WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

Surely La Verne stats from last season may reveal some of Coach Pruitt's basketball philosophy.
One number that I wasn't expecting is that their opponents averaged 18 turnovers in La Verne's 27 games. The median team TO/game in D3 WBB last season was 17.3.
Perhaps they didn't fullcourt press a lot?
Another interesting team stat : they averaged 22.4 FT attempts per game, ranking 12th-13th in D3. Median team avg was 16.7.

[Gregory Sager]

Quoting La Verne stats? Surely you can't be serious.

[iwu70]

RogK, sounds like chaos and confusion at the scorer's table to me.   (My telepathy is not functioning very well these days -- sorry). 

IWU has Puget Sound tonight over in Holland at the Hope Tip-Off Tournament -- playing at a local high school.

Tomorrow at Devos -- Hope or John Carroll, likely Hope. 

Two wins would be grand.   Hope at home will be tough.

What I'm seeing so far, this IWU team could be really good.

IWU'70

[scottiedawg]

I'm manifesting a scenario where Hope gets to play BOTH Puget and IWU this weekend, but alas, it will not come to fruition.

[iwu70]

IWU over Puget Sounds, in a close one, 78-77  (As I've said many times, get to 78, win the game).

For PS:

Gerhart 22
Reverman 18

For IWU:

Bardic 29  9-16, 4-8 from three, 7-11 FTs.   This woman can score.
Hurber 17 and 15  (with the Titans out-rebounded 51-42)
Powers 15
Palmer 12

IWU goes to 3-0 on the season, likely facing Hope tomorrow at DeVos.

Way to start the season, TITANS!

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Hope over John Carroll, easily, 94-56.

IWU vs. Hope at DeVos tomorrow.


'70

[Gregory Sager]

Final from River Forest:

North Park 70
Dominican 40

Hailey Lyczak: 22 pts, 7 rebs, 4 stls
Aliyah Hershberger: 14 pts
Kathryn Keehn: 13 pts
Victoria Perry: 7 rebs, 4 stls
Caroline Long: 9 rebs
Brooke Panush: 8 rebs

Vikings get off the schneid and improve to 1-3. Their shooting from the field was nothing to write home about -- 33% FG and 28% trey -- but they dominated every aspect of the game, even shooting. Career highs for Lyczak, Hershberger, and Keehn today. This game doesn't really say much in the big picture, as Dominican is a terrible basketball team. But it's a great morale boost for the Vikings, as they get the monkey off of their backs.

[Gregory Sager]

The early scores:

Chicago 79, Carthage 62
MSOE 55, Elmhurst 47
Hope 80, Illinois Wesleyan 73
North Park 70, Dominican 40

[iwu70]

IWU didn't play their best, yet still gave Hope a very good game.   IWU led at the half, but then their shooting percentage let them down.  Hope shooting it better, making more threes.

For Hope:

Bellows 20
Vis 12
Garner 11

Hope making 11-24 from three -- shooting 45%, 45% from three and 68% FTs

For IWU:

Huber 27 and 16
Powers 13
Bardic 12 and 8
Knutson 11

IWU only 6-25 from three.   Shooting 43%, 24% from three, and only 38% FTs.  IWU had their chances, but made only 1-7 FTs in the 4th quarter.

IWU should learn from this game -- giving a ranked opponent at home a good scare, a very competitive game, whilst not playing your best, surely not shooting it your best.  I'm sure Hope's defense was good.

Lauren Huber is just awesome. 

IWU now 3-1 . . .with another very tough game against the always huge UW Whitewater on Tuesday night, 6 p.m. at The Shirk.  A typical Mia Smith pre-CCIW schedule.   A line-up of good and ranked teams.

IWU needs more from Palmer and Sawyer White . . .  it will all come.  This is a good team, still a work in progress, but with a very high potential.

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[lmitzel]

NCC 75
St. Mary’s 55

The Cardinals had some trouble hitting shots early, but played phenomenal defense and started to hit as the game went along to take their home opener without much of a fuss.

Kaeli Ford: 20 pts, 6 reb
Jocelyn Trotter: 13 pts, 13 reb
Kennedy Hartwig: 12 pts
Megan McClure: 5 pts, 12 reb

Athena Samson: 12 pts, 12 reb
Kate Restovich: 12 pts, 5 reb
Elle Deardorff: 11 pts

[Gregory Sager]

Millikin crushed DePauw in Greencastle, 86-53. Elyce Knudsen lit it up for 34 points, Bailey Coffman added 17, and Sophie Darden contributed a 14 and 12 double-double.

[Gregory Sager]

Carroll fell on the road to UW-Whitewater, 78-64. Natalie Gricius led the Pios with 16, and she was joined in double figures by Lauren Soyke with 13 and Olivia Rangel with 10.

[RogK]

Incidentally, in Elmhurst's loss to MSOE, the 'jays subbed 5 only 3 times, all in the final 2:03 of the game.
And the game featured a very modest total of 103 FG att and 26 FT att, compared to 142 and 76 in the Alma/EC game. The MSOE game did see 51 total fouls and a grim 51 turnovers.
So, I guess we're back to not having a clear understanding of what style the Bluejays may play later in the season.
I attended the North Central Saturday game, but don't have much to add to what lmitzel wrote. Cardinal freshman Jocelyn Trotter certainly looked like a very promising player.
Elle Sutter should be joining NCC WBB soon, I'd assume, with the soccer season ending.

[RogK]

Congrats to Augustana's Kadence Tatum, CCIW Player of the Week!
https://cciw.org/news/2023/11/20/womens-basketball-cciw-selects-augies-tatum-student-athlete-of-the-week.aspx
in the above link, check out the details of her accomplishments

[iwu70]

Congrats to Elyce Knudsen and Lauren Huber for being named to D3hoops TEAM OF THE WEEK.   

Ms. Tatum did some really nice work, no doubt, but I think the CCIW Player of the Week should have been Knudsen or Huber.   Just say'n.  Look at the numbers and the level of competition as well. 

IWU plays UW Whitewater tomorrow night -- 6 p.m.   A TALL task always, Whitewater ranked #9 presently.

IWU'70