WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[lmitzel]

NCC opens its season with a 76-60 win over St. Mary's at Merner. Slow start, but figured it out by the end of the first and slowly pulled away as the game went on. Really the only thing that kept this close was the Belles going 9-24 from beyond the arc.

Jocelyn Trotter: 14 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast
Ameli Sanchez: 14 pts, 4 reb
Biz Daly: 13 pts, 9 reb
Dolly Smith: 7 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast

One game is a small sample size, but I like what I saw tonight.

[lmitzel]

Make it 2-0 with a 73-50 win at Concordia Chicago tonight.

NCC led wire to wire, though it was close for the first 12 or so minutes. A 13-0 run midway through the second effectively ended any shot the Cougars had.

Biz Daly: 22 pts, 7 reb
Care Uhren: 14 pts, 6 reb
Natalie Doyle: 13 pts, 5 reb
Jocelyn Trotter: 8 reb

Cardinals are at Lawrence on Friday.

[iwu70]

The Titans open the season this morning -- 10 a.m. game due to all the games, activities at The Shirk today.  IWU vs. Trinity (TX).  Some injuries hitting the Titan roster. 

Here we go . . .

'70

[Green Beer]

I went to the Texas Trinity/ IL Wesleyan game this morning. The teams are similar in that there was a ton of rotation and heavy reliance on freshmen. They're trying to find the secret sauce for this year. Titans got out to a 10 point lead and maintained that for the majority of the game winning 63 to 73. As IWU70 mentioned, 6 players injured, not playing, including senior L. Mulham and freshmen Sears and Hynes. I mention them because they're very likely to be part of the future rotation. They'll play Whitewater tomorrow. Freshmen Asia Kobylarczyk (9 points )and Caitlin Leyden (8 points) had a ton of minutes and played with confidence. FYI, Asia is pronounced "asha", rhymes with "tasha"

[iwu70]

Yes, the Titans get the season going on a winning note.  Lots of new faces, and some reliable old ones too -- Bardic, Balli and White

For Trinity:

Sauageau 15
Minter 11

For IWU:

Bardic 22
Balli, a nice double/double 13 & 12
Lipic, a very solid game off the bench, 12 & 8
Kubylarczyk (can I really spell her name??) 9
Leyden 8 & 11
White 8, with 4 steals (but 9 TOs)   

The two newbies from Maine South -- Kubylarczyk and Leyden -- started and will surely be good CCIW players, improving quickly along the way. 

As mentioned, 5-6 Titans on crutches, in boots, in civies . . . so the injury bug hitting hard and early. 

Starting line-up was Bardic, Balli, White, Leyden and Kubylarczyk.  Lipic and Robinson first off the bench -- Epps getting playing time in the rotation too.

Well, a start.  Lots to sort out, lots to improve.  This group is not full of shooters . . . unlike last year.  But, they got it done today with good pressure defense, and a nice surge when it was needed to close out the game. 

UW Whitewater will be a greater challenge tomorrow, assuming they won their game over the Big Blue at mid-day.

IWU'70