SLIAC

[hopefan]

Eureka at Greenville  ....  Eureka wins by four... 

Greenville very unGreenville like.. Gville T'd up twice, coach could have been tossed with another several times....  his subbing with bench players after team had a great rally to even the game up midway through the 2nd half put Eureka back up by 9 and Greenville couldn't recover...  if there is a big dropoff of talent level on the bench, I'm not sure I agree with philosophy of taking starters out for 4 minutes in second half in game like this, especially with the momentum they had...
Keep your eye on Greenville's frosh, Colie Baker, 6'0", hit 8 of 9 from the field, all in the paint, but often from the 10 foot range...nothing fancy, just catches turns and shoots... she could be very good over time..

Katy Eeten is very good, but almost always settles for 3 pointer or mid range jump shot, which is why her shooting % is low... she is good enough, strong enough, that she could get to the basket far more often than she is, getting layups or getting fouled

Eureka had the talent level to win this game by a bunch... but they didn't....

[hopefan]

While the men's conference race already seems to be splitting itself into a top 4 and a non tourney 5, the women's side could be a heck of a fight...  While Westmin has separated themselves winning their first 5 conference games, the next 4 teams have 2 losses  (Spalding, Fontbonne, Webster, and Greenville) , and Eureka is at 3-3... even MacMurray has to be considered, as they are at 2-4, but the two wins are over Webster and Greenville (a loss vs BC could really bite them in the long run).  Let's hope the race continues like this to keep up the interest level in the women's games....

And why is Westmin in first place.. I see three quality players, Leigh Ann Lutz, Hanna Kloster and Kenna Cornelson.. each were key contributors to last years conference champions..

Incidentally... where has Westmin's biggest fan on these pages, Erkle, disappeared to... seems his favorite player is still playin'?

[hopefan]

I wouldn't have mentioned it if another knowledgeable fan hadn't stated it to me first, but the quality of SLIAC ladies hoops seems to have really declined this year... the saving grace is that the conference offers up a reasonably level playing field, making closer games the norm...  I don't know the reason, but that's what I'm seeing.....

[ecreddevils]

Just a note that as of 1/20 Caty Eeten is still 5th in the nation in D-III in scoring with 21.9 per game:

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-women/d3/current/individual/102/p1

[y_jack_lok]

Just a note that as of 1/20 Caty Eeten is still 5th in the nation in D-III in scoring with 21.9 per game:

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-women/d3/current/individual/102/p1

Sarah Corbitt of Principia is #25 and Kelly Harrod of Spalding is #47.

And if you go to the link provided by ecreddevils you can look at all the other statistical categories the NCAA tracks and will note that a number of other SLIAC players rank in the top 50 in some of those categories.

[hopefan]

Just a note that as of 1/20 Caty Eeten is still 5th in the nation in D-III in scoring with 21.9 per game:

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-women/d3/current/individual/102/p1

Sarah Corbitt of Principia is #25 and Kelly Harrod of Spalding is #47.

And if you go to the link provided by ecreddevils you can look at all the other statistical categories the NCAA tracks and will note that a number of other SLIAC players rank in the top 50 in some of those categories.

Something I just discovered the other day makes this much easier to find... it's all on SLIAC.org!!

Go to the main page, and hit Weekly SLIAC Report

Hit Read more

it goes to a new screen... hit the current date of the report  (currently Jan 23, 2013)

it takes you to a 5 page PDF file with a bunch of info... Page 1 is this weeks schedule and last week's results etc
page 2 is standings and newsy tidbits
page 3 is info on pplayers of the week
page 4 is ALL SLIAC teams and individuals ranked in NCAA statistical catagories

This makes it easier to see just SLIAC mention rather than having to hunt...

[hopefan]

Hats off to Webster Ladies... despite having 2 or even 3 potential starters on the bench in street clothes with injuries, they are still winning games...  Most of the conference talk surrounds Caty Eeten, but I'm beginning to be convinced Maggie Zehner merits cosideration for POY... she has saved her best for conference games, and in my opinion has far less of a supporting cast to play with than Caty Eeten at Eureka has.... The 3 ladies at Westmin are all very good players, but kind of take each other out of the running for the top individual voting... and I don't feel the 2 Spalding ladies have taken their team to the level of play that merits consideration....

[hopefan]

Eureka nips Webster... both Katy Eeten and Maggie Zehner have good, not great games

Eeten  8 for 18 from field, 5 for 8 Free throw, 21 points  5 rbs, 3 assts, 3 turnovers

Zehner 7 for 14 from field (3 for 6 from 3), 4 for 6 from line  21 points, 2 rbs, 2 asst, 1 turnover

Difference in game was inside work of Kelsey Shoemaker of eureka... Webster had no one to counter with....

[erkle]

Incidentally... where has Westmin's biggest fan on these pages, Erkle, disappeared to... seems his favorite player is still playin'?

Hope, I am still here. Just busy, seems as if the more we want to slow down and enjoy life, the busier we get.

Take care, Erkle

[hopefan]

Incidentally... where has Westmin's biggest fan on these pages, Erkle, disappeared to... seems his favorite player is still playin'?

Hope, I am still here. Just busy, seems as if the more we want to slow down and enjoy life, the busier we get.

Take care, Erkle

Glad all is OK..... Hope you'll be able to get to Fulton for Conference Tourney Time....

[hopefan]

Great race for the 4th spot in Conference tourney with 2 weeks left

Westmin is solid at N0 1

Eureka Webster solid at 2-3... another matchup between Maggie Zehner and Katie Eeten

4th Spot
Spalding  7-5  at Webs, at Gville, Westmin, Font    brutal sked
Fontbonne 6-6  at EC, Webs, at spald, GC    brutal sked
Greenville  5-6  at Westmin, Spald, Prin, Mac, at Font    still in it
Mac  5-7  at Prin, BC, at GC, EC..   wins over Prin and BC will put them in the race

[hopefan]

I was playing around with wins and losses, and a very real possibility could be a 3 way tie for 4th among Spalding Fontbonne and Greenville... and if Mac upsets Eureka in the last game of the year, there could be a 4 way tie for 4th... all with 8 losses....  ahhhh a challenge for the commish...

[hopefan]

Eureka's loss at home to fontbonne and Greenville's loss to Spalding both on Saturday really changes everything..

Chances for multi team tie are slim.. things will likely come down to Fontbonne Spalding game for the 4th playoff spot... but there are numerous critical games  including tomorrow's Webster at Fontbonne game.....

Westmin is obvious no1 and host... Webster and Eureka will be 2-3....

[hopefan]

HUGE win for Fontbonne last night.. Webster gets to open 3 point shots to tie in the last 10 seconds, but can't hit either, and the Griffs pull out the victory..

Webster stays pretty much locked into the 2-3 game with Eureka, Spalding and Fonbonne tied for the 4th spot ...  Spalding hosts Westmin on Friday, then plays Fontbonne Saturday... assuming Westmin wins Friday, Spalding will need to beat Fontbonne on Saturday to get back into a tie with the Griffs....BUT, the Griffs have the tiebreakers as Spalding lost twice to Webster, while fontbonne split with them...  it appears to me that spalding has to beat both Westmin AND Fontbonne to get that 4th spot.... though note, Fontbonne still has Greenville on tuesday, and they would need to win that game too if they are tied with Spalding....

[hopefan]

Spalding BEATS Westmin!!!!  Fontbonne - Spalding game Saturday is now everything...  Spalding wins, they are IN, Fontbonne is out....   Fontbonne wins, and they are IN, even if they lose to Greenville on tuesday as they would have swept Spalding...