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#1
Pretty nice night for Knudsen . . 36 pts on 14/23 shooting . . . Up next is host UW Whitewater

Titans with a nice win without much from Huber who was in foul trouble most of the game.  Now face the host Wartburg.

Unfortunate first round loss for the Pios.  I'm sure they were hoping for much, much more
#2
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2024, 05:07:40 PM
Quote from: USee on February 29, 2024, 10:14:38 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2024, 10:07:45 AMYes, I was constantly bumping into the term "QOWI" during my 2006-07 re-read on Monday.

It felt a little like trying to decipher Middle English when I read The Canterbury Tales in college.

Is Middle English what they speak in Middle Earth? You read the Canterbury Tales at NPU? Isn't that about a golf trip to England?

You're thinking of The Cadbury Tales, where the winner of the tournament gets a box of chocolates at the 18th hole.

Maybe next season, call an entire game using iambic pentameter ...?
#3
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2024, 06:57:01 PMCongrats to the three CCIW entrants into the D3 tourney for turning things around for the league and providing the CCIW with the most representation in the dance it's had in almost three decades!

Congrats especially to Carroll, which will get to host a pod in Van Male for, IIRC, the first time ever.

Agree!  Really psyched for the Pios hosting this weekend.  I've never seen a game at Van Male in person. But on video anyhow, it looks like the sort of place where visiting teams might need to acclimate more.  Hope that works in Carroll.
#4
Congrats to the Carroll Pios on their CCIW Championship.

Looks to me like IWU and Millikin should join them in the tourney.  When was the last time the CCIW had three women's teams in? 

I'll be following and cheering with interest for a deep run for the league.
#5
Thanks to Pat et al for getting the boards back up and running.  Having said that, for Thunder fans, we didn't miss it that much  - on the mens or ladies side.
#6
UW Whitewater  73
Wheaton 45

Annie Tate had 17 and 6 with 3 steals for Wheaton in the losing cause.  Whitewater is simply more talented overall than the Thunder.  Wheaton was never really in it.
#7
Wheaton 54
Calvin 77

Wheaton played well and toe to toe with the Knights in the first half, only down 33-29 after 20.  But Calvin held the Thunder without a field goal in the first 9 mins of the 2nd half enroute to a 24-4 run.  That was it.

Overway ended up with 26 and 11 and pretty much had his way when he wanted it.  Very impressive at 6'10, 250 lbs (listed) but has the mobility of a 6'6" 220 lb player.  He's able to escape and overcome double teams but doesn't force anything.  Really tough to defend that.
#8
Quote from: RogK on December 07, 2023, 08:03:21 PM
GoPerry, did you see Lauren Huber at Wheaton? If so, did you determine if her injury may be leg/foot, arm/hand?
Hopefully she can return to action soon. I rate her as the 2nd best player in the CCIW (Elyce Knudsen #1 of course).

RogK - I did not attend the game.  But I immediately noticed on the livestream that she wasn't on the floor and wondered why.  Some time during the 1q, the student announcers confirmed that she was not playing due to injury but they gave no details.
#9
Carroll  62
Wheaton 69

Connor Braun, 23 pts
Nick Schiavello, 14 pts, 8 rebs
Kyle Neibch, 15 pts, 6 rebs

Kobe Simpson, 21 pts, 11 rebs

A huge road win for the Thunder who haven't had much to celebrate so far this season.  Connor Braun had his best game ever for Wheaton as he couldn't be stopped at some stretches.  The visitors were without Nate Sock and RJ Veliz.  But Nathan Clark played solid minutes in place of Veliz.

The Pios couldn't hit anything in the first half and that put them behind the 8 ball early.  Credit to the Wheaton defense playing tough down in the paint.

#10
IWU 74
Wheaton 49

14 1st half turnovers by the Thunder took them out of the game in the first 20 mins.  Pretty embarassing for the home fans.  The Titan press was unleashed on a team who hates taking care of the ball - disaster recipe.

Annie Tate with 18 pts, 6 rebs but no support.

