WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Go Wheaton!

Have fun guys.  Bring home a W for The Thunder!

I'll be at Carver, cheering on my Titans.

'70

[RogK]

Wait, did somebody just call us funghi?

[lmitzel]

Wait, did somebody just call us funghi?

[lmitzel]

And now for the main reason I logged on this afternoon. Standings check and clinching scenarios.

z-	Millikin	13-2
z-	Illinois Wesleyan	13-2
y-	Carroll	9-6
y-	North Park	8-7
x-	Wheaton	7-8
	Augustana	6-9
	North Central	6-10
e-	Carthage	5-10
e-	Elmhurst	1-14

Millikin locks up the #1 seed with either a win at Wheaton or an Illinois Wesleyan loss at Augustana. The Titans need a win and for the Thunder to knock off the Big Blue if they want to double up on games at the Shirk next weekend.

Seeds 3-5 are all locked in as well. North Park and Wheaton will play at the crackerbox on Tuesday in the 4-5 game. Carroll, meanwhile, will have to have an eye on Rock Island, as the game there will determine our sixth and final participant. Augie is win-and-in. If the Titans pick up the road win, North Central gets the six seed and will make the trip up to Waukesha on Tuesday.

[RogK]

lmitzel, your standings feature a Z Z top.

[GoPerry]

lmitzel, your standings feature a Z Z top.

Rog,  you need to take this on the road  . . .

[RogK]

Roosevelt Road, at 4:58 pm. 

[WLCALUM83]

Roosevelt Road, at 4:58 pm. 

lmitzel, your standings feature a Z Z top.

Rog,  you need to take this on the road  . . .

"Cheap Sunglasses" or "Sharp-Dressed Man" playing. . . take your pick--

[RogK]

Congrats to Elyce Knudsen for making the College Sports Information Directors Of America all-district team :
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/cosidaallamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2022/2/17/Acad_BasketW_2021_22.pdf
Her 3.87 GPA (out of 4 possible) is an impressive accomplishment.

[RogK]

note to GoPerry : I won't be at King Arena today ... opting to view portions of the four games online

[Gregory Sager]

Carroll 84
North Park 50

Jayla Johnson: 25 pts (10-16 FG), 9 rebs
Josie Summerville: 12 pts, 12 rebs

Olivia Rangel: 22 pts, 3:0 a:to, 7 stls
Chloe Halverson: 17 pts, 4 stls
Allison Thompson: 16 pts (6-9 FG)
Brooke Foster: 5:1 a:to
Katie Evans: 5 stls

Obviously a terrible day for the Vikings, but that's OK for two reasons: 1) the Vikings accomplished what they needed to accomplish on Wednesday night when they clinched a home game in the CCIW tourney quarterfinals; and 2) Emily Czuhajewski saw her first game action since she injured her left leg on January 19. She only played six minutes, and had no real impact on the game, but getting her back is huge for NPU.

[RogK]

Carthage 56, Elmhurst 37
CTG : 14 pts by Addison Ebeling via 8 FG att (.875 eFG%)
11 pts by Ayanna Ester via 7 FG att (.786 eFG%)
Kelsey Coshun 9 pts 8 rebs; 3 steals by Lauren Herrmann; Lauren Knight had 4 assists and took a hit to the nose, sending her to the sideline to get the bleeding stopped --- she did return to play later in the contest.
ELM : Marissa Urso led with 10 pts, as the Bluejays also got 9 each from Ella Riley (3 of 5 threes) and Kate Matthews (plus 6 rebs). Taylor Harazin led both teams with 10 rebounds.

[Mr. Ypsi]

IWU topped Augie, 65-62, but it wasn't enough to bring the tourney to the Shirk, as Millikin topped Wheaton by 20, 83-63.

Elyce Knudson went off for 41.  I surrender: she is already as good as Kendall Sosa!  (But she's gonna have to win national POY before I'll admit she's as good as her coach! )

While I won't make it there in person, in spirit see y'all at the Griz.

[RogK]

Knudsen.
Kaia Bowen scored 18 to lead the Titans in that 65-62 win. Those 18 included game-sealing free throws in the waning moments.
She also had 5 rebs, 2 blocks and a steal.
Brooke Lansford scored 13 via 9 FG att (.722 eFG%), while Katelyn Heller had 4 assists and 13 pts.
Lauren Huber helped IWU's cause with 10 pts and 9 rebs.
Augie got 22 pts from Macy Beinborn. Gabriela Loiz rang up 14 pts, 13 rebs and 7 assists.
Emma Berg scored 13.
Additionally, the Vikings got 9 rebs by Lauren Hall and 8 by Emily Brenneisen.

[RogK]

Millikin 83-63 at Wheaton --
Elyce Knudsen shot the lights out and presumably will be billed for the replacements and installation at King Arena.
She made 5/5 3FGs, 12/14 2FGs and 2/2 FTs for a sum of 41.
The 39 points from 19 FG att yield a superb 1.026 effective FG pct.
Teammate Jordan Hildebrand did quite well herself, 6/9 2FG, 5/6 FTs for 17 pts and 4 assists.
Chelsea McCullum had 5 assists and Sophie Darden grabbed 7 rebs. Other Big Blue players were useful too, of course.
Wheaton got 23 pts (including .733 eFG%) from Hannah Swider.
Caroline Sikkink was productively energetic (or energetically productive) with 14 pts, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Annika Richardson scored an even dozen. Other Thunder players were useful too.