by North Park.

[RogK]

Incidentally, Jester1390, be extra cautious when driving in Chicago.
This year we seem to have even more idiots who accelerate through the intersection several seconds after the signal has gone red.

[Jester1390]

Looking forward to the weekend. Hein told me personally she will be good to go for the tournament so it will be interesting how it changes the dynamic even more for Rose.