IWU playing without Lauren Huber who seems to be injured.
#11
Wheaton 54
North Central 64

Nick Schiavello  22pts, 6 rebs

Drew Gaston 13 pts, 5 rebs
Ethan Helwig  12 pts, 7 rebs
Ken Thomas  12 pts

This was close at half with the Thunder up 33-31.  But Wheaton went ice cold in the second half and was only able to score 21 points.  Otherwise, the stat line was pretty close to NCC.  Once again, 27 out of Wheaton's 55 shots were three's.  In the second half they were 0/14.

Good to see Nick Schiavello back.  I doubt that he is completely healthy but he looked good in providing floor leadership and some shots driving to the basket.
#12
Wheaton 70
North Central 63

Caroline Sikkink  25pts, 10 rebs , 8 TOs
Annie Tate    20 pts, 14 reb

Megan Duffy 19 pts
Grace Kieffer 17 pts
Jocelyn Trotter  15 pts

Despite doing everything possible to lose this game, including 8 ugly turnovers in the 4th Q (and 23 for the game), Wheaton pulled it out in the end.   The Thunder had a comfortable lead thru 32 mins but some very poor play allowed the Cardinals back in where they cut the lead to 1 with a minute left.   Credit to NCC for fighting to the end.
#13
I was not at all pleased to see this final from Tarble . . .

Carthage 77 
Wheaton 37

I didn't see the game and I'm not finding the live stream recording today.  In any case, I had to do a double take at this beat down of a 40 point margin.  Looking at the stats, it's obvious that the Thunder had a horrid shooting night – 12/54 from the field for 22.2%.  They did attempt 21 threes (made 5) which isn't an extraordinary amount.  What was truly shocking was being outrebounded 55-20 and -10 on the offensive glass.  It's the sort of stat line that might make more sense if a team were missing 3 starters due to illness or something.  But not the case here which is why I'd like to watch the game. 

If there were no extraordinary circumstances and the team was on a 5-0 sugar high and just wasn't ready to play, then that is embarrassing and something they need to rectify right quick.  Getting utterly destroyed might give Coach Madsen some ammo to introduce some reality.  As I said before, their 5 wins were certainly not against world beaters.  But Wheaton is not this bad even against a very good team like Carthage whose only 2 losses came to undefeated teams (#12 Chicago and Aurora).

By the way, I loved the post-game comments by Firebird coach Megan Jones (which did get uploaded to YouTube).  I think Carthage has a good one there.
#14
Millikin 67
Wheaton 61

Wheaton is just not a good team – at least right now.  Understandable to some degree given graduation and also missing Nick Schiavello and Nate Sock until the last couple games.  So that leaves Connor Braun as the only healthy experienced player on the floor. 

Wheaton has rarely enjoyed an excess of size and height in the lineup.  But it is even more obvious with this group.  Braun, 6'9", is pretty much it but doesn't have the game of a typical big.  As a result, the Thunder are very one-dimensional offensively – through 6 games almost half their shots have been three-pointers which makes you very easy to defend (35 trey attempts out of 62 FGA last night).  And it also means you seldom get to the free throw line (8 FTA and last in the league in FTAs).

To be sure, expectations were not super high given the roster losses.  But was hoping to be a little more competitive. 
#15
Quote from: iwu70 on November 27, 2023, 10:25:30 PM
Congrats to Ms. Rangel.  Great week for her. 

First D3 poll out with games from this year.

Millikin at #16.  Wheaton and IWU in ORV -- WC at #26, IWU about #29 or so.  Maybe Carroll the sleeper. 

Looks like a strong year for CCIW women's hoops, a strong conference race.

IWU'70

It's hard to say whether Wheaton deserves votes or not.  It's fairly typical for them to be 5-0 or 6-1 in November. So we won't get over-excited about a 5-0 start against teams with a collective 6 wins.  The Thunder are clearly better than last year but so is the league.  Getting some early confidence can only help.  They'll be tested tonight at Tarble for the first time this season.