MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[tomt4525]

tomt4515--I said Falcons have deepest BENCH AT GUARD POSITION, not that they had better guards than Point, WW, or Osh.

Ok...and I still disagree, I think that all 3 teams I mentioned have more depth and talent at Guard than UWRF.  To each their own, I think this conference's guard play with have a huge bearing on who raises a banner after the season.

[Greek Tragedy]

tomt4515--I said Falcons have deepest BENCH AT GUARD POSITION, not that they had better guards than Point, WW, or Osh.

Ok...and I still disagree, I think that all 3 teams I mentioned have more depth and talent at Guard than UWRF.  To each their own, I think this conference's guard play with have a huge bearing on who raises a banner after the season.

Which banner?

[Greek Tragedy]

Eau Claire with the only road win...a minor upset over River Falls

Oshkosh hammers Platteville by 26

La Crosse cruises over Stout by 20

Stevens Point smokes Whitewater by 13 (they were up 20 with a little over a minute to play)

https://www.d3hoops.com/scoreboard/men/2018-19/WIAC?date=2019-01-02

[tomt4525]

tomt4515--I said Falcons have deepest BENCH AT GUARD POSITION, not that they had better guards than Point, WW, or Osh.

Ok...and I still disagree, I think that all 3 teams I mentioned have more depth and talent at Guard than UWRF.  To each their own, I think this conference's guard play with have a huge bearing on who raises a banner after the season.

Which banner?

A conference championship banner

[badgerwarhawk]

WARHAWKS: 51
Stevens Point: 64


Unlike some previous games I've discussed the final score of this game isn't anywhere near as ugly as the game itself.  After the WARHAWKS had taken a 9-8 lead at the eleven minute mark the Pointers ran off 10 straight and later expanded their lead to double digits with a minute to play in the first half.  The half ended 25-15 and the WARHAWKS never got within double digits the rest of the way.  The WARHAWKS shot 23% from the floor including 0-10 from beyond arc and finished the game with a season low 36%.  Derek Rongstad and David Sachs each finished with 11 points and Malik Clements 7 points and 6 rebounds. 

I have to believe the staff was pretty disappointed with this performance.

[Greek Tragedy]

WARHAWKS: 51
Stevens Point: 64


Unlike some previous games I've discussed the final score of this game isn't anywhere near as ugly as the game itself.  After the WARHAWKS had taken a 9-8 lead at the eleven minute mark the Pointers ran off 10 straight and later expanded their lead to double digits with a minute to play in the first half.  The half ended 25-15 and the WARHAWKS never got within double digits the rest of the way.  The WARHAWKS shot 23% from the floor including 0-10 from beyond arc and finished the game with a season low 36%.  Derek Rongstad and David Sachs each finished with 11 points and Malik Clements 7 points and 6 rebounds. 

I have to believe the staff was pretty disappointed with this performance.

Amazing that Point was able to hold at least a 100-point lead the rest of the way!

In all seriousness, Point didn't shoot the lights out either. I'm impressed with the win and the margin. I think I would've felt differently had they shot 60% from the field and hit 8-12 3s.

[badgerwarhawk]

Good catch Greek. 

OK dudes we've started a WIAC pickem for the season and due to a stroke of good fortune, my benevolence and the fact we presently only have five participants there is STILL TIME TO JOIN.  As it was everyone is tied after the first week.  So JOIN THIS WEEK and I'll award you the same points and everyone will be even going into game two. 

[Greek Tragedy]

https://twitter.com/Skubie3Mageza/status/1080664665770942464

Scary play in the NCC v Augustana game last night. Thankfully the player involved is ok.

[Greek Tragedy]

Obviously every conference game is big, but it sucks the two biggest conference games Point has at home on paper (record and ranking) are weekday games and when the students are gone, yesterday (Whitewater) and next Wednesday (Oshkosh).

[Greek Tragedy]

Stout up 9 over Oshkosh with 6 to play.

[Greek Tragedy]

Boots scores the last 7 points of the game to avoid the upset at the Titans rally for a 77-70 win.

Down 5 Boots is fouled and makes all 3 free throws. After a Stout miss, Boots nails a 3 to put them up 1 with 30 seconds to go. Keefe is fouled with 19 to go but misses both free throws. Boots makes 1 of 2 at the other end and Keefe misses another 3  with 10 seconds to go. Boots hits 6 3s on his way to 31 pts.

[fredfalcon]

Point could not play better than they did in the first half of their 88-68 win at RF. They shot 71%, including 7/10 threes. They led 47-31 at half. Point appears to have few weaknesses as all five starters scored in double figures, led by Dodge w/29. He hit 6/8 on threes. Perhaps their only weakness is their bench as they got only 2 bench points and other than Ehrke and Nelson in double figure minutes, nobody else got more than 2 minutes. And this game was never in doubt from half time on.

Stensgard led the Falcons w/17, followed by Heidecker and Ingersoll w/ 10 each.

For the game, Point shot 66%, RF 41%.

[John Gleich]

https://d3hoops.com/top25/index

Oshkosh up to 5
Point up to 9
Whitewater down to 14

No one else got a vote



Results from Saturday (all of Wednesday's winners won Saturday)
UW Osh 77 Stout 75  Stout led by 9 with 6:43 left. Oshkosh finished the game on a 17-6 run over the last 7 minutes

UWSP 88 RF 68 All Point. 16 pt lead at the half, as many as 24 in the second.

UWEC 69 UWW 65 EC led by 10 in the first half - WW tied it at halftime and had an 8 pt lead before EC sealed the deal

UW LaX 80 UWP 76 Platte led by 10 in the first half and 8 at halftime. - The game was tied less than 3 minutes into the second half.  Back and forth until the 5-minute mark, when LaX turned it on and led by 10 under a minute before Platte hit a few shots for the final


Standings:
1. UWO 2-0
1. UWSP 2-0
1. UWEC 2-0
1. UWLaX 2-0
5. UWW 0-2
5. UWS 0-2
5. UWP 0-2
5. UWRF 0-2

[Greek Tragedy]

Big game at the top of the standings tomorrow. Oshkosh escaped last time out and now heads to Quandt. Whitewater takes on Stout and some could say an easy win, but Stout was up 5 with two minutes to go, but Boots goes on a personal 7-0 run to win it. A loss puts the Warhawks 3 back after just 3 games. La Crosse travels to Eau Claire in another battle of 2-0 teams. No, that's not a misprint. Will the Blugolds stumble at home after their big road win at Whitewater? Lastly, Platteville and River Falls try to get their first wins of the conference season down in Platteville.

[tomt4525]

Platteville received a commitment from 6'7" De Pere F, Brad Nies.